today, rick-pac. the political action committee asked people to sign up for a very scarey petition about the obama-clinton foreign policy and how terrible it is. he is trying to position himself as the foreign policy republican candidate in this race. it started a few weeks ago with him posting this somewhat random video on his youtube page. it is labelled governor rick perry discussing u.s. foreign policy. >> it looks like he is doing a tv interview with him about foreign policy, but if you have the patience to watch for long enough, you will notice there is not anyone interviewing him. it is just him. talking in a studio that he presumably rented for that purpose, but that was, at least in terms of subject matter, the first type that he would try to be a foreign policy candidate. now he has a foreign policy petition which is a way of collecting people's e-mail addresses for use in his campaign. and today, he also gave a speech which they billed today as a major rick perry foreign policy address befo

today, rick pac, rick perry political action committee started to ask people to sign up for, see it on the left about the obama-clinton foreign policy and how terrible it. he is trying to position himself as the foreign policy republican candidate in this race. it started off a few weeks ago with him posting this somewhat random video on his you tube page. the title of the video is labelled governor perry discusses u.s. foreign policy. you watch the video and at first glance it looks like he is doing a tv interview, a tv interview with governor perry about foreign policy. if you have the patience to watch long enough you will soon notice there isn't anyone interviewing him. it's just him talking in the studio that he presumably rented for that purpose. that was least in terms of subject matter the first sign he was going to try to be a foreign policy candidate. now he has this foreign policy petition which is a way of collecting people's e-mail addresses for use by his campaign. governor perry today also gave a speech which the rick perry folks bill today as a major rick perry foreign

for $25 to the rick pac you get a t-shirt, on the front his mugshot with the word wanted and then on socks. you get what have become the president's signature fashion statement. little advice if you're thinking south florida, don't wear those socks and the rand paul flip-flops together. you look like a tourist. number five i could have maybe use thd with my morning coffee a joe biden 2012 cheers beer camp koozie. a joe biden 2016 massage not just yet but i hear they're priceless. that wraps up "the rundown" here on msnbc. thank you for your time. news nation with tam ra hall is up next. ting even more than clean. the scent, the lather, even the tiny bubbles of a johnson's® bath are helping to enhance the experience. the touch of your hands is stimulating her senses. nurturing her mind. and helping her development. so why just clean your baby when you can give her... so much more™? johnson's®. so much more™. jeff... hey, scott! this is no time for lollygaggin', lad. the chickweed and the dandelions are reekin' mad havoc! now's the time to send in the scotts turf builder weed and feed,

pac and candidates. jeb bush's big money approach is drawing scrutiny from watchdog groups. they filed a complaint against him and three other potential candidates yesterday, including scott walker and rick santorum, and martin o'malley, alleging they're all using these super pacs to skirt the federal law for candidates testing the waters to follow a stricter limit on contributions. even if they curtail the super pac, jeb bush found another way to keep the money coming in with very little oversight. establishing a nonprofit right to rise policy solutions, which because of its tax-exempt status, can accept unlimited funds from completely anonymous donors. a bush spokesperson declined to comment saying, these questions are premature and speculative as, wait for it, governor bush not a candidate for office at this time. joining me now, covering national politics for "the new york times," and radio host richard. good evening, gentlemen. >> good evening, ari. >> nick, a lot of emphasis on the idea that you're not quite officially technically a candidate. why is that so important under these rules? >> because all these candidates are thinking ahead to when they actually do declare. once they a

pacs and your i guess, staying power as a presidential contender? mark: we saw last time people like sheldon adelson and others gave large amounts of money to need -- two new gingrich and rickens united has played a role but there has been a attitude change. in 2012 mitt romney and president obama were reluctant to be seen associated with super pacs. a lot of candidates help encourage people to give. you will see not just candidate activity but people the not embarrassed. jeb bush is trying to limit his current super pac contributions to one milling are checks. eventually he will change that. people like ted cruz and rick perry are going to take multiple million-dollar checks and not be embarrassed. stephanie: how grotesque is the election going to be? we see jeb bush and hillary clinton and we already see this type of super pac dollars piling up. how does the fact that pretty much every rich and powerful person out there for the last two years has talked about how important income inequality is to them, how we have to make a ship. we could face an election that is going to get into the gazillions in terms of campaign fund-raising. it is gross. mark: you could say it is gro

rick santorum had nothing. he didn't raise that money. he found one sugar daddy type of super paco deep alive. these new rules, the new ways campaigns are funded i don't think there's an elimination. there isn't anymore where money eliminates you. i think certain candidates, they don't have to be the top fund-raiser. they could just raise enough money. ted cruz is one of those guys. he doesn't have to match bush dollar for dollar. he just have to have enough to stay alive and be in the debates and then he can, quote, unquote, live off the land. i don't think money for many of these guys other than maybe chris christie, maybe a rubio money could eliminate them if they don't hit certain threshold but not for many of these other guy approximates. >> chuck, thanks very much. we're looking forward to that interview on sunday. tune into "meet the press," you've got just five days left to file your taxes as well and not everyone will make that april 15th deadline. but there's something special about the americans who are the late filers and eric chemi will bring us just what that is. ♪ ♪

pac is supporting marco rubio. and rand paul is on a four state tour since announcing his run. in a half hour he will have a stand with rand rally. and rick timm and andy crawl. jane, start with you. we talked with santorum he won the 2012 iowa caucus. what's he saying about another potential run? >> reporter: he is saying he is better prepared than he was in 2012. fund-raising organizing he is also saying he is better prepared on messaging this year and that he is well equipped to beat likely contender hillary clinton. here is what he told me. >> the biggest difference in messaging is national security. four years ago it wasn't an important issue, now it is a critical issue and one that again, one of the reasons i'm looking at it seriously is because i look at the field and no one has the national security experience that i have and if you're going to be going up potentially against a secretary of state that's one area we can't be weak on it is an area that's inherent advantage going into election where proechl has been such a big failure. >> reporter: we won't likely see santorum jump into the race until early june if he decides to go,