if you happen to become a rising star like nicky haley or chris scott or chris christie. you are already an insider, right? >> that's exactly right and below that, if you are backing an a and shock, the young -- he started out in his 20s as a state legislator and a rising star in the house republican firmament and thinking about going state-wide. i don't think he is beyond his early 30s t. you want to invest in them young. >> that's what you node in the legislative races? >> this is the post redistricting president and all the maps have been redrawn and a lot of open seats this year, they want to build the farm team that dominates state legislatures and governor's races. >> do you have a sense of how worried democrats are? they have not been able to keep up with the fund-raising for these levels. >> they haven't. they do seem to be making a surge at the house level. at the house democratic level. democrats need 25 seats to gain control. they have worry on the republican side that there is complacency on the republican side. they have a relatively big lead to sit on. if th

rob godfrey spokesman for nicky haley said, quote, we're not going to shove more south carolinians into a broken system that further ties our hands when we know the best way to find south carolina solutions for south carolina health programs is through flexibility that block grants provide. how are those working out? 19% of south carolina's residents are uninsured. that's well above the national average. the medicaid expansion in the new law would cut south carolina's insurance rate for those making less than 133% of poverty by 56%. wiped out in one go. that's the fourth best deal any state in the entire nation would get under the affordable care act. the cost of that for the federal government between 2014 and 2019 is siggant, almost $11 billion. for south carolina, they'll pay less than $5 billion. in the short term, a rising star lie haley may have a reason to repeal that. one way to build a national profile is to win the gop's on-going, no, i'm the most antiobamacare politician contest. but that's not going to last forever, and governors have to answer to nonrepublican voters who do

want to go through your all star list, marco rubio on the republican side, bob gentlemen jindal, nicky haley, chris christie of new jersey, mcdonnell, senator john thune of south carolina. one of the names could be on the list of the v.p. list if romney is elected. on the democratic side, andrew cuomo of new york, martin o'malley of maryland, senator mark warner of virginia, elizabeth warren, rahm emanuel of chicago and secretary of state hillary clinton. >> if jeb bush runs in 2016 on the republican side or 2020 if romney is elected, he's the overwhelming favorite. if clinton decides she wants to run again, i would say she's not likely to do so but she has not ruled out doing so, she is the de facto nominee. if not we have a much wider contest. if secretary clinton doesn't run, andrew cuomo, governor of new york, the son of a former governor of new york who himself was a much talked about though never realized presidential candidate, mario cuomo, would be on that side. if jeb bush doesn't run, much more wide open. some of it would decide on who mitt romney picks as his president. if he pick

want to go through your all star list, marco rubio on the republican side, bob gentlemen jindal, nicky haley, chris yisie of new jersey, mcdonald's donl, senator john thune of south carolina. one of the names could be on the list of the v.p. list if romney is elected. on the democratic side, andrew cuomo of new york, martin o'malley of maryland, senator mark warner of virginia, elizabeth warren, rahm emanuel of chicago and secretary of state hillary clinton. >> if jeb bush runs in 2016 on the republican side or 2020 if romney is elected, he's the overwhelming favorite. if clinton decides she wants to run again, i would say she's not likely to do so but she has not ruled out doing so, she is the de facto nominee. if not we have a much wider contest. if secretary clinton doesn't run, andrew cuomo, governor of new york, the son of a former governor of new york who himself was a much talked about though never realized presidential candidate, mario cuomo, would be on that side. if jeb bush doesn't run, much more wide open. some of it would decide on who mitt romney picks as his president. if he p

the husband of nicky haley is being deployed to afghanistan.uth carolina army national guard. according to reports, this is the first time a governor's spouse has been sent to a combat zone as a member of the national guard. he ships out in january. gretch? >> gretchen: good luck to him. this weekend, girls from all across the country competed for this year's title of miss teen usa. but only one went home with the crown. >> ladies and gentlemen, miss teen usa 2012 is connecticut! >> gretchen: lucky for us, as soon as all that cheering stopped, she headed straight for our studio. miss teen usa 2012, logan west from connecticut joins me now. good morning. >> good morning. >> gretchen: congratulations. >> thank you very much. >> gretchen: when you won, you were doing exercise there is. >> i don't know what that was. >> gretchen: that's called a true reaction in the moment. shear joy, right? >> yes. >> gretchen: it was a long road for you to get there. part of your story in become this empowered woman now is that you were bullied as a kid. >> i was