6,000 candidates. behold our latest installment pondering the tough questions facing the candidates on the 2016 candidate trail. coming up this week on the campaign trail, 2016. hillary clinton continues her jam-packed fund-raising tour, but if elected what does she think should be destroyed first. seattle, san francisco, philadelphia, houston, cleveland, denver and detroit. god bless you and god bless america. plus, jeff bush hit the midwest, but is he still making the outrageous claim that he can pass the person in front of him on batter slide? i know that it can be done because i ve done it. thank you all very much. and finally bernie sanders rallies support in new england, but what are his thoughts on people who double dip their chips at a party? i think that s a good thing, i applaud ople.
which is up from 70,000 people in the previous 90 days. so clearly he s generated interest here. but i think what you mentioned before about money is going to be the key issue. there s a reason why he s taking the next ten days and going on a major fund-raising tour instead of heading straight into the early states. matt lewis, how do you think he did? i hear you compare him to president obama. i d like you to develop on that a little bit, if you could. yeah. i think he did very well. i think it was a very good announcement speech. it is interesting. he used the word imagine. i counted 38 times, some people say 40. but that s a lot. and it s calculated. you noeksknow, frank luntz has said the word imagine is the most powerful word in the english language. you don t accidentally use the word imagine 38 times. i think the reason he did it is because it works. i think he s tapping into something that barack obama tapped into when he talked about, you know believe and when he talked
they re staying home. imagine instead millions of people of faith all across america coming out to the polls and voting our values? what s the next stop for cruz? the next stop is really to try and start doing some fund raising. he is well behind his republican rivals. he will be in new york city the next couple of days. he will be on a ten-city fund raising tour over the next coming weeks, at the same time trying to neutralize the republican skepticism and criticism from congressman peter king and others. he wants to present himself as a serious candidate. that s the opening question. can he grow here? can he change that rhetoric we have become all so used o? jeff thanks very much. joining us for the first of no doubt many conversations to come cnn political commentators and republican strategyist and chief national correspondent john king. so john, from the location of the speech to the content,
fund-raiser there at the home of the madronas, democratic donors bruce and ann. he then is going to head to san francisco and then to los angeles by wednesday. the fund-raising tour continues despite harsh critique from most americans who are feeling there has to be some priorities here from the oval office. a couple of days ago, on thursday, when malaysian flight 17 was shot out of the sky by the russian rebels we know that for a fact it was extraordinary that the president of the united states didn t take to the air waves and do something. but the first time we saw him, he was at the charcoal pit ordering cheeseburgers in delaware. it seems like this white house is simply tone-deaf. and do you know what? i think maybe they realize we ve blown it all over the place. in fact, they just canceled that man walking on the stage of jimmy kimmel. he was supposed to do that while he s in los angeles. he will continue to fund raise for democrats all over the place, but he s
chris christie heads south on a big fund-raising tour for his fellow republicans, but some of those fellow republicans, major players, staying away. hmm. we ll tell you about the new controversy surrounding the new jersey governor, coming up next. welcome back. how is everything? there s nothing like being your own boss! and my customers are really liking your flat rate shipping. fedex one rate. really makes my life easier. maybe a promotion is in order. good news. i got a new title. and a raise? management couldn t make that happen. [ male announcer ] introducing fedex one rate. simple, flat rate shipping with the reliability of fedex. a man who doesn t stand still. but jim has afib, atrial fibrillation, an irregular heartbeat not caused by a heart valve problem. that puts jim at a greater risk of stroke. for years, jim s medicine tied him