influence from businesses, at least to the left she does. and so i think she is really the person they would get excited about. the check writers also like her if you look at how she does in the fund raising circuits. could she beat hillary clinton if she does run? i don t think so. i really don t. if you look at her talk with her fists and she speaks well. but in the end hillary has a well-oiled machine. she is familiar and when people look at the difference, people outside of the democratic primary voters, hillary has traveled the world and seen everything. but in 2008 they said the same thing about the well-oiled clinton machine. these are two very different figures. you can t have this single voice saying the system is rigged against you and have nothing else to say. all right. this is going to be fun to watch, i think. we have to take one more break. when we come back, hits and misses of the week. unlimited cash back.
it was like watching a tennis match. chances are it does not end like you said with stability, a consensual government, participatory democracy. i don t see this getting better, i think it gets worse. martha: is there any role the united states can play to aid the people on the ground who desperately want a democracy? i think the united states does have a seat at the table. we give egypt aid. it s mainly military assistance. but the big check writers in egypt are the wealthy gulf oil states. saudi arabia, kuwait, the united arab emirates. they don t want a return of the muslim brotherhood in egypt because that s what they fear in their country, a move to unseat them to throw them out of power.
check writers the republicans have. tell us about it. so out west, governor christie was yesterday at sheldon adelson one of his casinos. he was the one that bank rolled basically the newt gingrich campaign in 2012. so shelden adelson is the most sought-after checkbook in america. he can buy himself, propel a candida candidacy. we re told not to read too much of this. he wasn t there. he was in asia. his name on the invitation for the $3800 a person fund-raiser. showed the two do have an affinity. chris christie is does a line with him on at lot of issues. this is a preview, shows how the governor with his re-election race is able to get a headstart. what do you think about the kentucky race, mitch mcconnell i m not sure about that. the one-point poll came as a surprise. people thought that he was more
present numbers this summer. take a listen to senator john mccain. a year or so ago we could have negotiated an agreement. we didn t. we had an arch there prior to this one that had in experience in any part of the world. he served as our negotiator in korea and we know how well that turned out. and we did not have any priority to the issue and, then, it took them up until a month or so ago to decide how many troops they really wanted. reporter: now john mccain says even if the training mission of 3,000 troops stayed behind it would be meaningless and iran is waiting in the wings to fill the vacuum. shepard: thank you. we have new fundraising totals from the presidential candidates this afternoon. the numbers and the check writers.