who said that which ted? >> i'm going to go with the bear ted. >> larry: ted the bear, very good.as a good one. lou, who said-- i've got the economy, you've got the credit bubble, the supreme court. look at haiti. >> larry: >> that's got to be him, doesn't it? >> larry: ted the bear, lou. >> really. >> larry: ted the bear said that. >> then i'm going to vote for ted the bear. haugh laugh>> larry: who said the world is on fire, yes, your world is on fire. >> i'm going to go for this one. >> larry: tom cruise? >> ted cruz said that. >> larry: when you hear that ( bleep ) isolated-- all right who said, "i've got explosive diarrhea and i'm trapped in the middle of the ocean." wait, wait, that was carnival cruise. i'm sorry. my bad. that's my bad. i approximation. my bad, my bad. i screwed up. okay, i'm a cheap date. what i can say? >> let me go with the bear. >> larry: tom cruise. >> tom cruise? >> really? >> really. >> larry: who said columbus day is a pretty lame holiday. i mean someone was eventually going to find america. think about it. >> oh my goodness. >> larry: which cruise?

john: so perhaps not surprisingly, ted cruz thought ted cruz did great. my question is, how do you think ted cruz did? mark: doing the announcement now and then this way was, as we say in texas, wicked smart. he got more play than he would have. performed really well. he goes into the senate, where they are going to fight about the budget, as an announced candidate, able to get attention by opposing not only the obama administration, but his own party. john: one of the most mocked things presidential candidates do is say, i am exploring the idea, forming an exploratory committee. there is something refreshing about coming out and saying, i am in. mark: it will be hard for anyone to do either of these things now -- do an exploratory committee or perform badly. he performed well enough that he really set the pace not just ongoing first, but doing it well. john: it was not a perfect event, but i have to say the things he does well, he did very well today. that is a good standard. mark: he was very good at being himself on his message. so how did senator cruz

in ted's last months and said i'm asking you all to pray for ted kennedy. the point is we can fight on almost everything or we can come together on some things. and those some things can mean everything to a whole lot of people. those common ground that led ted and orrin to forge a compromise that covered millions of kids with health care. it is common ground rooted in the plight of loved ones that let ted and chuck glass lee cover kids with disability and fight for equal rights for americans with a mental illness. common ground. not rooted in ab strakss or stubborn rigid idealogies but shared experience that let ted and john mccain to work on a patient's bill of rights and work to forge a smarter more just immigration system. a common desire to fix what's broken. a willingness to compromise in pursuit of a larger goal. a personal relationship that let's you fight like heck on one issue and shake hands on the next. not through just ka joeling or horse trading or serenades but through ted's brand of friendship and kindness and humor and grace. what binds us

they know who ted kennedy was. it is not because they shared ted's ideology or his position, but because they knew ted was somebody who bridged the partisan divide over and over and over again with genuine effort and affection in an era when bipartisanship has become so very rare. they knew him as somebody who kept his word. they knew him as somebody who was willing to take half a loaf and into her the anger of his own supporters to get something done. they knew him as somebody who is not afraid and the air so permeate our politics instead of hope. people fight to get in the senate, and then they are afraid. we fight to get these positions and then they do not want to do anything with them, and ted understood the only point in running for office was to get something done. not to posture not just sit there worrying about the next election or the poll, to take risks. he understood the difference is the party or velocity could not become barriers to corroboration or respect. -- that differences in part philosophy coul

ted cruz will not do that. ted cruz will rush to that decision and make all sorts of impassioned statements about it because he understands there's a market for that and the question becomes do the other front runners follow him toward the fool's gold? >> it depends how you define front runners. cruz does not have those people to himself. there are candidates going after that crowd. i think jeb bush will not run there. i think there are a lot of people in the party who are going to be torn where they have to -- >> particularly walker. cruz is the most dangerous for walker because walker will most be tempted to follow his lead. >> there's a flip side to this which is people think ted cruz will get into this race and attack jeb bush and rhinos, et cetera, and he will but most attacks will have to be trained on the other candidate that he's going after the true conservative vote. >> does that sound right? >> that's going to be more his priority because again what happens when mike huckabee gets in the race? what h

