Five points in a iowa poll. Add that to the shade joe biden threw in the past 24 hours and a stunning ratcheting up of rhetoric by clinton and her daughter, chelsea, on the campaign trail today, and theres only one conclusion the prospect of a sanders sweep in the first two states in the nomination process is that real. If you thought clintons attacks on sanders yesterday were an 8. 3 on the richter scale, at a Campaign Event today, she cranked things up to 11. Do not talk to me about standing up to corporate interests. I have the scars to show for it. I am proud of every single one of them. We have a big difference over guns. I think it is a telling difference. If youre going to go around saying you stand up to special interests, stand up for the most powerful special interests, the gun lobby. He wants to roll medicare, medicaid, Affordable Care act, and private Health Insurance into a National System and turn it over to the states to administer. Now, if that is the revolution he is t
Thanks, charlie. We have a great show for you tonight here in the hollywood hills. Lets start with the only topic we could think about all weekend even while we were pounding mint juleps willard mitt romney and the possibility he would run in 2016. We talked to him about whether he would draw from the same donor class as jeb bush. Here is what he said then. I think jeb is an excellent person and would be a traffic president. I think that about a lot of people running on the republican side. Among this people, we will find someone who catches fire and ignites the interest of the Republican Base and someone who can go on to become president. Thats why i said im not running, im not planning on running, and ive got nothing new on that story. All indications are he is serious about running. What does this mean about the guy who was just a few weeks ago was a front runner, jeb bush . Nothing good. When you think about what hes done with these unexpectedly aggressive moves, its mostly about t
We have a great show for you tonight here in the hollywood hills. Lets start with the only topic we could think about all weekend even while we were pounding meant juleps willard mitt romney and the possibility he would run in 2016. We talked to him about whether he would draw from the same donor class as jeb bush. I think jeb is an excellent person and would be a traffic president. I think that about a lot of people running on the republican side. Among this people we will find someone who catches fire and ignites the interest of the Republican Base and someone who can go on to become president. Thats why i said im not running, im not planning on running, and ive got nothing new on that story. All indications are he is serious about running. What does this mean about the guy without was a front runner jeb bush. Nothing good. When you think about what hes done with these unexpectedly aggressive moves, its mostly about tying up donors. It is mostly about money. Mitt romney is, among all
In your book about al gore and the gridiron dinner. What was it . In the last year of the clinton presidency, bill clinton, the president , decided he would bag the gridiron dinner, where the president usually goes to speak. And he didnt like it much. It was the second time he didnt. And taking his place was al gore. I got a phone call just a few days before the dinner, wondering if id help in Vice President gores speech. I got a call from my friend, bob shrum, who was a media guy for gore. And what they wanted me to do was have a phony interview with him, where i would ask all kinds of questions not with him, but with president bush and they would have president bush saying general. Now, that was a little piece of tape that they got from an interview that george w. Bush had done earlier with a smart aleck guy up in massachusetts, who had asked him, do you know the name of the president of pakistan, general musharraf. And poor bush said, general, and he couldnt think of his name. So, t
Also pat houston, Whitney Houstons sisterinlaw and manager and jeopardy champion ken jennings written a new book. Its tuesday, december 4th, starting point begins right now. Welcome everybody, youre watching starting point. Were honored this morning to have the former british Prime Minister tony blair with us as our guest. Hes going to be weighing in as a number of topics. Were going to talk about the fiscal cliff, were going to talk about the global economy. Were going to talk about the civil war in syria. Well talk about the royal baby coming soon. First we want to get right to Zoraida Sambolin for an update on the days top stories. Soledad, the fiscal cliff debacle, with 28 days remaining before drastic tax hikes and spending cuts take effect, a republican spending plan has been rejected by the white house. Brianna keilar is live from washington. What now, brianna . Well, right now its about the pressure building and the clock kicking, zoraida. As House Republicans in the white hous