too early, but the party is familiar with mitt now.re familiar enough with the other candidates that they know and they like mitt the best. so when you're wondering if mitt romney is going to run for president again, just ask yourself this question -- when is the last time that a super rich politician with nothing else to do saw himself with an astronomical lead over all the other candidates for president in his party and decided, nah. being president is not for me. who needs air force one when you can wait with the real americans on a delta jet bridge in detroit waiting for your carry-on that couldn't fit in the overhead. and remember, anne romney's here we go again is already written. >> i was very certain about something at the end of last campaign that i was never going to do that again. i meant that. and mip mitt laughed and said you said that after every pregnancy. i do have five boys. [ female announcer ] we help make secure financial tomorrows a reality for over 19 million people. [ susan ] my promotion allowed me to start inve

and mitt romney knows that.ows how to slam the door on running, which he did when he said i'm not doing it again. in 2013. and he knows how to reopen the possibility, which he did. by saying circumstances can change. mitt romney went on hugh hewitt's radio show knowing there was no chance that hugh hewitt would ask him an university comfortable question. there was no chance he would be cornered into saying something he didn't want to say. it's very clear that mitt romney chose the hugh hewitt radio show to say circumstances can change. and here is the circumstance that changed. the same week romney was on the hugh hewitt show, a usa poll of iowa voters showed mitt romney with a gigantic lead over every other possible republican candidate for president. so what did mitt romney do after dropping that circumstances can change bomb on hugh hewitt's radio show and getting a poll showing him30 points ahead of the rest of the field? he invited a new york times reporter to visit him at his summer home in new hampshire k

please, mitt, run. what do i have to say? i'll say it? mitt, please, run.ical media and the political comedy media can only hope that mitt romney will continue to nudge himself into running for president one more time. >> i have some favorite national hymns. america the beautiful. when i was in iowa, i pretended that corn qualified. it might have gotten me the eight votes that i needed so badly. [ laughter ] your business is more reliable, secure, and agile. many americans who have prescriptions fail to stay on them. that's why we created programs which encourage people to take their medications regularly. so join us as we raise a glass to everyone who remembered today. bottoms up, america. see you tomorrow. same time. another innovation from cvs health. because health is everything. >>> are you worried about a selfie you might have sent to someone who you realize you can no longer trust, or some snapchat messages or pictures that you sent that you thought were automatically deleted but are actually still floating around the internet out there somewhere? ja

i'm a friend of obama and also mitt romney.for mitt romney and contributed to his campaign. people reach conclusions, but i'm a moderate, i want to end the poisonous disputes between republicans and democrats and i want to get back to the time where we can be friends in the united states senate and get some things done. we haven't done anything on the budget. the senate hasn't passed a budget in years. >> i know. i'm with you on that, senator. i am totally with you. the failure, the delinquency of that body to do what it's told to do by its own budget act, it doesn't even do a budget. how can you keep to a budget if you don't even have one? and they don't. do you want the voters to know who you're going to caucus with if it's a close vote between republican and democratic control of the senate? do you want the voters to know how you're going to vote, or don't you want them to know? >> senator, angus king has counselled me and he does not necessarily support me, he's counselled me to wait until i get there. the decision what i w

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mitt romney, of course, lost two presidential elections. obviously some of his ideas have been vindicated since 2012 when he lost to barack obama, but he's still a two-time loser and he would have to contend with that. >> lastly, how do you think the midterms will turn out? >> republicans right now certainly have the edge. we have a witer battle field and democrats are defending their turf, but there is still a number of races like iowa, colorado is another where the polls have been inconclusive and it could come down to election day. >> okay. we will be staying on top of that, of course. rebecca, thank you so much for joining me this afternoon. >> thank you. >> okay. >>> fears over ebola being feld all across the country. coming up, how the public health scare could affect our economy. we'll talk about that. g?góéj÷ç÷ç the conference call. the ultimate arena for business. hour after hour of diving deep, touching base, and putting ducks in rows. the only problem with conference calls: eventually they have to end. unless you have the comcast

