Well. we re looking at folks like mike huckabee, ted cruz, rick santorum, rand paul, these people that will certainly connect with the base but when it comes time for the general election they re people that people connect with. we didn t have that in the last two presidential campaigns and they need to be someone that reflects the core values of the republican party but really connects with people and certainly what we re learning last week in florida, we re learning that obamacare is not popular but you think connecting with people is enough if you re not more moderate in a lot of these issues? well, we learned that the hard way the last two presidential cycles. it needs to be someone that people like. i ve been to a lot of focus groups and the reason barack obama won over mitt romney is because barack obama was a more likable candidate even though his policies have been terrible for this country. there needs to be someone that people recognize that they connect with them and u
Family will have to make. it s a tough call having been in presidential campaigns. it s a family affair. but the gop asked him to campaign for candidates because he is a popular well-liked candidate and at the end of the day republicans realize this was an important year. there s a high priority and a high probability that republicans will maintain control in the house and win over in the senate and getting popular republicans like jeb bush out there on the campaign trail is important and it s all hands on deck for the republican party and he has certainly is someone to get out there and do that. and the other thick, obviously, is by their own analysis one of the things jason that s troublesome for the republicans is their outrage, particularly to the hispanic the growing hispanic community. this is somebody who speaks fluent spanish, obviously, from a state, florida, with a high spanish population. i mean, would he how nervous would he make democrats? well, he would be nervo
Jason, you re a texas guy. you know the bushes. are we reading too much into the schedule or is jeb bush looking at 2016 and saying you know what? this is not just the best but it may be my final window to run for president ? i don t think he s meeting with sheldon adelson for gambling tips. he s looking at this presidential run. but the problem with the bushes isn t with swing voters, right now it s with the republican base and jeb bush has always displayed disturbing symptoms of cognition. he s more of a joe scarborough republican than a joe six pack republican. in fact, i think joe scarborough would have a better chance of getting the nomination than another bush. well, let s talk about the possibilities for jeb bush. the latest poll has him around 9%, alice, and i wonder, as we all wonder, even his mom said, you know, find another family already. is his name a blessing or a curse? well, i think the bush name brings a lot to the table and as he has said himself, at the end of
Other g.o.p. lawmakers said they ll support a constitutional amendment banning citizenship to babies born to undocumented parents. i m joined by wall street journal editorial board members. so, jason, you herd heard lindsay gram. is he right? if he has evidence, some data showing that large numbers of people are coming here for the express purpose of having a baby, i wish he d present it. i haven t seen any such evidence. what both years me about this debate now is that it s got the contest reef dusing illegal immigration. if we repeel this amendment it will reduce the illegal flow of mexico reminds me of a driver s license debate. the suggestion that if we deny illegal immigrants driver s licenses fewer will come this, is ridiculous this, is not why they re coming.
They say of course not. do you know people who come here to have babies? oh, yes. says the mother. but that is all the evidence there is. so i think that is beside the point. what we do know is that something like 340,000 children were born to illegal aliens here. a huge percentage. of the birth rate of illegal aliens are children born in the united states. that is 340,000, jason that. is not nothing that. is a fair number pechl. to take the hospital example, 40% of a certain hospital? okay. where people giving birth there have they been in the u.s. 10 years? 20 years? two months? the woman was still wet from crossing the rio grand as a doctor said. there sefdz to be fair of something called birth tourism. where companies abroad tell families we ll set up a place for to you give birth in the