santorum and ted cruz have to worry that they cannot dominate that group. >> rick santorum, with mike huckabee in the field, rick santorum is a hard go. i do not know if he will run or not. we have seen the bloomberg politics poll, how badly he has done. mike huckabee is so much better a natural politician. rick santorum, the way he can for you to tears, that is not huckabee's problem. ted cruz has made a lot of enemies. one other thing about huckabee he has not made a lot of enemies. >> he is a likable guy. if you have never been to a book signing with the guy, you do not realize how much is fox career in radio career have helped him. >> people are amazed us just going around, you walk through an airport, just being intoxicated -- >> jeb bush here is another guy, plus huckabee rather than intimidating people out of the field, he amps up the contest in that lane. the more there is a battle among the conservatives, the better it is for jeb bush. >> sure, if you are in the establishment bracket against mike huckabee, you've been pretty strong. he is a skilled politician. he is skilled w

featuring santorum, the one with the bat. it is the official unofficial kickoff to the republican party 2016 presidential primary. >> greetings from iowa. the kickoff to the freedom summit is tomorrow morning at 9:30 eastern time and the fun goes all day. we have carson, christie, cruz palin, santorum, trump, walker and a whole lot more. it is a super bowl of speeches with activists and the press here to kick the tires. which is what people do at the super bowl. kathie is here in john's chair. you are an expert on iowa politics. what does somebody have to do to be considered the winner or a winner? >> you have to bring both sizzle and steak. it is an iowa event. we want to entertain and rev up the people in the hall. but, you have to give some meat to the people that are watching outside, including the media who are looking for a vision for the country as opposed to somebody that tells good jokes. >> or attack the president gratuitously. some of these people like scott walker have honed some speeches, but most of them are try

featuring santorum. it is the official unofficial rubber game party presidential primary -- republican party resident of primary. >> greetings from iowa. the kickoff to the freedom summit is tomorrow morning and the fun goes all day. we have christie cruz walker and a whole lot more. it is a super bowl of the speeches to kick the tires. kathy is here. you are an expert on iowa politics. what does the somebody have to do to be considered the winner or a winner? >> you have to bring both sizzle and steak. it an iowa event. we want to entertain and rev up. yesa, i i have to give some meat to the people that are watching who are looking for an addition to the country as opposed to somebody that gives good jokes. >> some of these people like scott walker have speeches but most of them are trying to figure out what the set. to say. >> if all else fails, you can make balloon animals. >> i think people who are more on the right, huckabee santorum, i think they have a better chance with this crowd. fascinating to

and 2012 romney was in that center and rick santorum. so two finalists. i would say romney was competing with bush and christie in that governing wing and maybe walker is a hybrid that could go either way. but i think then you have the true conservatives already, you know, rand paul and ted cruz and mike huckabee and rick santorum and a whole host of others. >> woodruff: the two of you touched on money and whether that matters. we know this week the billionaire koch brothers announce their network is going to raise almost a billion dollars to put into this race. david are they now their own political party? what effect is this going to have or is it? you said a minute ago we shouldn't pay attention to the money. >> first thing we learned is a lot of people who are really smart at raising money are really stupid about giving it away. they spent hundreds of millions of dollars a few years ago and lost most their races. this year they're doubling up. the one thing we know in the big

i talked to santorum's people.k santorum model from 2012, find a few mega donors who can fuel super pac that's informing a thinking of a lot of the camps heading into 2016. >> past elections, in 2012 we didn't have that as a factor. let's look at the romney versus bush dynamic right now. what would it take for mitt romney, at least i'm seeing in the day two stories, a lot of republicans politely saying, we're not so sure about a third mitt romney campaign. what would it actually take? what is mitt romney looking for? >> according to my sources, within romney's inner circle, he feels confident he's in a good position, because he believes jeb bush, he respects jeb bush's record as governor of florida, he believes he's been in the arena, romney believes he has the support early and fast. >> can you see a scenario where romney or christie or somebody else actually forces jeb bush to reconsider, and backs out of this? >> when you speak to jeb's allies, they say governor bush has not yet formally decided to run for presi