it's jeb or it's mitt and if jeb doesn't run, then i think mitt may be on his way. >> we were talkingo one of the most powerful ceos in america in the past week and his sort of sense on jeb was that there was no joy there. there's almost an edge or burden to it that won't work. >> he's been playing the hamlet routine too much. do you think he's going to run? >> today i do. >> that will be quite a burden. >> reporting based on people looking at how seriously he's taking a look at it and his shared belief as you described to governor romney folks that christie is not the right person. >> you use reporting. mika and i use -- >> we use antidotal evidence from people we talk to at parties. >> we use the ouija board. >> often good information. >> today i think he's going to run. >> do you recaally? >> yes, ma'a. >> walter isaacson introduces us to geeks behind the revolution and after missing a month, there may have been a kim jong-un citing and what he was wearing that may provide a clue as to where he's been. you're watching "morning joe." we'll be right back. when folks think about what

you showed mitt romney up there. there is such an opening in that sort of establishment lane of the republican party, you know, the donor and professional class of the republican party aren't really sure where to go. >> with all of this jeb talk, i called around and has anyone gotten a call from jeb? the birthday cards or calling about a new baby. i'll give you this one for the space in the middle. former new york governor george pataki. is this an open question or can we put this one to rest? in the middle of the week, mitt romney actually says, i might take a look at 2016 if the rest of the field doesn't come up to it. then in kentucky, he felt compelled to say this. >> i'm not running. i'm not planning on running. i expect to be supporting one of the many people who i think are being looking at this race. we have a number of different voices within our party that have different views about where america should go and i look forward to supporting one of them. >> are we done with this? can we just be done with this

. >>> after the break, gloves off, mitts on.n the tough race for the kansas senate, romney is the latest national republican leader trying to help pat roberts keep his seat. will it work? >>> plus syrian refugees are desperately seeking asylum as a neighboring nation closes its border. >>> later why secretary john kerry is calling tunisia a beacon of hope nearly four years after the arab spring. all that is ahead on "now." we asked people a question how much money do you think you'll need when you retire? then we gave each person a ribbon to show how many years that amount might last. i was trying to like, pull it a little further got me to 70 years old i'm going to have to rethink this thing it's hard to imagine how much we'll need for a retirement that could last 30 years or more. so maybe we need to approach things differently, if we want to be ready for a longer retirement. ♪ and sometimes i struggle to sleep at night,nd. and stay awake during the day. this is called non-24, a circadian rhythm disorder that affects up to 70

>> conservatives are okay with mitt, but not in love with mitt. >> is jeb a moderate? a moderate? >> christie's the most complicated of the bunch. because he checks the boxes, but he can make a better argument that he's been an outsider and a reformer -- >> we'll see what they s prosecutors say about him. a lot of people watching his case. thank you both. >>> up next, outrage in the side show. this is "hardball," the place for politics. what would happen... if energy could come from anything? or if power could go anywhere? or if light could seek out the dark? what would happen if that happens? anything. you know your dunlike natural teeth. try new fixodent plus true feel. the smooth formula helps keep dentures in place. it's free of flavors and colorants. for a closer feeling to natural teeth. fixodent. and forget it. ♪ ♪ [ applause ] >>> ha! >> george w. bush says he thinks that his brother jeb wants to be president. george w. bush says he thinks jeb wants to be president. that's pretty scary, isn't it? george w. bush thinking. >> back to "hardball" and time for the s

we didn't elect mitt romney so the unemployment rate is never going to go down.bureau of labor statistics has just reported. actually, they reported this over a week ago. th that in the last month, the unemployment rate declined to 5.9%. that is a full two years ahead of when mitt romney promised his economic plan would get us down to a 6% unemployment rate. now, if you got in arguments with your republican uncle during the last presidential campaign about which candidate was going to be better for the economy, please go to our website, thelastword@msnbc.com. send that link so you can hear mitt romney saying if you give him a full four years in the presidency, the unemployment rate would go down to 6%. and so your republican uncle can also learn that the unemployment rate is now 5.9% after just two years of the obama second term. because when your republican uncle was telling you that the romney economic plan was better, he didn't just mean for the rich, he meant better for everyone, including the unemployed. that's what mitt romney always said. his economic plan

