the rube yoio campaign saying h very much against the budget deal and wanted to show up on big votes. speaking now. showing viewers live pictures. thanks very much. discuss what s going on here in the situation room. joining us, rebecca berg, and chief political correspondent dana bash, political analyst gloria and commentator of the new yorker magazine washington s correspondent ryan lizza. is marco rubio the biggest threat to jeb bush s path to the nomination? i think he is a huge threat to jeb bush, which is why you saw jeb attack him the other night. albeit a little unartfully, because rubio kind of hammered him in his response on the voting record. i think when you see marco rubio s debate skills and as republican voters watch marco rubio debate, you can see republicans saying who do i want going up against potentially
presidential debate. the democrats have the ultimate super pac. i it s called the mainstream media. last week, hillary clinton went before a committee and admitted she sent e-mails to her family saying this attack was caused by al qaeda-like elements. she spent over a week telling the family of those victims and the american people that it was because of a video. and yet the mainstream media saying it was the greatest week in hillary clinton s campaign. it was the week she got exposed as a liar. ive jake reese, day to feel alive jake reese, day to feel alive
for the senate. you have been there. you get it in your head and you re waiting for that moment. just say it, just say it. set up carson. you re still debating. did jeb take something off his smack at rubio when he said the french work week? i think he was trying to put a little too much icing on that. i m mixing my metaphors. he didn t need to say french work week. this anti-french nonsense. keep it it simple. you know who was good at doing that, carly fiorina in the second debate, where she didn t have to say she said, everyone in america knows what you meant by that, donald trump. boom. that was a great line. but i also thought tonight, she was talking about i don t smile enough, so she smiled. of course, when becky quick was going after her, she wasn t smiling one bit. we have this election right now where we re seeing the power of authenticity, particularly with these outsider candidates. you look specifically at the jeb attack on marco rubio.
cheering for chris christie. i m not sure there s a lot of chris christie people in that audience. they wanted to see a certain kind of energy. they wanted to see an attack on the media. they loved that. but what was also fast nating ultimately, i can t wait to see the minutes of this, but the disappearance of the front-runner, donald trump and ben carson. it s amazing that somebody like christie, ted cruz, could play significant roles in this debate, have very significant moments in this debate while their front-runners were standing idly by. trump looked like a mannequin up there. senator cruz got some of the biggest cheers of the night, as you say, lawrence, take on the mainstream media. let s watch. the questionings that have been asked so far in this debate illustrate why the american people don t trust the media. this is not a cage match. and you look at the questions,
boom. that was a great line. but i also thought tonight, she was talking about i don t smile enough, so she smiled. of course, when becky quick was going after her, she wasn t smiling one bit. we have this election right now where we re seeing the power of authenticity, particularly with these outsider candidates. you look specifically at the jeb attack on marco rubio. it was rehearsed. it was deliberate. it was premeditated. it was almost like a quarterback dropping back in the pocket, scanning for the open receiver. throw it, throw it, don t throw it. i have an open man. i m going to throw the ball. he leaned in there with his chin, and marco rubio, real effective count r erpunch, knoc him out. like when you plan a trick play on the first play of the game. how often do you see them try it and it ends up with a ten-yard loss. let s take one minute on jeb bush. the family had two presidencies. mixed results in both cases. one had one term, one had two.