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and if you look at these governors, you've got christie of course, bobby jindal, scott walker, kasachand we're hearing a lot of chatter about jeb bush. i think if chris christie were stronger, you wouldn't hear that chatter. but i think lots of donors, big donors, are looking for a governor they can go to. and they're taking another look at jeb bush. he has said as you know he would only do it if he could enter the race joyfully, whatever that means. but i think that he is giving it another look whereas before i think he might not have wanted to get in the fray. so i think the christie thing really throws it all up in the air. >> ronald reagan was governor, george w. bush was a governor. and people really don't like washingtonians. >> look at congress's approval ratings in the single digits and as much as marco rubio and rand paul run against congress and ted cruz as well, they are still in the senate. >> gloria, thanks very much. >> sure. >> gloria borger reporting for us. by the way, president obama spent the morning over at the national prayer breakfast. you're going to hear what h

very ideological, whereas now you have a lot of republican governors, rick perry in texas, bobby jindal, scott walker, who are very conservative and proud bearers of ideology. this is a different set of republican governors. >> i think that's a great point, e.j., there's definitely a national community here, because a lot of these governors are clearly not only focused on their state republican politics, they are working within the national tea party conservative politics. e.j. dionne and molly ball. thank you for your time. >>> we're going to turn to developing news, the supreme court right now is hearing oral arguments on potential limits to executive powers in a case about the epa and the court is also making other news this morning, declining to hear three challenges to gun laws, including two challenges pushed by the nra. this means a texas gun control law restricting guns in public places will stay on the books. we're joined now by pete williams live outside the supreme court and on set with us here, michael waldman, former speech writer for president clinton. spieth, i want to go to you

scott walker, bobby jindal have impressive records. have done some things in their home states, that's for sure. jonah goldberg, nationalreview.online. thank you. >> great to be here. thank you. jenna: deal in the works to create a big cable giant. comcast is set to buy rival time warner cable for more than $45 billion. the move will result in a single company with roughly 30 million subscribers nationwide but the merger is facing potentially high hurdles. our elizabeth macdonald from the fox business network is here with more on this story. liz? >> reporter: you may be getting a new cable provider. the nation's two largest cable internet companies are merging in a whopper of a deal. comcast buying time warner cable in a friendly all-stock merger for $45.2 billion. if approved it would affect a third of all cable customers in the u.s. or estimated 33 million people. it is estimated the comcast-time warner company would be the largest cable operator in the 19 of top 20 u.s. markets that includes los angeles, new york city, san francisco

whether it's chris christie or bobby jindal or rick scott, those are guys that are performing at a high bobby jindal is going to eliminate the tax form to do that. scott walker is interesting to me, he took over $3.5 billion budget deficit, and turned it into a $900 plus surplus. rick scott, no income tax in florida. no income tax in new york state, and i see estimates between your rainy day fund, your state surplus, you have anywhere between 8 and $12 billion without a state income tax for a rainy day? $12 billion? how much is it? >> it really is pretty simple. closer to 12 than it is 8. and the fact is, don't spend all the money we put on good policies into place. we put an environment that says we're not going to take more of your money away from you, we're going to have a predictable and stable regulatory climate. we're not going to allow frivolous lawsuits to go forward, if you expand your business, you know there's going to be a skilled workforce. that's a formula that will work. it will work in new york, it will work in california it's working in places like florida, louisiana an

republican governors like bobby jindal, rick perry, scott walker and nikki haley have flatly refused to expand medicare in their states. a new study finds between 7,000 and 17,000 deaths will be, quote, attributable to the lack of medicaid expansion per year. refusing the medicaid expansion is literally a matter of life and death. but republicans won't do it because they want to score political points? i think we have very different ideas of morality. >>> joining me now are karen finny and dana millbank. thank you for being here. dana, calling it immorally to help those who are out of work, i mean, that is rough, isn't it? >> it is one of those accidents in washington when somebody accidently speaks the truth and reveals a great deal about the position on this. i think that the democrats in the senate are being quite smart in saying listen republicans we have done what you have asked. we are getting this thing paid for and making sure the benefits don't go to millionaires. they are putting in the language republicans in the past have supported enforcing them if they really want to do

i'm going to compete against him, against rick scott, against bobby jindal, nikki haley and jerry brownnd those guys are easier to compete against because of the policies they put into place. >> okay. so, paul, what does he mean why in? that he's in? >> what are you talking jab i thought rick per ray wry was ta about 2016. no. he said he was talking about 2014. it seemed he was talking about 2016. the thing about rick perry, longtime texas governor, seriously considering another bid for the white house is not running for re-election at governor and said it's too early to talk about this. he'll make some decision at the end of the year. stay tuned on that one. >> and stay tuned to this. hillary clinton, is she, is he not in? and apparently just might if she is in, might have a supporter in senator john mccain? >> yes. straight talk from the senator from arizona. the republican senator from arizona, the party's presidential nominee 2008, on piers morgan the other night. get what, the country is not ready for a woman president. mccain disagreed. here's what he said. >> i would bet, my frie

