but she also has to keep in mind it s tough to have three consecutive terms for one party. whomever becomes the republican contender has a high bar to leap. how to unite the republican party in face of the demographic shifts that increasingly favor the democrats. bret? bret: john, thank you. it may be too early for me, too. who do you think the front run her be? let me know on twitter. @bretbaier. david axelrod is putting his money where his mustache is. he says he is willing and will shave his mustache of 40 years on live television if he can raise $1 million for epilepsy research by the end of the month. axelrod s daughter has the condition. last month he vowed to shave off the mustache if president obama lost battlegrounds but he did not. raise your hand if you saw this coming? david petraeus out at the aye over an extramarital affair. now late breaking developments