senator rick santorum, thank you for being here. do we know what the global implications are?hat we do know what happened in paris? >> this is an example of the reinforcement -- whether it is al qaeda or isis or a lone wolf, whatever it is this is a continuing struggle. it is a battle that has certainly not subsided. if you look at what is going on in the middle east -- now it is not subsiding in its projection into the west. >> there is a bounds between free speech and islamic extremism -- >> part of the western values of free speech. >> news organizations have not been showing cartoons. would you urge bloomberg and others to show the cartoons or not? >> you can either be intimidated by this violence or stand up to it. do you make yourself open to that same kind of thing? yes. but it is pay me later. >> would you post them on your website? >> we don't generally post things on our website. >> if you want to stand for freedom, stand for freedom of expression, why not -- i'm not urging you to do it, i'm saying hypothetically anybody can publish. >> i would say that media outlets

you have the ideological debate, santorum, huckabee, i guess you would put christie, romney, ted cruz would say the mushy middle. it's fascinating. >> absolutely. on the establishment side of things we actually haven't seen this for a while where you have a bunch of credible contenders on that side. usually it's sort of the conservative grassroots wing that has a bunch of people. then you have your romneys, your john mccains, your george w. bushes who drive through that lane. that is going to be interesting to watch. christie is interesting here because both jeb and romney draw from not only the same voters, mainstream business friendly folks, but also the same donors. you know, over the last few weeks both jeb bush and mitt romney have been aggressive in calling these big donors, most of them new york based. remember, a year ago that was supposed to be christie's crowd just over the river. he is calling donors but he seems to be moving a little bit more slowly. if you talk to christie world, they say, what's the point right now in chasing new cycles? it's january 2015. we've got time

the momentum would have carried santorum a little longer. we'll never know. but it's out there. i'm wondering if republicans have to sort through who their evangelical candidate is. >> it could be. maybe governor huckabee coming out so early in the game. really two candidates. governor jeb bush and governor huckabee. those are the two that are the most vocal. the ones that announce earlier in the race have a better chance of really coordinating those donors. with that being said he's been spending his time under the radar meeting with the religious types in several states. as we know, he'll be in iowa in the middle of january. again, he's raising his profile. the bigger question, can he build the organization. move it into florida michigan texas, et cetera. and can he convince the donors that not only can he win primaries but he can win a general election. those will be the key questions out there for him. neil: he might win a spot on the ticket. >> could be. neil: mercedes, you were saying, all i'm saying is, the consensus is almost always wrong. so don't buy that. right? >> wh

joining me is rick santorum. are you ready to get back into that rat race again?now, i'm seriously looking at it, sean. obviously, i've got a lot of things that i think are very very important to this country and that you know, we need a candidate in 2016 that's going to unite america. we've had the greatest divider as president since i can't remember. we need someone to start getting things done that's going to help average, ordinary working americans have a better opportunity at their life. >> there seems to be a divide. what i, for example speaker boehner were ever to come on the program, and i don't think he's too fond of me right now, or if i had an opportunity, i would say to him, he should unite tea party conservatives like myself and more moderate republicans. there's a lot of low hanging fruit that can help the country energy independence, secure borders, a solution for obama care, balanced budgets, these are simple things that would thing every republican would agree on. do you agree with that? >> i do. i think we have to be positive. we have to have a m

we got santorum! >> rick santorum. the sweater vest days are over.is back with a new look and probably some new ideas we're really not sure. all i know is don't google him. his former pennsylvania senator rick santorum. >> that will work, baby. >> that will have some legs. >> will he appear in any debates or not? >> i'm clearly in the lead based on great skill at this game, i feel confident about number 11. >> here we go, you'll be adding to your roster with -- oh! ben carson. >> that is tough. >> ben carson. he is a retired world class neuro surgeon. he says that obama care is the worst thing since slavery. he is dr. ben carson. >> you know, don't applaud that. there is no need to applaud that. the last time that republicans had this many people in their primary field, everyone got to run up and take a turn in the spotlight and i'm hoping that ben gets to do that too. >> he will run for president -- >> he will win a news cycle. >> are there any democrats on this board or --? >> yes, they just have not turned up. >> i'm going to go with my strategy t