>> ted cruz? i'm sure he would take a spot on the digit. >> that would be very -- >> he's playing number two. >> whether it would be offered is another question entirely. >> i doubt it. >> that's going to make sarah palin look like queen elizabeth. the roundtable is staying with us. >>> we'll be right back next to talk about what's going on and why bibi gets away with ditching the two-state solution, the only peace plan available in the middle east, yet the republican party is apparently married to the guy. their prom date has stuck. this is "hardball." the place for politics. than a spontaneous moment. so why pause to take a pill? and why stop what you're doing to find a bathroom? with cialis for daily use, you don't have to plan around either. it's the only daily tablet approved to treat erectile dysfunction so you can be ready anytime the moment is right. plus cialis treats the frustrating urinary symptoms of bph, like needing to go frequently, day or night. tell your doctor about all your medi

>> ted cruz? sure he would take a spot on the digit. >> that would be very -- >> he's playing number two. >> whether it would be offered is another question entirely. >> i doubt it. >> that's going to make sarah palin look like queen elizabeth. the roundtable is staying with us. >>> we'll be right back next to talk about what's going on and why bibi gets away with ditching the two-state solution the only peace plan available in the middle east, yet the republican party is apparently married to the guy. their prom date has stuck. this is "hardball." the place for politics. i love my mileageplus® explorer card. we're saving our united miles... ...for a trip to hawaii. we love free checked bags. i've saved $75 in checked bag fees. no foreign transaction fees means real savings. we can go to any country and spend money the way we would in the u.s. one of the best things about priority boarding is you can just get on the plane and relax. i put everything on the explorer card. i really want my united mi

ted wrote in his memoirs.ickie said, it may take a year or two years or three years, but it always happens. it fills you with a heightened sense of purpose. that's the magic of the senate. that's the essence of what it can be. and who but ted kennedy and his family would create a full-scale replica of the senate chamber and open it to everyone? we live in a time of such great cynicism about all our institutions. and we are cynical about government and about washington most of all. it's hard for our children to see in the noisy and too-often trivial pursuits of today's politics, the possibilities of our democracy, our capacity together to do big things. and this place can help change that. it can help light the fire of imagination, plant the seed of noble ambition in the minds of future generations. imagine a gaggle of school kids clutching tablets, turning classrooms into cloakrooms and hallways into hearing rooms, assign an issue of the day and responsibility to solve it. imagine their moral universe expandin

fact it is ted cruz.com ted cruz for president.com, ted cruz for president 2016.com. they don't seem to have done anything protective in that regard. >> 20 years ago we is used to ask questions like boxers or briefs. i guess we need to ask them if they are a dotcom or dot org kind of guy. it is bad planning they didn't squat on the various names that might have been associated with senator cruz as somebody out in cyberspace obviously did to preempt him and kind of you know screw him up i guess. >> between that and liberty university finding out about this, what he wanted to do very late. if it was last week with forming the mini exploratory committee, do you have any sense about the decision and the timing and why senator cruz might have seemingly rushed to get out there today? why today? why now? he obviously wanted to be first, but why has it happened the way it has? >> i don't think it was rushed. jerry falwell jr. the current president and son of the founder of liberty university explained to his student body that he got a call from a cruz aide about ten days ago

so good luck to ted cruz. he most likely will not win the nomination, but his entry in the race is a very positive thing. if you believe that america should be a vibrant democracy with all sincere views considered. and that's the memo. now for the top story tonight. reaction with us. monica crowley and from washington kirsten powers. what say you, ms. powers. >> well you talked about a lot of different things there i mean, i certainly agree with what you are saying about how conservatives are maligned. i think it's at a level that it hasn't been in the past and where -- where views and disagreements really are treated as bigotry, as phobias, as not as just disagreements as we as americans used to have over policies, it's now if you criticize islam, you have an illness, you are illness even things i disagree with. >> i support same sex marriage a lot of liberals will say a lot who oppose same sex marriage is a bigot. again they have a phobia. they are a homophobe which i don't agree with. >> nice strategy to em