also we are happy to say , governor mitt romney will be with us shortly. but first the supreme court today decided they do not want to have anything to do with same-sex marriage this year. they defied expectations by declining to hear cases that could have opened up the door to more rights. nonetheless, this is seen as a victory by those who support legalizing gay marriage. this is super confusing. why are they happy the court did not take the case they wanted them to take? >> look, what they want is the court to come down and say on the national level we will have gay marriage everywhere. there will be a national ruling of that kind. this is the next best thing. they have said in the five districts or states covered it will go on the books in those states. because of the way the courts work, it expands it to 11 states. now in 30 states, plus the district of columbia, gay marriage will be legal. it is not a full victory, it is not 50 states, it is not every one, but still a big ground game victory. >> the biggest thing we learned is you have four liberal j

"run, mitt, run."f the president is in a bad way in the polls, the alternative looks better. all of a sudden the game changes if he announces he is going to run. where do you think his head is? >> i communicate quite often with him. he is pretty clear in saying it's not his intention to run. he doesn't want to run because he thinks it is somebody else's turn in time and he has had his crack at it. >> he is also said he is weighing it, he is evaluating it. >> i want him to run, i think he should. i think it would be a fantastic resident. i wouldn't have signed up for his campaign if i didn't believe that. >> if he would ask you to be the nominee again, you would go there? >> i would be his bus driver if he asked me. i think he would be a great president. he has the character, integrity, intelligence, and just the wisdom to be a great president. he saw the foreign policy challenges ahead of the curve. russia, iran, china, the military, all of these things. mitt cares about these things and knows the issu

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>> i don't think mitt has any interest whatsoever.nk his family went through an enormous ordeal. it took a great deal out of him. >> that's not what i asked. would you like him to run. >> i don't think so. >> okay. >> i think mitt has had his chance. he did a terrific job to the best of his ability. i think jeb bush would be a much better candidate right now. >> unless this next fellow runs, this might ring a bell to you, jon huntsman jr., your fine son, ambassador to china, former presidential candidate. governor huntsman joins me out of washington. governor, good to see you. >> hey, neil. those are the nicest words ever spoken about me on your great network. >> oh, come on. i've had you on many, many times. >> i'm just kidding. >> governor, what did you think of -- your dad brings out in this book a lot of things that are sort of maybe out of step right now. he is talking well, about capitalism, respecting american values. something on the left, something on the right has been lost in that sense. do you agree? >> well, i think what

but mitt romney who was cold toast about a year ago, is now mr. cool. he's getting 21% opposed to jeb bush and other candidates at 11%. then come the conservatives huckabee at nine and rand paul at nine. christie, rubio, and perry of course and carson. carson and paul ryan around lower single digits. i'm thinking, my theory is, i'll just test it. mitt romney is the guy you didn't vote for when you voted for obama. he was the alternative. through some interesting logic in the head of an average person, oh, i now got a chance to say in a poll, i made a mistake, i should vote for him. so he wins now because he's the guy that ran against obama. i don't know if he's the alternative to hillary clinton when the time comes, but right now -- >> it's either that. when you break up with somebody, your ex looks better in the rearview mirror than when -- [ laughter ] >> i think 21% is not a good number for mitt romney. everybody knows who he is. what you're saying, 4 out of 5 republicans don't want the last guy who ran, who is now seen as the leader of their party.

now mitt romney seeing this pull.thin the margin of error. jeb bush and chris christie don't fare as well. that's news as well from the accomplishment side of the ledger. mitt romney has one more reason to listen to all the ad visors and contributors now begging him to get into the race. >> there's a lot of news in this poll. and you have hit a bunch of the high points. this is the first time nip has tested with likely 2016 general election voters in iowa in head-to-head match-ups like this. this is based on the iowa poll that we are now partnering with the "des moines register," a famous poll. she has 100% recognition. everyone knows her in iowa in the same way everyone knows president obama. you put her against mitt romney with 100% name recognition. the fact that mitt romney is ahead of her in a purple state of this kind, the state that had barack obama win two elections in a row, then you look at rand paul who is not nearly well-known as hillary clinton, he's within striking distance is surprising. rand paul is al