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the last 2 winners, my copy and senator santorum -- mike huckabee and senator santorum did not do well. are they fully reflective of the republican electoral at large? people in washington, republican strategist, point to new hampshire as the first primary it is more reflective of who the nominee will eventually be. in iowa, people are proud of the history. they like bringing these candidates in, and do not want to give up their tradition of being a place where candidates come to test their politics and prove themselves as national contenders. host: the unofficial start at the iowa freedom summit. we will be talking about it and our last hour. at 10 a.m., we will be live from the freedom summit that is taking place in downtown des moines. nancy in fort lauderdale, florida. you are on with robert costa. caller: my question is about sarah palin. since, back in 2008, she was successful for her election, what does she have to do different to secure a spot? i see she has to do something different and my second question is, the last -- how is the last election she ran for a than 2016? guest:

>> well first of all i like rick santorum a lot and i have a lot of respect for him. this is nothing against rick santorum, but ronald reagan didn't serve on the armed services committee. he was governor before he became president of the united states. and the job of the commander in chief is to be a decider. you want somebody who's a decider with that experience. on top of that i think we need to realize something the obama era, this may come as a surprof your viewers, the obama era has been a golden age of conservative governance in america. not in washington but in the states. we now have in the last -- since barack obama took office there are more republican governors and more republican state legislators than any time since the 1920s. we went from eight states where we had a republican governor or republican legislator when barack obama ran in 2008 to 24 today. >> wow. >> so what that means is you've got all these republican governors out there while barack obama's discrediting big government liberalism in washington, republican governors are implementing conserv

former senator santorum through fox. they felt their coverage and i heard it from them they thought the come they received was not as good as people whose fox was briefing against. let me say this: the amount of time and effort put into misunderstanding the way the political unit and the political coverage at the fox news channel goes enormous and everyone thinks they can read the tea leaves and thinks they know but i tell you right now absolutely true there is not a secret agenda. whether you contribute or not our political team is doing it the right way. >> to follow up you are saying obviously when gingrich and santorum were featured as contributors, they came on and said what they want and they felt they everyone not treated fairly. >> they made no secret. there was a garage fire in the times square claim they were mishandled by fox and they were wrong. >> gingrich went to cnn. >> the bottom line, being on fox is an incredible boost for any conservative politician who is thinning of running for office regardless of h

carson as well, rick santorum might run again. bit of a crowd on the social conservative side. >> there's a crowd in the tea party lane n the evangelical lane. not much of a crowd in the chamber of commerce republican lanes so if you're jeb bush you feel pretty good that even though this is a crowd 12 to 15 people who could run, it looks like all of those other folks in those teavangeliical lane. rand paul claims he can expand the party. mike huckabee won 48% of the african-american vote when he ran in arkansas in 1998 so he's actually done something. it will be interesting to see how he changes that conversation if if he gets in this thing. >> and republicans do have a history of going back to candidates they've met before and so if you're governor huckabee and looking at some of these new faces, rand paul, maybe marco rubio, maybe ted cruz, maybe thinking in a crowded field my familiarity may help me? >> he has name recognition in iowa, new hampshire, south carolina, having a fox television show, having a talk radio show gives y

