politicians who stumbled in the recent political history. the fact she didn t learn from those is a distinction between the obama campaign where they were very, very careful students of the bush campaigns and the kerry failures. so far, the clinton team, they don t seem to be good students of wealthy candidates. i was going to say, i agree with what nicole is saying about the message but there s a reality. in a quote from the republicans in that story, if you have a candidate who can raise $2 billion, it s not automatic if the republican nominee can raise it. not automatic at all. if you are a democrat, not just wall street, but big business around the country. if you can keep your base satisfied and raise that money, it s huge. it s a reason she may find running irresistible. fund raising for most candidates
there. what do we take away from that? edging out george w. bush for worst president, two numbers really fascinated me here. one, just because it s interesting. the other, troubling numbers in the poll if you are in the west wing. first of all, twice as many democrats picked bill clinton as the best president in history. pick barack obama or jfk. 34% say bill clinton is the best president, ever. 18% pick the current president and jfk. the number you really worry about, almost all these numbers reflect a split country within a margin of error. it s a divided country, we get that, including those who think we are better off with mitt romney. 54% saying this president is not
nightmare nanny and the view in washington? this is going to be a central plot twist in the cold. i ll always side with the nanny any novel, always. nightmare impact 2016 coming up tomorrow on politico. a bit of a troubling picture tr president obama. voters ranked president obama the worst president since world war ii followed by george w. bush and richard nixson. 60% say the country would be better off if romney beat obama. 38% say the country would be worse off. 85% of republicans believe president romney would have the u.s. in a better direction. 47% of the independent voter haves that view. 70% of democrats say the country would be better off is better off with president obama. mike, those are extreme numbers
philly, new york. we expect strong storms late today. this front is going to linger over new york as we go through thursday, periods of rain into boston. we will see airport delays. it has nothing to do, what so ever with arthur. good news, bad news. everyone in new england not having to deal with it. bad news for you going to the airport. bill, thanks. we ll talk to you in a bit. joining us now, former communication director for george bush. good morning. good morning. news from california. the surge of children illegally entering the united states. hundreds of protesters forced three buses of immigrant detainees to turn around from the u.s. customs and border patrol in california. they blocked the entrance waving american flags and carrying protest signs. the move was designed to prevent
emotional. george w. bush wasn t afraid to use this action. is the president within his authority to use the language he s using? the language he s using, i agree with mark, unplugged and interesting for us to see him six years in like he s watching a lot of fox news. he s listening to conservative talk radio or watching fox in his free time. what s interesting to me is how he seems to have these feelings in a vacuum but he has no role in arriving at this place where he can do anything with congress. whether or not the american people buy that remains to be seen. he will spend two years speaking to a smaller slice of america, his base. they will write checks to his