ted cruz would get to 25%.ably has most loyal followers at this point in the game. >> other factor is the money race. we're going to see a big indication in the next couple of weeks when they are to report their first quarter numbers. and jeb bush has been going before crowds asking for hundred thousand dollar donations apiece for his super pac. with the number that he posts early on will show how formidable he is. >> then someone like scott walker who doesn't quite have the other candidates who are well-known only 8% of people who responded said they wouldn't consider voting for him. lowest number in the poll. he's got loot of room to grow. >> schieffer: the other surprise to me in this poll was chris christie. he's down toward the bottom but what sticks out is that 40-something percent of the republicans said no, they would not consider voting for him. he leads the pack by good measure on that. is he done? >> that's a terrible number for chris christie. but, the thing to keep in mind here that you don't need

common help ted kennedy make history. -- come and help ted kennedy make history, so i want to get a shoutto 1960, mr. president, ted said, if you can make it. with his quick irish wit, jack returned the test. here is to 1962, senator kennedy, if you can make it. they both made at. today, they are together again in eternal rest at arlington but their legacies are as alive as ever, right here in boston. the john f. kennedy library next door, the symbol of our american idealism, the edward and kennedy institute for the united states senate as a living example of the heart, frustrating never-ending but critical work required to make that idealism real. what more fitting tribute, what better testament for the life of ted kennedy than this place that he left for a new generation of americans? a monument not to himself but to what we, the people have the power to do together. any of us who have had the privilege to serve in the senate know that it is impossible not to share ted's awe for the history swirling around you, an awe instilled in him by his brother jack. he waited years to deliver his

just give me your thoughts at a ted cruz run. you could argue ted cruz is effective.stered his way to a government shutdown and made no apologies and keeps his word. isn't that what some people want in a politician? >> i think ted cruz being the first candidate to officially announce on the republican side his candidacy tells you this is where the republican party's mainstream is now. ted cruz has been the de facto leader of the republican party in congress for more than a year. he led the charge and convinced a number of his colleagues to shut the government down in the name of people and access to health care and jeopardize our homeland security budget in order to try to make sure that we couldn't implement the president's immigration reform executive orders. he's for a 23% national sales tax. he proposes slashing corporate taxes. his first two bullets on his jobs plan on his website are to repeal the affordable care act and have our nation default on our debt by refusing to raise the debt ceiling. this is the mainstream of the republican party today. if this is the

i think ted cruz does.ve here together and compromise is absolutely imperative the. >> host: onto the democrat's line. we have archie calling from alabama. >> caller: i'm calling about one subject, about what one caller said about where he was born at. i believe our government says that you can't be president of the united states of america if you are not born in the united states of america. and i believe that's what the republicans worked so hard on obama. let's see that birth certificate. addressing the birth certificate -- then they denied that so they don't believe -- summit they are just running. rich people get a lot of stuff. take away everything that's been given to them. social security, medicare and the aca all were democrats did something for the common people in america. >> host: that's archie on the democrat's line. he mentioned the aca. this is the fifth anniversary that ted cruz is chosen to because presidential official presidential bid known. let's take a look at some tweet. this is from j

no one made the senate, live like ted kennedy -- come alive like ted kennedy.was he more animated than when he led you through the living museums. he could and he would tell you everything that there was to know about all of it. [laughter] and then, there were more fonder moments. i still remember the first time i pulled open the jeweler of my desk -- drawer of my desk. each senator is assigned a desk, and there is a tradition of carving the names of those are used to before. those names in my desk included have to and baker simon wellstone, and robert f kennedy. the senate was a place where you instantly pulled yourself up a little straighter. where you tried to act a little better. being a senator changes a person, ted wrote in his memoirs . as vicki said, it may take a year, two years, or three years but it always happens. it fills you with a heightened sense of purpose. that's the magic of the senate. that's the essence of what it can be. who, but ted kennedy, and his family would create a full scale replica of the chamber and open it to everyone? we live i

i thought you were talking to ted cruz. >> who would you vote for? >> ted cruz or jeb bush?> i think having the third -- yes, having the third bush versus the first woman is going to attract 15 to 18% republican women and independent women to say, i'm going with the first woman. i don't think that's a fair fight. i think arguing about how you prosper under the bill clinton economy or either the bush economies is not a fight that the republican party definitely should want to take on. chris and david. i do think the fact that 77% of republicans say they are for generational change in the party, including a majority of seniors means they've been watching the democratic party. they were all told you can't win. we have 20 years democratic presidencies them dealing with the republican candidates never do which is to resist moralism and go for somebody new. >> okay. here's the question. parties have to make a decision are they going for the gold or silver? and 72 of the democrats said they couldn't beat nixon for re-election but picked a guy they could really believe in. eight yea