mike huckabee, sarah palin, ris santorum. if you need an early morning laugh, the donald showed up, to show he was serious about running like he said the last time and the time before. >> jonathan martin, let's put the donald aside. is it too otherly to say winners and losers or did somebody stand out and help themselves? >> from my conversations with the folks in iowa, walker did help himself. i think he's a pretty good fit for the state. he's from next door. he has a midwestern sensibility about him obviously and i think he's the kind of keynote that can bridge the conservatives and more center right wing of the party in a place like iowa where even the center right is pretty conservative. senator walker helped himself. cruz was solid. that's his ground. i think those two. it's really going to be a fascinating dynamic to see in iowa where you've got two candidates potentially in the race who have already won the caucuses the last two times. if they turn to huckabee or santorum or if they want a new fresh face as scott walke

santorum mike huckabee maybe others. odds are like the donald. >> she just likes the attention and won't run. while top republican operatives were laughing at trump's latest flirtation of running, the possibility of a palin entry had them both laughing and debating her potential impact. we'll keep an eye on that. that's it for "inside politics." thanks for sharing your sunday morning. we'll see you soon. "state of the union" starts right now. >>> isis strikes again amid a new round of upheaval in the middle east and president obama takes the world station. i'm michael smerconish and this is "state of the union." >> announcer: this is cnn breaking news. >>> good morning from washington. we're following breaking news overseas. isis issuing a new ultimatum after beheading one of two japanese nationals it held captive. joining me is white house chief of staff dennis mcdonagh. first i want to go to cnn's will ripley in tokyo. will who is the terrorist that they want released? >> reporter: sajda al-rishawi who failed to detona

rick santorum never raised any money. he stayed in the race because he had wealthy wealthy backers running a dark-money campaign to support him. newt gingrich had the same thing going for him for a while. mitt romney had to raise his money. he did. he raised a ton, almost a billion dollars. >> that's what the president raised is almost a billion dollars. >> that's what it takes today. >> that's going to be the challenge in the democratic primary for any of these people we talked about besides hillary clinton. jim web is interesting but if he can't raise more than a few hundred thousand dollars or a few million dollars, he won't last very long. the same is true of anybody else that we just talked about. host: this elder in "the new york times", the growing shadow of political money, as much as $8,000,000,000 expected to be spent. charles koch saying we are just getting started. this is a piece from politico.com, a big gathering taking place in southern california this weekend guest: everyone is moving from the big tent of

rick santorum is here, the 2012 iowa primary winner and possible 2016 candidate. his lack of experience, also said the same thing about ted cruz and rand paul, and mike huckabee coming out saying you possibly pulled the pin on the gop response. >> well, i was just referring to the very serious national security issues, that it is important to have somebody with experience in those issues. i pointed out the fact there were not too many people out there contemplating running for president, that had that experience. and i think that we've seen from this president, the lack of experience and having a track record that people can look to and have a track record in those areas is very important. that is probably the number one priority of the president and certainly the area that he has the most purview when it comes to running our government. >> what do you say to somebody who says yes, somebody needs to have experience, but it needs to be governor. >> well, i don't know many as governor that have that experience, i was on the major arms committee both dealing with syr

one of them former pennsylvania senator rick santorum joins me now from sioux city.at to have you here senator. >> thank you, michael. good to be with you. >> in 2012 you won 11 states including iowa. if mitt is not in this thing, two seem that by rights you are the front-runner. and yet, you don't appear to be treated that way. why is that the case? >> why don't you ask the reporters? i don't really care whether i'm treated like the front-runner or not. we're out working to deliver a message like we did yesterday in des moines that for us to be successful as a country, the republican party needs to step forward and be a unifying party in america, has to be a party that not just is pro-growth but also pro-worker to help those who are struggling and hurting and systematically doing so in america. so front-runner whatever doesn't really matter. if you have a good message, you deliver that message well and you have a background in experience to back it up i think things will work itself out if we decide to get into this race. >> the message that you're best known for is

