explicitly that he doesn t want to play that game, that he wants to be sort of a candidate for a larger group of people and centrist and who can win in november. let me go back to you, matt. it seems to me watching this thing somewhat dispassionately, i noticed for example that jeb bush is now going to give a commencement speech at liberty university. you know he is a roman catholic convert. his family was episcopalian. somehow he finds himself comfortable in that evangelical crowd. his father had to do some of that stooping last time he ran. heed that to say things he never was out the religiously in his growing up years. ted cruz, they re all does the republican candidate in 2016 have to be focused on the religious right? do you have to tag that base before you can be the nominee? well, there is two things there. first of all, evangelical voters, this is a legitimate group of people to go after. do you have to tag up with them? the question of faith in our
of being obstructionist in washington, that fever hasn t burnt out. if people like rand paul and ted cruz and maybe mike huckabee and others who are going to be playing to that and trying to fan those flames. we ve had jeb bush say quite explicitly that he doesn t want to play that game that he wants to be sort of a candidate for a larger group of people and centrist and who can win in november. let me go back to you, matt. it seems to me watching this thing somewhat dispassionately, i noticed for example that jeb bush is now going to give a commencement speech at liberty university. you know he is a roman catholic convert. his family was episcopalian. somehow he finds himself comfortable in that evangelical crowd. his father had to do some of that stooping last time he ran. heed that to say things he never was out the religiously in his growing up years. ted cruz they re all does the republican candidate in 2016 have to be focused on the religious right? do you have to tag that ba
wagering a whisper campaign by telling donors that he was jewish. after leaving that message he apparently killed himself. i wasn t so close to tom that i m beating myself up over not knowing, but i talked to the guy three times that week. reporter: it was a campaign already sounding nasty. tom schweich like him? no is a weak candidate for governor? absolutely, just look at him. reporter: in a statement, republican party chairman hancock said while i do not recall doing so it is possible that i mentioned tom s faith in passing during one of the many conversations i have each day. in fact, schweich s grandfather was jewish but he was a an episcopalian. press secretary spence jackson says he was devastated his
wagering a whisper campaign by telling donors that he was jewish. after leaving that message he apparently killed himself. i wasn t so close to tom that i m beating myself up over not knowing, but i talked to the guy three times that week. reporter: it was a campaign already sounding nasty. tom schweich like him? no is a weak candidate for governor? absolutely, just look at him. reporter: in a statement, republican party chairman hancock said while i do not recall doing so it is possible that i mentioned tom s faith in passing during one of the many conversations i have each day. in fact, schweich s grandfather was jewish but he was a an episcopalian. press secretary spence jackson says he was devastated his
after leaving that message, he apparently killed himself. i wasn t so close to tom that i m beating myself up over not knowing, but i talked to the guy three times that week. reporter: it was a campaign already sounding nasty. tom schweich, like him? no, is a weak candidate for governor? absolutely, just look at him. reporter: in a statement, republican party chairman hancock said while i do not recall doing so, it is possible that i mentioned tom s faith in passing during one of the many conversations i have each day. in fact, schweich s grandfather was jewish something he was very proud of but schweich was episcopalian. press secretary spence jackson says he was devastated his family s heritage was apparently being used for politics. still in this day and age someone s religious heritage