ted cruz has been in washington only two years.fill the vacuum here by eeg the first candidate out of the box. he definitely faces long odds. he definitely faces an upzilhill challenge. he picked this spot here so it would look for a made for television rally complete with students and others. it's hard not to draw comparisons when barack obama drew crowds like this. that's why senator crews is here. this may be the easiest day of his campaign. he's facing a dozen other republican challengers but by getting in the race first, he gets a head start. >> we'll get back to you in just a second. thanks so much. >>> for now hillary clinton remains on the sidelines but very much in the spotlight. clinton has two public appearances today and there's a lot of speculation these could be her last speeches before she announces her own presidential run. clinton for her part is not revealing her plans. if she does run, she's likely to face a thin field of fellow democrats for her party's nomination. cruz on the other hand could face a dozen fello

ted cruz is too stupid.s far as that woman saying president obama does not love america, she is just racist. the right-wing does not like president obama because he is black and that is it. host: usa today. ted cruz kicks off 2016 gop contest. it is an event at 10:00 a.m. eastern time. you can watch it live on c-span 2. the new york times headline goes this way. they write that becoming the first candidate to declare himself in the race, republicans briefed on his strategy says stir cruz hopes to reclaim the attention and affection of those on the party's right-wing. "it is the shiny object principle. he wants to be first, get into the conversation come and not show any doubt or hesitation." "there is an advantage to being first. he is now the only one running for president." ricardo. lansdowne, pennsylvania. caller: it is laughable, talking about him running for president. he made a mockery out of the political system. it is ridiculous what is happening in this country with these republicans. some of them,

at his ted kennedy's -- that is ted kennedy's legacy. this is truly a great day.. >> ladies and gentlemen, please welcome senator elizabeth warren. senator warren: thank you. and thank you all for being here today in boston for such a wonderful day of celebration thank you, mr. vice president. thank you, gene and fred for your tremendous leadership to make this day possible. and thank you, vicki, thank you, ted, thank you patrick for your support, your advice, and for your friendship. i am truly honored to be with you on such a happy day. we're here to dedicate the kennedy institute, a place designed with one of the loftiest goals possible -- to inspire, to encourage, to engage. it is a lofty goal, but it is the right one for an institute honor ted kennedy. and here is how i know how. back when i was a law professor i studied early -- that the middle class was in serious trouble. i studied people in bankruptcy. people went to college, who got married, had kids, who ended up pushed over a financial cliff. solidly middle-class folks, and more than 90% in bankruptcy

why ted cruz is such a long shot. overseas, the britain's guardian saying ted cruz is one u.s. presidential hopeful can write off now. thanks for that, guardian. that's nothing compared to what's been said on television. watch. >> i think he's scary, dangerous slimy. >> well, he might be dangerous. >> i have a problem with cruz, because i am old enough to remember, even as a kid what mccarthy was all about. he was mr. division. he accused people of being communist. here's this character accusing chuck hagel from taking 200 k from the north koreans. >> your short time in the senate you've developed a reputation as a guy who does not back down who will not compromise. will you bring that brand of no compromise to the white house, if you're elected? >> how are you with that hard line conservative message going to appeal to moderates and independents? >> joining me now, texas senator and presidential candidate, ted cruz. scary, dangerous and slimy. "the guardian" declaring you are done. 48 hours after you have declared. tonight you say? >> well, look, there's nothing like the warm

ted does well locally. what ted is going to do, he's a very bright fellow. i've met him.s international views on the stage in the republican debate is going to be important. olivia: we are going to continue this conversation with ian bremmer after the break. our twitter question of the day, can ted cruz win the republican nomination? tweet us. ♪ tom: in this spring. there is no snoutw. the empire state building and the freedom tower. a smart morning must-read. olivia: all the way back to saturday. the wall street journal's essay. "why islam needs a reformation. " she says this process has already begun, ayaan hirsi ali, based in the u.s. and born in somalia. ian bremmer of eurasia group. wheere -- where is this moderate muslim voice? who are the muslims pushing back against extremists and do they have power? ian: if you ask me why the middle east is imploding, the economics are falling apart and the governance is poor. the u.s. is not playing the role it has historically. technology is empowering a lot of people that have disaffection. islam does not work. of those five t