. >> and mike huckabee, rick santorum, ted cruz will go to get some leverage against the guys in thety who wants to stay as far from that stage as possible. i don't think -- this issue has moved so far so fast, i know where we'll be 10 years from now 20 years from now. in this window right here, i think it's a live issue. not a permanent issue but a live issue. >> moving so far, so fast, don't forget there are tens of millions of americans who feel passionately about it. they can make a lot of noise. >> i'm not forgetting that at all. i'm saying that i not forgetting am but i think the demographics are taking nuss a certain direction because young people feel the way they do. i think in this election for sure it's going to have some mileage for a lot of people. this just in, today, editor, publisher, proofreader, governor mike pence released a brilliant memo this guy is incredible. everything he does. he's decided graciously and frankly wisely, not to go forward with a new media operation run by the state. the reason, and it's a great one, just like mike pence, great, is that it woul

the iowa caucus winners, santorum and huckabee. definitely looking at this. >> jeb bush and mitt romney wasn't there. what does that tell you? >> that they're running farther to the left than say of santorum. which is no surprise. mitt romney is expected to run slightly to the right of jeb bush. but both of them were there saying, you know, we're not in it yet. we are not going to be as they joked around pandering to the base. >> all right. thanks so much for joining us today. we appreciate it. >>> entertainment just ahead including the big winners at the s.a.g. awards and the latest $200 million movie. crafted with two ristretto shots for bolder caramel-ly espresso. whole milk... steamed to a sweet velvety microfoam delicately poured, so the espresso rises to the top. the perfect union of bold and sweet. simplicity is its own artistry. (scraping sound) what are you doing? the dishes are clean. i just gotta scrape the rest of the food off them. ew. dish issues? cascade platinum powers through your toughest messes better than the co

senator rick santorum. as far as i can tell, asking rick santorum to help to interview eene in this whole mess. instead, he forwarded that e-mail straight to joan enson thereby letting joan enson know that this was all about to become public. rick e rick santorum forwarding that story. he went public gave the press conference to absolutely the worst thing i've ever done in my life. a sex scandal is not a crime. family values is note a crime. illegal lobbying and conspireing to set someone up to illegally lobby, that is a crime. there was a big investigation and a rigorous one. the report was damning when it finally came out. the committee found substantial and credible evidence that senator joan enson conspired to violate lobbying laws and he lied about that mysterious 96 $96,000 payment they recommended that joan enson be prosecuted for those alleged crimes. and the justice department decided not to. they decided, instead, to prosecute doug hampton. joan enson arranged for him to be lobbying. they were vio

rick santorum ended up winning the straw poll. he spent less on advertising than any of the candidates. in fact we spent less than $100,000 on advertising. he actually had his super pack spend less than any of the other super packs, a lot of people say why is iowa first? i'll tell you why they're first, they take it incredibly serious, they kick the tires, take it for test drives, look under the hood and drive it again. the point is, you're not going to come in and spend a lot of money and buy with a wash you have to earn iowa, it's not where somebody's going to pick and say, here's who's going to be the nominee, i'm going to buy that nomination. it's an affront to people and it doesn't work. >> in terms of the big donors and their relationship with the party, when it gets to the point of a general election. what will it mean if the party is outspent 2 to 1 by outside forces that do whatever they want and don't have any internal accountability in terms of the republican powers that be? >> i think we all agree on both sides, it's n

rick santorum forwarding that story.s conference to absolutely the worst thing i've ever done in my life. a sex scandal is not a crime. family values is not a crime. illegal lobbying and conspireing to set someone up to illegally lobby, that is a crime. there was a big investigation and a rigorous one. the report was damning when it finally came out. the ethics committee found substantial and credible evidence that senator john ensign conspired to violate lobbying laws and he lied about that mysterious $96,000 payment. they recommended that john ensign be prosecuted for those alleged crimes. and the justice department decided not to. they decided, instead, to prosecute doug hampton. john ensign arranged for him to be lobbying. they were violating it. john ensign arranged the jobs. and you know what, the person who doug hampton lobbied once he had those lobbying jobs was john ensign. he set him up in these lobbying jobs so he could be lobbied by them, and john ensign took action that doug hampton lobbied for him to take.

