we re back with presidential candidate mike huckabee. he s in seventh place right now among gop voters and independents who say they lean republican. you won iowa last time in 2008. right. this year you immediate a decision not to do the iowa straw poll. do you think there s a different path to the presidency than a traditional one? well i think that the path is still the same. you have to organize and build structure in the early states and you have to connect with voters. one of the things i don t think people understand about the value of iowa new hampshire, south carolina those states provide a wonderful service to the rest of america. they really filter through the candidates. you can t just go and buy a bunch of media and sit it out. you have to go out there, shake hands, talk to people. you can t put the press in a rope. you have to get out there and answer tough questions. i think that s a healthy part of our process of selecting a chief
2016. and guess what i am here to ask you for your prayers, for your support, for your efforts because i have decided to run for president of the united states. let s go to our cnn political reporter nia-malika henderson. here we have it. number 16. let s talk about the governor of ohio. reporter: well, the governor of ohio won 64% of the vote last time he ran. he s got pretty good approval ratings. they like the way the economy is going and he actually sorted hinted at an exploratory committee but dropped out before the iowa straw poll. he s got overall a pretty good political resume pretty good for a general election more so
so i do think that s an interesting point. is this the most we re going to see of him, and if it is, how are they going to react to him? i think he s going to go up from here. maria teresa kumar, him going out there and bashing nbc and getting into a big public war over the southern border and over the issues of him wanting to build the wall down there, there s got to be another 10% of republican primary voters who are going to love him for that. absolutely. in this case he s going after big, bad corporate america who doesn t have the interest of america supposedly. and this idea that individuals are coming and invading our country. there s a reason why the majority of the republican candidates today did not want to be part of the iowa straw poll, why? because it brings out the worse of the republican party, the real extreme right. and all of a sudden they have
obviously calls into question the importance of the iowa straw poll which is considered a big one for years. a big year for rand paul. a filibuster on the patriot about. how does this week affect his stock, 2016 stock? it s pretty fascinating. in some ways you know his filibuster is a little out of step with where his party is particularly are the rise of isil. some folks are saying that his stance on intelligence is a lot less and government surveillance is a lot less potent than it was a couple of years, but it s going to be a huge republican field. as many as 15 maybe more candidates in there and a really interesting way to distinguish yourself is by taking stepping out on a limb in this issue. it s been a champion on this issue for a long time and there are a lot of libertarian activists that he is going to have to win some who support his
obviously calls into question the iowa straw poll which has been considered a big one for years. a big week for rand paul. a filibuster in front of the senate going back and forth on the patriot about. how does this week affect his 2016 stock? it s fascinating. in some ways you know his filibuster is a little out of step with where his party is particularly with the rise of isil. some folks are saying that his stabs on intelligence is a lot less in government surveillance is a lot less potent than maybe a couple of years ago, but it s going to be a huge republican field. as many as 15 maybe more candidates in there and a really interesting way to distinguish yourself is by takeing stepping out on a limb in this issue. he s been a champion on this for a long time and there are a lot of libertarian activists he s