when they started to say could did be ted? and he was torn between this is my brotherhood will they do to him that if fido will more people be killed? he went through that horrible back-and-forth but it would have been a while and david was given a record he dedicated to helping other victims. and they think they have become friends with gary and they have gone together to talk to victims' groups and he has continued in the death penalty and a fellow that was a defendant and as the brothers turned him in the state executed him so to talk about a victim's and responsibilities. i think gary is wonderful and has been much more giving or whatever words than i ever would have been. >> this concludes the presentation we will invite all of you choose the reception in the kennedy learning center downstairs there will be refreshments and the panel will be available to answer any other questions you might have. there are exhibits of photographs of evidence that was used at the trial had it gone forward. thank you very much. [applause] [

i'm so excited about ted cruz. matt: are you excited about ted cruz? olivia: i'm excited about ted cruz. i'm excited about existing home sales. scarlet: the sale of previously owned homes is falling short. the consensus among economists we surveyed was four point -- 4.9 million. economists were looking for a 1.7% rise. that had been ratcheted down from last week. existing home sales are tallied only when purchases are closed. they do account for more than 90% of the u.s. residential market. perhaps harsh weather played a role for the disappointing read. when it comes to effect on the market stocks are not showing much change from this latest report. the dollar remains weaker. the 10 year yield is pretty much where it was before. off its low, certainly. this kicks off a week of lots of housing numbers. we will have that for you throughout the week. matt: thank you so much. we will dig deeper into that story in just a moment. olivia: let's start with the bulletin. the top business stories that you should be watching. this week could prove decisive for gr

she recognized the phrasing because david had showed her letters from ted and told her about ted's preoccupationsly that the voice in the manifesto is a chicago voice. phrases or just the grammar, perhaps. >> the kaczynski brothers have been estranged for several years. when david reads the manifesto, he must confront a sobering realization. >> david recognized in the manifesto echoes of his brother's wording. david said the one thing that really struck him was seeing the term "cool-headed logicians." he said that's directly out of ted's mouth. there was a strain of ted's philosophy in every paragraph. it was becoming impossible for them to not push it further. >> through a lawyer, david kaczynski contacts the fbi. he submits a copy of an essay ted had written in 1971 to compare to the manifesto. >> it was very clear to me by the third paragraph, when the hair on the back of my neck stood up, that what i was reading, a 1971 essay, was identical in many ways to the manifesto. the biggest problem for david was he was afraid that if the government came to suspect ted kaczynski on their own, they wou

that is what the legacy is of ted kennedy. honor to serve with and to learn from ted kennedy in congress for 35 years. teddy's compassion was unmatched. his mentorship without peer. his dedication to justice unsurpassed. his ability to work across the aisle the best of any member of the united states congress. and this institute, a hub of history, will take teddy's personal touch and at the power of technology. it will showcase how ineffective public policies have fueled groundbreaking discoveries and progress across all fields. it will spread dreams across town to nations, building bridges of understanding. it will demonstrate how leadership, teamwork negotiation, and compromise are all essential ingredients of moving our country forward. you see, when i was first elected to congress, the son of a no plan from malden, i had never been to washington, d.c. until the day of my swearing-in as a member of the united states congress. but now i to kennedy institute any young person can come here to learn and to experience how our de

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it's about ted cruz. why he's not going to win but certainly is going to be interesting. he could cause a nomination to go to jeb bush because if he gets 10 15 20% of the conservative vote, it makes it that much harder for the conservatives in the political race. jim moore, i want your take on this. this could have been a golden opportunity. this is a guy going around the country and trashing obamacare relentlessly. he could have at the college liberty university the other day stood up and said you know what, obamacare is terrible and i have to go into it but, you know what, i'm not going to go into it because i talk to you about principle. he missed a big opportunity here and he would have put rand paul and marco rubio on the defensive. he missed it. he doesn't have the chops. >> senator cruz has always been about senator cruz. if he really cared about texas, he would have been doing something to help this state get an exchange instead of the approximately 2 million uninsured people in his home state who