but ted cruz would rather just have to worry about santorum. >> santorum who won iowa last time, buts a true believer. >> let me just say this. minimally, i think huckabee will have an impact if he runs. he had seven or eight victories when he ran. not just iowa. if he makes that platform mean something, these guys like mccain say, you bring up the platform issue with these guys and they say, i don't believe that. but huckabee will insist it is carried out. he's this right-wing conservative cultural thing of his. >> but here's the question. does winning the evangelical wing of the republican party mean more in 2016 than it meant in 2012 or in 2008? and i don't think it does. >> well, i think iowa matters. you lose iowa to huckabee he's up there, he's going to win in new hampshire of course. >> which is what last time he didn't do. he still ended up with 10, 11% of the republican vote. it wasn't enough. he did okay in south carolina. but this field is going to be tremendous. and we'll have a couple big-money candidates. if jeb bush is in there, rand paul will have a lot of money. >> r

that's why santorum is quoting foster freeze. look at the model from 2012, what happened to huckabee in 2008. you could win the iowa caucuses but if you don't have the money long term to launch a national campaign, will you fade. gwen: of all of the people who talked about money and expressed interest who is less likely to be the nominee, john bolton are george pataki? >> i talked to former ambassador bolton yesterday. he said he's not diswaded by this wall of money he sees from bush and romney. look, you can run for president and get a lot of press attention, get in the grass roots dollars and survive pretty far. gwen: you're saying it's our fealt. the more the merrier. that's what a lot of people are saying and i'm all for that. more the merrier. fun for us. finally tonight, as the president delivers to prepare his annual state of the union address this coming tuesday, he's taking the unusual step of forecasting what it will contain. contributing expandant john harwood of cnbc clues us in, in our "friday focus." >> after six ye

speakers included ted cruz, chris christie, scott walker, rick santorum, and mike huckabee. iowa is getting a lot of attention early, since it is traditionally the first state to hold presidential caucuses during the primary process. this morning, we talked to a reporter about the event.

you have rick santorum. you have ted cruz. you have ben carson who captured a lot of excitement on that side. on the establishment side, you basically only have chris christie. mitt romney is not planning to make an appearance. jeb bush is not planning to make an appearance, and you have rand paul who is not coming to this and i would put him in a category by himself because he will have a base of support here in iowa that comes from what his father a laid the groundwork for when he ran for president. we will hear from all of them today. it is sort of the kick off of this season. santorum and huckabee will be staying in iowa to do book tours. excuse me, huckabee is doing a book tour santorum is making some stops. >> we're about a year out from the iowa caucuses, and some people feel they need a year's worth of runway to take off from there. iowa is a specific place for their republican preferences, what they like to be told, how they like to be courted. can you tell which potential candidates are doing themselves the most good

>> santorum didn't have the money though. >> no, no. no. >> i'm talking about iowa. >> and you have got to have -- >> -- money was his larger problem, santorum. >> who picks up the bill at dinner time with christie and romney. >> worth $250 million should probably do it. >> indeed. panel, thank you. straight ahead big news about a controversy that "on the record" first told you about back in december. seemed new york city public defenders, that is defense lawyers appeared in a rap video about killing cops. now new evidence about what the lawyers knew and. when our legal panel is here next. huh, fifteen minutes could save you fifteen percent or more on car insurance. everybody knows that. well, did you know words really can hurt you? what...? jesse don't go! jesse...no! i'm sorry daisy, but i'm a loner. and a loner gotta be alone. heee yawww! geico. fifteen minutes could save you fifteen percent or more. jesse? >>> tonight he growing calls for the punishment of two new york city lawyers who appeared in a rap video about killing cops. two

