this was dan balz the most senior political correspondent at the post asking a question following upthe rudy giuliani train. >> right, look, first of all, dan is my colleague and known him for a long time. anyone who knows him and that's not everyone watching but this is not a gotcha guy. he's the exact opposite of a gotcha guy. the other thing is scott walker i get what he's saying he doesn't like the question and thinks these sort of questions. just say i haven't talked to barack obama personally about his faith, i take him at his word which he said many times he's a christian and move on. trying to litigate out the question and his press people called them back and said the governor was trying to say -- that means they think the governor made a mistake. just answer the way the press secretary answered the first time around you're not going to love every question asked of you when you're running for president. you're probably not going to love most of the questions when you're running for president. what it shows is we've seen this this is a relatively green candidate at the nation

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perhaps dan balz weekend advice to all of us is it's way too early to consider the shape of the campaignshow you who's getting organized and who has early name recognition, jeremy as you just pointed out. >> yes, that's absolutely right. going back to your point, about scott walker one of the things that gets overlooked is while he is a popular republican governor while he has beaten his opponents in tough races, he's never won in a year where there's been a presidential election. in wisconsin he won in 2010 which was a midterm year and special election in 2012 which took place in june an off election and won re-election in 2014. he's never been tested in an election in which the electorate really turns out in substantial numbers. >> and just to make it very clear that jeb bush is all in skyped into a bush fundraiser in florida the other night, skyping in jeb, it's mom, listen what do you mean too many bushes? i changed my mind. enough said, remember what she had said earlier. >> two years ago -- >> that was to matt lauer on the "today" show. >> as he's definitely running, they needed --

it's a misconception to say age is the way you understand these things because i always point to dan balz colleague, who you know well senior political reporter. >> best around. >> are you calling him old? >> i said veteran. he's an adopter of all of these things, instagram, twitter, writing for the web exclusively, not just an age thing. i think it's a personality think and i don't think barack obama does the selfie stick and talk in the mirror and fake shooting baskets in 2011 before he gets re-elected and not in 2009 but he's where he is in his presidency. >> we have to leave it there. and think about who -- what david carr might have written about all of this one wonders whether david carr would have enjoyed the irony of appreciating that his obituary is above the fold on page 1 of the new york times today. acclaimed "new york times" man and media columnist was an unlikely hero of journalism and champion and critic of the media. he collapsed in the newsroom last night after moderating a potential with glenn greenwald with edward snowden participating from moscow. he had wrestled with

in an interview with dan balz and robert costa, the presidential potential candidate said he didn't knowstian. saying, "i never asked him that. you've asked me to make statements about people that i haven't had a conversation with about that. how could i say if i know either of you are a christian?" those commence come after walker has received intense criticism for not coming out against comments that rudy giuliani made at a dinner he attended in new york city last week. that is where the former new york city mayor said the president doesn't love america. well joining me now, the senior congressional reporter for politico. manu, good to see you again. let's talk about these comments. are these the kind of statements that are just about trying to get support from the far right as you go into the primary season? >> yeah i think it's a sign of a candidate whose trying to please everybody and not upset anybody. and is nervous about taking a position that could provoke a backlash. and you've seen this not just on those two issues that you referred to about the president's christian faith and