Republican hopefuls will be there. How do you think that most of this crowd views that . Is there a favorite at this stage . I think our folks that are really the faithbased, grassroots of the party. If you go back and look at the 2012 collection, they were 51 of all of the votes cast in the primaries. My sense is that they are the primary electorate writ large. This is kind of all jumbled up. They like ted cruz but they like mike huckabee, they like rick santorum. I think rand paul has got some jazz. I think they will kick the tires and look at the more established frontrunning type candidates. Chris christie will be here this weekend. He will make i believe his First National appearance before a social conservative audience of this type. Do you think they are accepting of him . I think you will get a fair hearing. I think he will make the fair case. I think he will make a strong case on the values he has represented in new jersey. Why didnt you invite any elected democrats . Well, i
Is there a favorite at this stage . I think our folks that are really the faithbased, grassroots of the party. My sense is that they are the primary electorate writ large. This is kind of all jumbled up. They like ted cruz but they like mike huckabee, they like rick santorum. I think rand paul has got some jazz. I think they will kick the tires and look at the more established frontrunning type candidates. Chris christie will be here this weekend. He will make i believe his First National appearance before a social conservative audience of this type. Are they accepting of him . I think he will get a fair hearing. I think he will make the fair case. Why didnt you invite any elected democrats . Well, i think unfortunately, i have always reached out to democrats. Our agenda is not really partisan if you really look at where we are on Immigration Reform, where we are on education reform. If you look at where we are in criminal justice. You did not invite any democrats. No, but we have an a
People who perpetrated are brought to justice. Host the latest round of charges from senator john mccain and other leading republicans on the attack in benghazi that resulted in the death of a u. S. Ambassador and three other americans. Now, nearly two years later, this issue isnt going away on capitol hill, in part because of the newly released email. Also, a congressional hearing yesterday in washington. Good morning, it is friday, may the second ver2. Mainly, we want to know if the investigation is important to you. Meanwhile, at the white house the president will be meeting with the german chancellor Angela Merkel. His issues likely to come up in a News Conference with reporters. The president is hosting the german chancellor for a working lunch and an oval office meeting. Those nsa phone taps the situation in ukraine are also subject to dominate the conversation. We want to begin with the issue of benghazi because it has come front and center yet again. This morning inside the the
Freedom coalition, ralph reed. Thank you for being with us. Your conference is this weekend. Almost all of the major republican hopefuls will be there. How do you think that most of this crowd views that . Is there a favorite at this stage . I think our folks that are really the faithbased, grassroots of the party. My sense is that they are the primary electorate writ large. This is kind of all jumbled up. They like ted cruz but they like mike huckabee, they like rick santorum. I think rand paul has got some jazz. I think they will kick the tires and look at the more established frontrunning type candidates. Chris christie will be here this weekend. He will make i believe his First National appearance before a social conservative audience of this type. Are they accepting of him . I think he will get a fair hearing. I think he will make the fair case. Why didnt you invite any elected democrats . Well, i think unfortunately, i have always reached out to democrats. Our agenda is not reall
Your conferences this weekend. Almost all of the major republican hopefuls will be there. How do you think that most of this crowd views that . Is there a favorite at this stage . I think our folks that are really the faith aced, grassroots of the party. My sense is that they are the primary electorate writ large. This is kind of all jumbled up. They like ted cruz but they like mike huckabee, they like rick santorum. I think rand paul has got some jazz. I think they will kick the tires the more established front running type candidates. Chris christie will be here this weekend. He will make i believe his First National appearance before a social conservative audience of this type. Are you accepting of him . I think you will get a fair hearing. I think he will make the fair case. Why didnt you invite any of elected democrats . Unfortunately i have always reached out to democrats and our agenda is not really partisan if you really look at where we are on Immigration Reform, where we are