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outspent santorum and lost to him, too.up votes in the first three primary states. i don't see him winning any of those. and it will be difficult for him to get people excited about him. >> louisiana governor bobby jindal, another candidate we may talk about, he spoke with nbc news a few minutes ago about the possible 2016 run for himself. let's listen to what he said. >> we are praying and thinking about it. we will make that decision in the next few months. i would like to see a governor run. i think governors have great experience handling budgets, handling challenges setting priorities, getting laws made working with the legislature. this president never ran anything before he was elected president, and now we have seen the dangers of on-the-job training. i would like to see a governor as a nominee and as the next president. >> jeb bush mitt romney here big name recognition for republicans looking toward state capitols, is that the winner here? >> i have a sneaking suspicion the republican party will be more focused on

>> santorum didn't have the money though. >> no, no. no. >> i'm talking about iowa. >> and you have got to have -- >> -- money was his larger problem, santorum. >> who picks up the bill at dinner time with christie and romney. >> worth $250 million should probably do it. >> indeed. panel, thank you. straight ahead big news about a controversy that "on the record" first told you about back in december. seemed new york city public defenders, that is defense lawyers appeared in a rap video about killing cops. now new evidence about what the lawyers knew and. when our legal panel is here next. and aleve is proven to work better on pain than tylenol arthritis. so why am i still thinking about this? how are ya? good. aleve. proven better on pain. (melodic, calm music.) hi this is conor. sorry i missed you. i'm either away from my desk or on another call. please leave a message and i'll get back to you just as soon as i'm available. thank you for patience at this busy time. join princess cruises for stargazing with discovery at sea. enjoy crui

rick santorum taking jabs at mitt romney. he was supposedly out of touch of working people. >> you think wealthy people cares about where it comes from? our candidate only got 19 percent of that vote. >> santorum also said he may run in 2016. >> >> you will like this. a much milder day for weather across the country. you won't like this if you don't like snow. more could be on the way. we are expecting snow across parts of the northeast and storm systems coming through. they don't have a lot of moisture with them. snow accumulations will stay generally light. snow coming in across central parts of michigan and across parts of wisconsin. that system will be impacting the northeast and another one coming through as well. it will produce snow across parts of the northeast in new york city with a couple inches of snowfall possible. we have winter storm watches issued across new mexico and significant snow possible there. 8 inches in the higher elevations. great news for ski resorts but tough going as far as travel goes. temperature wise across the country check this out temperat

some of those conserve steves can galvanize momentum like rick santorum in the last campaign, able to do around a few issues, position himself to go firth and last longer than anyone expected him to do. the other thing that i'm fascinated by is a lot of folks are fascinating by the top names. i'm looking at the next tier of republican governors that have yet to step in, the mike pence, the scott walkers. when they get into this thing, it's a whole different race. these other guys did, and they have come out on the other side and have a track record they can talk to the nation about. >> and in some ways, particularly compared to jeb bush, they're less rusty. scott walker won three elections in four years. and if i was scott walker, i would be touting that to every donor i could find. >> on that point, you can't forget that a scott walker has a national base now. the national party galvanized behind those efforts. he is not going to start in the woods. >> the reason it starts so early is because of how expensive it is, the ways in which we call the invisible primary plays out. the big q

we got santorum! >> rick the sweater vest daysfg(; over.me that republicans had this many people in their primary field, everyone got to run up and take a turn in the spotlight and i'm hoping that ben gets to do that too. >> he will run for president -- >> he will win a news cycle. >> are there any democrats on this board or --? >> yes, they just have not turned up. >> i'm going to go with my strategy that almost3)f4 worked last time and go with number two. >> and adding to your roster will be ted cruz. >> ted cruz. he is the junior senator from texas. he will shut down your government on a boat in a tree, or with a goat. >> would you like it in the house? would you like them with a mouse. >> he is texas senator ted cruz. >> cruz. >> for the record, they're saying cruz not boo. >> now i have sarah palin and ted cruz i'm really nailing it. >> i think that is quite a ticket. >> oh my god. >> this is a 50-state strategy ticket. >> i think they could get all of the electoral votes. >> you're i think definitely behind now. joy reid. >> so far i