martha: i think about john mccain and mitt romney. >> just be yourself.e christy a lot of credit for sticking to who he is. martha: jeb bush is, too. so we'll see. bill: game 7 for the ages. worth a second look. late last night, here is how it went. >> popped up! giants win! bill: 3-2 the final in kansas city. the royals have the tying run 90 feet from home but he never got close to home. madison bumgarner throwing three scoreless innings. the final out leading in the 2. this in california, late night. wild scene downtown san francisco. the gam san francisco chronicle saying dynasty. the third championship in five years. that's tough to do in any sport at the professional level today. kansas city ... "almost home." martha: i predict a lot of babies will be named madison in the coming years. martha: how did that statistic hold up about home team, winning since the 70s. bill: the last team to lose a game six and win a game 7 on the road was the 1975 cincinnati reds at fenway park. and san francisco is the first team to do it since then. they were shot out 1

the private polling done by the mitt romney campaign showed mitt romney winning. that's why they had him out here doing colorado events three days before the election in 2012. the romney campaign was doing this private daily tracking and the private daily tracking polls were event wrally published after the new republic. the secret mitt romney colorado poll on the saturday before election day showed that mitt rom fiwas going to win the election in colorado 48-twooif 456 that was saturday. sunday it was 48-46. they still thought mitt romney was going to win. when the polling was over. president obama not only beat him in 2012. he beat him by a ton. despite the polls saying otherwise. so what explains this distance between the polls and the results? it's an interesting outcome in colorado in 2012. here's another. this is from 2010. this was some of the polling for the senate race in colorado that year. of the final 18 polls, done in that senate race, 17 of the 18 showed that colorado's next senator would be a republican guy named ken buck. 17 of 18 polls, say democr

mitt romney was a conservative governor. >> and you want him to lose?this is not about winning or losing at this point. this is about -- >> this is about -- [ all speak at once ] >> chris, this is about making a conservative case with the conservative nominee, as defined by those individuals to the american people and let the chips fall where they may with the american people. that's the only way you get past this craziness, after every cycle where we sit back and we tear down our nominee. >> and it really reminds me, there are people on the left -- i don't like to do that on the right and left. but there are people on the left who believe all we need to do is run somebody to the left of elizabeth warren. state our principles more and more clearly and be more radical. and even though i share some of those beliefs, i don't believe that's a winning message. that is what the tea party is about. they truly believe that the problem was these people were too moderate and all they have to do, there's a silent majority there waiting for somebody like ted cruz.

>> what are you wearing, mitt? >> he wouldn't tell me. >> a few study finds gender equality will happen, just not for another 80 years. >> okay. well, better late than never, right? >> take your vitamins. >> we'll explain why in our morning papers. you are watching "morning joe." live from the ohio state university. thoughtfully crafted and intelligently designed. with available forward collision warning and new blind spot monitor and a 2014 top safety pick plus rating. cost of entry? a fortune. until now. hey sarah, new jetta? yup. can i check it out? maybe at halftime? introducing lots of new. the new volkswagen jetta. isn't it time for german engineering? when you think aarp, then you don't know "aarp." life reimagined gives you tools and support to get the career you'll love. find more real possibilities at aarp.org/possibilities. just take a closer look. it works how you want to work. with a fidelity investment professional... or managing your investments on your own. helping you find new ways to plan for reti

the private polling being done by the mitt romney campaign showed mitt romney winning colorado. that's why he is out here still doing colorado events three days before the election in 2012. the romney campaign was actually published by the new election by the american public, which is how we know this information. the secret poll on the saturday before election day showed that mitt romney was going to win the election 48-45. that was saturday. on sunday, they still thought mitt romney was going to win. but when the polling was over and the actual results came in, president obama not only beat mitt romney in colorado by 2012, he beat him by a ton. despite the polls saying otherwise. so what explains this distance between the polls and the results? it's an interesting outcome in colorado, 2012. here's another. this one is from 2010. this was the polling 2010. of the final 18 polls done in that senate race before the election in 2010, 17 of the 18 showed that colorado's next senator would be a republican guy named ken buck. 17 of 18 polls. despite those polls, republican ken buck l

