host: a story from "the new york times" - liz chatterton, is a good to be first out of the gate in thisf race? guest: i could not agree more that for jeb bush to come out early and grabbed the middle which is what will be difficult for the republican party because there are so many people running. if you get into the middle and you start to lock down the big donors that are looking for the more establishment candidate you do that early and then you can take a huge leap forward. i think jeb bush was really smart. i think he took the wind out of the sails for governor christie and will hurt senator rubio because it's florida and rick perry. there are a lot of people who jeb bush has got the jump on that are now going to be struggling more for donors. i think a big one is mitt romney who is still out there thinking he may run again. i think jeb bush takes mitt romney's base. that's probably a big reason why he got in early. host: talk about the 2016 democratic primary field. when will we see a likely hillary clinton announcement? when will more candidates get out early in the race the race

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liz chatterton was a board member of the executive for the american association of political consultantsthey're here to take your questions and comments this morning as we have our political roundtable for the next 45 minutes or so. illinois on our line for republicans, good morning. caller: good morning i would just like to say that i don't know who participated in this cnn poll or if they announce it to the public. i think it would have turned out differently. if the powers that be want to make jeb bush the republican candidate, they obviously want to throw the presidency back to another democrat because somebody people will stay home. guest: i actually agree with that. "the new york times" article that said donors are trying to decide the primary between jeb bush and chris christie, that's ridiculous. the donors don't ascites primaries. -- don't decide primaries. the article indicated that people who support jeb bush will come out and try to eliminate a lot of the field and the robust debate, that's ridiculous. we need to have a robust debate and see how they perform in iowa and south