they would praise ted cruz and go easy on ted cruz and hope he gets the nomination.ause, if he does get the nomination, say hello to president hillary clinton. if you don't believe me, ask president pat buchanan who like ted cruz ran campaign as ideologically pure conservative. so today it's ted cruz who is in the crosshairs. but when he fades as he will, there will be another republican boogie man they put in the crosshairs and that person will be portrayed not because of his simply because of his policies, he will be portrayed as a dope or a bigot or both. so today it's ted cruz, tomorrow it's going to be another republican. >> right, but i think you are short changing cruz a little bit. ronald reagan was a doctrineaire conservative and he won big. >> big difference. >> what difference? >> can i do this in five seconds or less. big difference is ronald reagan had an immense ability to bring people together. ted cruz like barack obama, is a polarizing figure. >> what if he stops doing that? what if he says, listen, you know what? i'm going to change my style and try

wait, ted cruz is signing up for obamacare? what? that has the potential to do some damage because it's short, it's catchy. one he hopes won't be a problem. >> what you said that nailed it to me, this is an inspirational battle in the republican field. ted cruz is in his 40s. marco rubio is in his 40s. rand paul is more youth full. this is what cruz wants to do. set himself up as a new face for a new generation of conservatives. they may not care for scott walker. >> he's a senator, as is marco rubio, rand paul, a bit older. three of those four, lindsey graham, that means you have to vote. that means you have to vote a lot. one of the things they vote on this week and disagreed about was marco rubio wanted to increase defense spending. standing with him were lindsey graham, standing with him was ted cruz. rand paul wanted it different. yes, i'll give you money if you find it somewhere else in the budget to cut it. >> my amendment increases defense spending but pays for it with spending cuts. it is irresponsible and dangerous to conti

ted, let me read what you wrote about the money. over the course of the campaign cruz will aim to race between 40 and $50 million and dominate with the same tea party voters that supported his underdog senate campaign in 2012. but the keep to victory cruz advicers believe is to be second choice of enough voters in the libertarian to could be together a coalition it defeat the establishment. what happens beyond if he can cobble together a coalition, can he end up in the white house? >> right. it is march madness season. senator cruz sees it as primary campaign as a series of brackets. it is compelling to see his plan for victory in the republican primary is cobbling together a conservative base, and those that may break for mike huckabee, and those breaking for rand paul. once he gets that coalition, governor rendell is correct. the next question is how does he advance that hodge podge coalition of conservatives and bring that into general election against hillary clinton who he is currently trailing solidly in early public opinion p

i want to see the birth certificate from ted cruz.ticking that out now. >> it's a canadian birth certificate. but it does confer on him. he's right. he is a natural-born citizen. >> there is an interesting, we've been having a discussion about the base and ted cruz speaking to his base and if you watch that video you showed closely, you'll see students in the audience. by the way, they were mandated to attend. you'll see students in ready to shirts. those were rand ball tee shirts. there's a social app where you can post things anonymously on college campuses i think it's called yik yak. the critical commentary the boredom of ted cruz the making fun of him for the imagine lines, that was supposed to be his base. i'm not clear that was his base at the end of the day. there's a lot of folks on the right who don't like ted cruz who would prefer someone like rand paul. especially the younger generation of conservatives. >> he got some big bursts of applause, especially when he talked about repairing the so-called presidential rift with bi

that is what ted cruz is going to try to bring to iowa. the other thing is the blueprint that joni ernst, a tea party candidate used when she won her senate seat. that is a big part of what will get in in iowa. >> does it mean a limited pool of voters down the road? >> it does. you look at the voters. he will fight rick santorum. and as the campaign moves on it will be a limited number. republicans have to decide whether they want electability. >> michael shure covers politics for al jazeera. last week we told you about the star bucks campaigns, inviting baristas to strike up a conversation on race relations. they have pulled the plug and baristas will merely go back to misspelling your name. you'll have to talk about race on your own time. flat white can be the name of a drink, rather than an observation about a boring caucasian. thanks for joining us on this edition of "inside story". get in touch on facebook twitter. tomorrow - yemen - the u.s.'s strategically located alley on the brink of full-blown war. we'll talk about that next time