it is totally wide-open if it does not run -- mitt romney does not run.eb bush down to 4%, that strikes me as such a gap between the establishment and rank-and-file. >> you know ben carson a little bit. the big surprise of this poll is him there in second place. talk about what you think are his strengths and potential weaknesses. >> he operated on my son, so i know him very well. he is every bit as good as his reputation. one of the greatest neurosurgeons in the history of the world. his appeal is that he is a genuine outsider. people hate washington. there is a certain niche in republican circles for an african american conservative. this guy is so much smarter than they are, and more authentic. he has a charming, low-key manner about him. politics may not be brain surgery, but he has never been in politics before. >> 28% of the self identified tea party voters in iowa with ben carson. the gives him a base to work with. he is not well now as well. -- well known as well. >> he has only been there a few times. does he have a following in iowa like the pol

she loses to mitt romney and barely beats paul ryan.urprised are you that in a state that president obama carried handily that hillary clinton is net connect with those three republicans? rex she is not going to scare anyone off with those numbers but let's not forget obama did kerry by six points last time. this is a purple state. they elect as many republicans as direct routes and why look at that field against her mitt romney says he is not going to run but we will see. how brian will be ways and means committee chair. rand paul does better than all the other and he is in the margin of error. that is not worthy. >> rand paul, he is ahead of jeb bush and chris christie your presumed favorites. does that surprise you is much as it surprises me? >> the line from republicans is we need chris christie your jeb bush because they can win in general. rand paul does better than they do. and well will be a contested general election state. >> let's look at the result of the senate poll. and -- what do you see himbeond -- beyond the top line nu

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not mitt romney. we've already seen him. he didn't work out. and not chris christie because as he hot head and you don't want him in the oval office. time reasonable guy. i'm the guy who is sane. pick me and i'll run and defeat ted cruz in the primaries or whoever it might be. >> well, here's jeb bush at a vanderbilt event. he spoke about anthrax scare. we gave people a sense of calm and that was the plan. we spoke complain spoken english. we were totally engaged. >> he is trying differentiate himself both from the president and from chris christie. i agree with ron. by the way, there is a money thing behind this. in the manager's category, the wise guys are looking for somebody to back. with jeb in it, it is a real contest to see who the establishment money people will go for. i think there are two other categories. the libertarian tea partiers, the rand paul kind. then the more religious cultural types, ted cruz and the others. >> they haven't taken on the skins yet. they're waiting out there. the geronimo types. here's mitt romney offering h

mitt romney's kentucky derby, hillary clinton's florida foray. what one president bush says about his brother's desire to move into 1400 pennsylvania. if morning from new york. good morning from new york. this is "the daily rundown" for october 3rd, 2014. new developments in the ebola outbreak. a fifth american has tested positive for the virus. he's a freelance photographer working for nbc news in west africa. 33-year-old ashoka mukpo was diagnosed yesterday. he was hired to work with dr. nancy snyderman. he was worked in west africa for several years before the outbreak started. dr. snyderman and the rest of her crew will also all be flown back to the united states. they'll stay in self-imposed quarantine for 21 days. this morning on nbc's "today" show, the doctor said no one else on her team has symptoms but the crew is taking expensive precautions. >> we're aprproaching this more cautiously because we want to send the right message. we have recognized and observed universal precautions here. and we're going to extend that for 21 days out of c

that's something that mitt romney is expert at doing particularly around foreign policy.xpect to get some real one liners out of that and probably some big crowds as well. >> then you have a gentleman some democrats are trying to keep away but an extraordinary campaigner. the president. he's making the way up to connecticut this morning. nbc learning his campaign schedule in the final weeks. the vote is not necessarily all about the president. are some candidates running too far from him, you think? >> i think they are. in the sense that democrats benefit from higher turnout. if you look at the polls among likely voters, among people following the races extremely closely, those tilt slightly toward republicans. if you broaden it out and include all register voters, then you actually have about a 4-point advantage among democrats. the broader electorate is more democratic than the ones that come out. if the president and if the first lady can go around the country and they can encourage turnout in some of the states it's democrat's best hope. >> you know i think a lot of d

