. >> joined by former florida senator, and i believe a jeb bush supporter, mel martinez. welcome to "meet the press daily." good to see you. >> let me ask you, how do you feel about jeb bush today versus before the debate? >> well, i feel that today, because two things are happening, frankly, one is judd gregg endorsed him in new hampshire, judd was a colleague of mine in the senator, well respected figure in the state of new hampshire and he endorsed jeb bush. that's good news in the state of new hampshire. that's a state by state race that we run when we do presidential issues. so i think it's a good day from that standpoint. the second bit of good news, you know, former president bush is going to have a fund-raiser tonight and have a substantial amount of money coming from that. you know, look, the debate is about performance, entertainment, quality. we have 10, 11 people up there, there's a tremendous confusion by the way this debate was moderated and handled. and it's a bit of a free for all. bottom line is, i don't believe jeb is ever going to get the award as the b