ted cruz is the first one in.olls because you want him to run against hillary clinton if she is your nominee. he's behind dr. ben carson. we had him on "new day" and the two governors who may enter the race jeb bush and scott walker. >> he's a very smart guy, princeton university harvard law school top of his class. he-shouldn't be underestimated from the extreme right for sure. from the obstructionist wing that he would rather shut down the government than compromise. there is a big faction within the republican party i think he will appeal to. >> let's look at ted cruz march madness style. we're brackets crazy. >> listen just because you're number one on the bracket, don't torture me. >> exactly. i have been knocked down to number three. let's do a head to head matchup between him and senator rand paul. what are the two distinctions. >> who wins? >> libertarian versus social conservative. i give it to rand paul because he takes the libertarian space whereas the social conservative space. dr. carson mike huckabee

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>> everything that is coming up roses for ted cruz. >> everything coming up ted on march madness monday. a lot of people are dismissive of a cruz candidacy, but you actually wrote that he could carve himself a path to the nomination, what does his path look like. >> i really think it has to do with a unique situation you see this time, looking at 2012, we saw how volatile it was, it may be more volatile, with into the walker getting an initial look, and ted cruz getting a look, i think a lot has to do with fact he lines up with where the activist conservative base is this time. and he particularly is a purest on two issues that i think he is going to use gain the other folks in the race, particularly immigration, and obamacare. he is used those today, talking about how much he was guy leading charge against both of those, that i think in particular against yen bush -- jeb bush or rubio, i think he will try to do that early oh, that aggression may payoff, you may have a more split middle of the party. pro, chamber of commerce, establishment money for all money not going to jeb, that coul

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him to spend $25 million of his own money just to lose to ted cruz. i think he's trying to play that same playbook again this go around for president. >> ana, this will be good for maybe ted cruz in a primary possibly but when you talk about a presidential run, you have to run a national campaign and this is a man you remember well, john mccain, called a whacko bird and peter king, the congressman from new york, he released this statement. peter king is also considering a run. he says this. the republican party and the american people have to be able to find a more qualified candidate than ted cruz shutting down the federal government and reading dr. seuss on the senate floor is not the marks of a leader of the free world. ouch. >> i think it tells you and is reflective of the very wide spectrum of diversity of thought that exists in the republican party right now. i am one that thinks it's fun. i think it's fun to see all of these different voices representing different parts of the republican party out there in the campaign trying to court voters, t

respalda a ted cruz?allÍ acaban las similitudes con la comunidad latina, que responderÍa usted? elizabeth: es completamente lo contrario. el hecho que sea hijo de padre cubano y refugiado en estados unidos, no significa que sea antiinmigrante. el hecho es que el seÑor cruz es abogado y como todo abogado honorable respeta las leyes del paÍs donde estÁ. lo que promueve es respetar al prÓjimo. es insensato por parte del partido demÓcrata o cualquier tipo de organizaciÓn que diga que el seÑor cruz es anti inmigrante. felix: continuÓ con lo que dice la organizaciÓn de soÑadores. dicen que quiere acabar con daca y quiere bloquear dapa. y su posiciÓn ha sido de permanente bloqueo a la posibilidad de una reforma migratoria. elizabeth: el bloqueo no es de una forma migratoria. el bloqueo es de que se sigan cometiendo actos ilegales para entrar a estados unidos ilegalmente. simplemente es para la protecciÓn de esos trar a estmentados. una x:fefefeplemen es eventual presidencia de candidato td cruz... con los soÑado

it is about how ted cruz knows who he is talking to. charlie: i assume he has to emerge as a leading conservative. as they go down the primary road, it will be a face-off between him and perhaps jeb bush even though jeb bush has claims to conservativism as well. that is the hope of this group of people who are essentially conservative, to stay in the game. mike: i predict ted cruz will be one of the last people standing. he is an excellent communicator. he will be a 10 in the debates coming up. he has a real base. a base not based on momentum or the flavor of the month. his people are very dedicated to him. that will be very important. he might not have as much money as jeb bush or the fancy advertising. he is not the come from nowhere surprise story that scott walker is. he may not get the big establishment that marco rubio does. i think senator rubio will be the next candidate to get his day in the sun. to get a fresh look. things have been kind of quiet in his camp. national security, which is his wheelhouse, is rising as an issue. w