including mitt romney.keeps getting talked about for 2016 though he insists to joe scar bro this morning it's all about 2014. >> everything is about 2014 right now. >> right. >> all right. everything is about getting more senators elected for my party so we can have a house and a senate that could pass bills to go -- it's hard to predict. we'll pick up a lot of seats doing it. the majority? i don't know. if we do, we will actually end gridlock. we'll pass bills. then we'll go to the president's desk and he'll veto them or sign them. and things will hard with regard to energy, education, immigration. these things will finally be dealt with and long past and we'll end gridlock. joining me now is crystal and michael steel. thank you for being with me. michael, i want to start with you and romney. why do we keep talking about him when -- it's not just in the media. it's some fellow republicans. >> i think that because a large measure the field that should be emerging should be beginning next wednesday who looki

like kentucky we were just talking about where mitt romney won by 24 points.course he's going to go and campaign there because that's the place where he actually did well. so, i think, that is playing a big part of the dynamic where people are discussing whether or not mitt romney's going to -- >> yeah. and i think, you know, his family members are happy because he is relevant again and they like him seeing this kind of adulation. but she's said never again. >> we'll see what happens. there's a lot of pressure. a lot of his aides and supporters would like him to run. we'll see if that happens, guys. >> i don't think he would. >> we'll continue this conversation three weeks from today, the midterm elections, we'll have extensive coverage. that's it for me, thanks very much for watching. i'll be back 5:00 p.m. eastern in the "situation room." for our international views, amanpour is up after a quick break. for our viewers in north america, "newsroom" takes over at the top of the hour. narrator: these are the tennis shoes skater kid: whoa narrator: that got tortu

i can't wait. >> nobody knows better about first and second chances than mitt romney.ning me is anna marie, mitt romney is back on the campaign trail. what is up with that? >> well, i mean, i don't know. he did so well in iowa before -- i -- >> exactly right. continue that sentence. it just ends in like a dot dot dot. nonetheless he's out on the campaign trail. the weirdness of this whole midterm season is ahead of us and behind us and around us. republicans really do think this mid material is about obama. they want that romney/obama contest again. they think maybe this time it will work, but it also speaks to this is a different set of choices republicans do want this to be a retest -- and re-context between obama and romney again. if you look at democrats, they are looking at issues in a much wider range. they don't think this is about obama. independents don't much think so, either. in iowa, they're definitely hoping they can use that, more of an anti-obama vote. >> i guess i'm confused about what exactly we are litigating. presidents have been more detailed about

is mitt in or out? you hear about this all the time and the politics. here is from ann romneyba herself next. connell: we have neil's interview with ann romney in just a few for you. but did ann just say a 2016 run not happening not only mitt and i are done, but the kids are done. they say the roims might not be as done as you might think. a nice chance for us to talk some 2016 policies. good to see you. >> we don't know if i'll run. may influence his thinking. and another factor will be does the big fish in the pond jeb bush run? because romney and bush's support will overlap. i know romney knows he should keep the door slightly open. he doesn't want to get his family too nervous too early. >> he may very well mean what he's saying. he may change his mind. they can say i'm not running, but sometimes circumstances change. >> not only circumstances, but there's an enormous infrastructure that builds around a presidential candidate hundreds of people were hoping it was an administration. they were hoping it was the ticket to a great position. they still s

told by sources very close to romney that this is all in the realm of the truly hypothetical that mitt romney is very skeptical and as this source says if romney were to run he would be the last guy in the race. what that means, if drafted, he might do it late in the game, but that doesn't seem lyle. >> let me play a clip from ann romney. she was on tv. >> we have said we will never do it again. we have done it, we have had our turn. it was hard. >> to which you say? >> i believe her. i believe that ann romney. i guess more other recent ann romney's where she spoke to "the washington post" late today something not as definitive but, look. we know that the republican party, it is in their dna to let people have another chance. but usually just second chances. >> third? >> third chances, not so much. >> the thing i think is really interesting is maybe the reason why romney, his name is out there so much and that is about the midterm elections in three weeks. almost all of the competitive races are in red states where romney did really, really well. kentucky is a great example. he won by