scott. i compete with bobby jindal, i compete with nicki haley, governor bentley down in alabama, just got a remington moved to huntsville, alabama, called him up on the phone and congratulated him, i hoped it was him calling me or us getting that opportunity. we'll get our fair share, though, but it's the red state policies versus blue state policies, for instance, i was on another program with governor pat quinn of illinois. and we were -- we were juxtapositioning those liberal blue state policies versus texas or louisiana or florida's red state policies. and we're crushing them so to speak from an economic standpoint. texans are seeing our population grow, people moving out of california because of overtaxation, overregulation, overlitigation and i think it's wise for us as a country to have this conversation, to decentralize the power out of washington, d.c. they seem to can't even have cordial conversations much less get anything done. back to the states and let the governors make the decisions. >> people keep saying the nation's governors are really today's success stories in terms of

i'm going to go and compete against rick scott, compete against bobby jindal, against nikki haley.ng to compete against jerry brown and those guys are easier to compete against because of the policies they put into place. >> when you say a competitor, what do you -- for jobs, you mean? >> i'm a big believer in the tenth amendment, that we ought to be working to promote tax policy. >> because when i heard you say that governor christie is a competitor, i thought maybe for the republican presidential nomination you were talking about that? >> those that focus past 2014 are making a huge mistake. 2014 is where we need to focus. lots of governor races, the united states senate. i'm not looking past 2014. after november the 6th, we can look into 2016. >> because you ran last time. a lot of people think you're not going to run again. you can't run again for governor. >> i can. >> but you decided not to. do you think you want to be president of the united states? >> i'll make that decision in about 18 months. we'll get the governorship of texas over with. we'll talk about red states versu

scott. i'm going to compete against bobby jindal, i'm going to compete against nikki hailey. quinn, and those guys are a little easier to compete against because of the policies they put into place. >> whoa, whoa, what's he talking about there? is he talking about 2016? it sure sounded like him and christie going at it in 2016, but he said no, no, no, i'm talking about 2014, helping more republican governors get elected. we'll see. stay tuned if rick perry runs or not. guess where perry will be next week? iowa. >> it's cold in iyt wf. we keep showing pictures of how cold and snowy it is in iowa, but iowa's hot, hot, hot for politics, right? >> reporter: you got it. >> all the talk about 2016 has been about hillary. and you know, it's so interesting, because last night on "piers morgan," walk us through what john mccain says about the hillary chances. >> reporter: this raised some eyebrows. they were talking about 2016, of course, and whether clinton may run or not. listen to john mccain. >> i would bet, my friend, as much as i hate to admit it, that right now, this is why we

so i think the unions look to people like me, look to people like rick scott or bobby jindle and thoseppen. when economic growth happens the unions will be happier. >> no doubt about it, it's a balancing act and we have to continue that balancing app act. you're right, if the jobs don't come, nothing else matters to the workers whether the union or nonunion. let's talk about the energy revolution, something we discuss on this show all the time. it's going to create a renaissance in american manufacturing that is starting with the slow trickle but that revolution from texas through oklahoma up to north dakota is changing everything. can you tell americans who may not be as engaged on this subject as you are, just what it's going to mean for this country in 2020 when we are the number one producer of oil in the world? >> it's not just the united states. it's canada, it's the united states and then mexico. the most exciting news we have seen is that mexico has decide to do liberalize their energy policies and allow for a private sector to come in and do contracts and be really engaged in

scott walker and mike huckabee. >> rick santorum of pennsylvania, governor bobby jindal of louisiana. governor rick perry texas. ted cruz of texas. this is way too early to start handicapping their sort of the horse race. the question is what are each one of these people doing to make 2014 about something bigger than themselves? for christy it can't be just about money. he's been hurt by this. people are hesitant. people are enthusiastic about him. willing to encourage their friend to get involved are saying i don't believe he had anything to do with this but i'm going to be hesitant. this is the start of the drama. i could be enthusiastic about him if he passes through this. but christie wisely seized on this good fundraising number. but now he has to make it about something bigger than himself. whether he likes it or not, his skills will be tested. he will either come out of this in better shape where people say he handled this situation with dignity and strength or not. >> i appreciate the analysis. enjoy little rock, arkansas. martha: is there a serial killer on the loose near our nation's capital? three pe

four republican governors that are most often mentioned -- bobby jindal from louisiana, john kasich from ohio, mike hence from indiana, scott walker from wisconsin. i could give you the long form. i would say the guy to watch is scott walker out of that group. when you look at the establishment capitol hill types, i don't think there will be one. paul ryan will become chairman of the ways and means and rob portman will stay in the senate and hope he gets picked as a running mate that i don't think there will be a republican capitol hill slot. if i had to -- the accuracy rate for prognostication for party nominations is pretty much zero. i would say what's rand paul and scott walker, rand paul for the tea party side and scott walker for the really conservative non-tea party side. there is not enough out there for a not quite so conservative legacy republican argue we used to know. there is practically no room for them right now. >> i will ask greg this, too. you didn't mention about the democratic race, if there is one. the odds of 61% that hillary clinton will be the runner. is this a foregone conclusion about hillary clint