. >> he was for obama in '08 and in 12, he voted against him for mitt romney. mirrors the american public, because the biggest group of voters in america are independents. >> the republicans are saying, he is somehow a trojan horse for harry reid. couldn't be further from the truth. this is the kind of desperation politics. the fact is he's the one candidate in america running for the senate and not running a negative campaign. >> i do want to get our own voters in if you will, the people who are voting with their fingers tonight on social media. roger g. mills, i'm choosing this because it sums up the last eight or nine. orman is a democrat and she's closing, get a clue. >> that is a charge, that there is a kenard, it's being thrown out there as a way to try to frighten people to safe a 34-year veteran -- 34-years in the senate who is no one basically and he is part -- look the election here is going to be simple. do you want change or do you want the same corruption going on in washington. if that's the issue, they lose. the republicans are december proper de

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clear is that if republicans run another candidate in the mold of a bob dole, or a john mccain or mittomney, let me be clear, all three are good, honorable men, decent men, they're patriots, but if we run another candidate in the mold of a bob dole or john mccain or mitt romney, we will end up with the same result, millions of people will stay home on election day which is what happened for all three of them. if we run another candidate like that, hillary clinton will be the next president. >> meanwhile, wisconsin congressman paul ryan is opening up about a possible run at the white house. in an interview with the washington post, ryan rejected the notion that he's a capitol hill lifer, but said any decision on the presidential run will have to wait. he said, quote, i don't have this insatiable political ambition, but i know how to flip the switch. if you flip the switch, you flip the switch. and right now the switch has tape over it until 2015. i don't feel the need to be out there. putting my toe in the water. i don't see the point in it. it is not fun. and i don't think i need to. i

when you poll them when you put mitt romney's name in a poll with bush mitt romney is up there in then the republican side. and bush is like in the high single digits. and jeb bush mitt romney have got to have about the same name recognition. i think there might still be bush fatigue. >> certainly the name bush has the same level of name recognition. i'm not sure jeb does. he ran nationally. he was on people's tv screens every day for a year for mitt romney. i think that if jeb bush makes the decision to run, he'll run a very different kind of campaign and be a different person than his brother was. and so you know he'll have the opportunity to do that. and certainly he was a very popular governor and a very difficult state in florida. so i think time will tell if he ends up doing that. you know as far as governor romney is concerned, i think there's a very high regard for him. he turned out to be -- >> do you want him to run again? >> i don't know -- i don't know how to answer that. it doesn't really matter what i want. >> you work for the guy. you probably have some strong feelings.

nothing against mitt. i don't think he should run because he choked or whatever you want to say, but he blew it. that was an election that was easier to win than running against hillary. >> but the electoral map is such when you start out without california, new york, new jersey, washington, illinois, you got to run the table. you got to get a purple state, virginia, ohio, florida. >> but in the last election, a lot of republicans, they didn't vote. >> we'll come back, more with donald trump right after the break. >>> later congressman paul ryan is here to tell us what is the republican plan to stop the president from implementing all-out amnesty through executive action after the elections? stick around till after the show. i have an exclusive announcement regarding president george w. bush. that and more. straight ahead. huh, fifteen minutes could save you fifteen percent or more on car insurance. everybody knows that. well, did you know you that former pro football player ickey woods will celebrate almo

i voted for mitt romney. proudly. i voted for john mccain. by the way in 2012, 116 out of 120 kentucky counties agreed with my judgment that we might be in better shape now had mitt romney been elected. >>> so this morning islamic state militants are claiming gains on two different fronts. the iraqi army said they were forced to abandon a key army base. the base is located in the town about 80 miles from baghdad. it's the third iraqi army base in three weeks that the islamic state has seized. according to the u.n., 180,000 people have left anbar province amid the fighting. the battle for the syrian border, the city of kobani is continuing on the ground. kurdish forces are not retreating but isis is pushing forward after a string of suicide bombings. turkey is disputing claims from the u.s. that it approved the use of its air bases for strikes against isis. turkey says talks are ongoing. defense secretary chuck hagel now says he's optimistic there will be progress. that's a big reversal. speculation has been rampant over the disappearance of n