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POLITICAL ANALYST GLORIA BORGER
AND JOHN KING.
COULD THIS ADVICE, DON'T BE SO
ANGRY BE THE KEY TO SUCCESS?
>> NEIGHBORHOOD A GENERAL
ELECTION BUT HONESTLY I THINK
NOT IN A PRIMARY.
>> MIDTERM ELECTION?
>> BUT I'M EVEN THINKING IF HE
DOES RUN FOR THE PRESIDENCY, IF
HE RUNS FOR THE PRESIDENCY, THE
BASE OF THE REPUBLICAN PARTY IS
ANGRY RIGHT NOW.
THEY ARE UNHAPPY.
AND I THINK IF HE WERE TO RUN
FOR THE PRESIDENCY, HE'D HAVE TO
HAVE A LITTLE BIT OF A
RE-EDUCATION IN HOW TO TALK TO
THE BASE OF THE PARTY BECAUSE
IT'S CHANGED OVER THE LAST SEVEN
OR EIGHT YEARS.
>> COME BECOME MORE TO THE
RIGHT?
>> THE REPUBLICAN PARTY,
PARTICULARLY WITH THE TEA PARTY
ON THE RISE, YOU KNOW, I THINK
IT'S A DIFFERENT PARTY THAN JEB
BUSH LEFT WHEN HE WAS GOVERNOR.
>> WHAT DO YOU THINK OF THAT
STRATEGY?
A STRATEGY HE'S ADVOCATING.
>> THIS IS SOMETHING THAT HE'S
LONG BELIEVED.
IMMIGRATION IS GOING TO BE THE
ISSUE IN THE NEXT PRIMARY.
JEB BUSH IS MORE TO THE CENTER
THAN THE BASE OF THE PARTY,
PROBABLY.
HEALTH CARE WILL BE AN ISSUE IN
THE NEXT PRIMARY.
HE SAID THERE'S NOTHING I LIKE
ABOUT THE PRESIDENT'S AFFORDABLE
CARE ACT BUT WHAT THE
REPUBLICANS SHOULD DO TO REPLACE
IT, HE'S A POLICY GUY.
THE THING THAT IS MOST
FASCINATING TO ME, HE'S BEEN OFF
THE BIKE A LONG TIME.
HE HASN'T RUN FOR ELECTED OFFICE
IN QUITE SOME TIME.
SO TO SEE HIM IN TOWN HALL
SETTING, I ACTUALLY THOUGHT HE
WAS HAVING FUN.
NUMBER ONE, HE WAS HUMOROUS.
NUMBER TWO, REPUBLICANS ASKING
IF HE'S TOO RUSTY, PRETTY GOOD.
HE TURNS POLITICAL QUESTIONS
INTO POLICY QUESTIONS.
>> AND HE WAS TWICE ELECTED TO
GOVERNOR OF FLORIDA.
>> THE MINUTE -- IF HE WERE TO
SAY, OKAY, I'M RUNNING FOR THE
PRESIDENCY, SUDDENLY YOU HAVE
THE HANDLERS AROUND YOU
CONSTANTLY, YOU'RE WORRIED ABOUT
EVERY WORD THAT YOU SPEAK.
RIGHT NOW HE CAN AFFORD TO BE A
LITTLE MORE RELAXED BUT ONCE
YOU'RE ON THAT NATIONAL STAGE,
FORGET IT.
IT ALL CHANGES.
>> FLORIDA IT AN IMPORTANT
ELECTORAL STATE.
>> OH, YEAH.
>> HE ALSO SAID THIS.
>> THIS IS ONE OF THE PEOPLE I
MET, EARLY SPRING OF 2007, A
STRONG SUPPORTER OF PRESIDENT
OBAMA'S IN THE PRIMARY.
AND I SAID, WHY?
AND HE GOES -- HE LOOKED AT ME
AND HE GOES, WE HAD A BUSH, THEN
WE HAD A CLINTON, THEN WE HAD A
BUSH, THEN WE'RE GOING TO HAVE A
CLINTON, AND THEN HE TURNED TO
ME AND HE GOES, AND THEN WE'RE
GOING TO HAVE A BUSH.
SO I GET THE POINT.
I GET THE POINT.
AND IT'S SOMETHING THAT I'D HAVE
TO -- IF I WAS TO RUN, I'D HAVE
TO OVERCOME THAT.
AND SO WILL HILLARY, BY THE WAY.
>> WHICH IS A FAIR POINT, RIGHT?
>> ABSOLUTELY.
IT IS A FAIR POINT.
IN OUR POLITICS, PEOPLE ARE
ALWAYS LOOKING FOR NEW FACES.
PRESIDENT OBAMA HELPED HIM WITH
THE IRAQ WAR.
HE WENT ON TO SAY, HOLD HILLARY
TO THE SAME ISSUE.
IT'S LESS OF AN ISSUE OR IT'S
EVERYBODY'S ISSUE.
I KNOW FROM MY REPORTING, HE'S
THINKING SERIOUSLY ABOUT THIS.
WHEN HE SAID HE'D HAVE A
TIMETABLE, PEOPLE SAID HE'S JUST
SAYING THAT.
HIS TEAM SAYS THAT ERASES MONEY
FOR REPUBLICAN CANDIDATES BUT
I'M TOLD IN THOSE CONVERSATIONS
HE'S TALKED ABOUT, IF I RUN,
WHAT WOULD IT TAKE, WHO ARE YOU
WITH?
HE'S THINKING MORE SERIOUSLY
ABOUT THIS.
>> OTHERS SUGGESTED MAYBE HE
SHOULDN'T DO IT.
>> WE ALWAYS LISTEN TO OUR
MOTHERS, WOLF.
BUT I THINK MAYBE THE
FUND-RAISERS ARE MORE SERIOUS
ABOUT THIS, PARTICULARLY GIVEN
THE PROBLEMS THAT CHRIS CHRISTIE
HAS HAD, SUDDENLY IF THEY SORT
OF FEEL THAT THEY ARE IN THE
CENTER OF THE PARTY,
ESTABLISHMENT PART OF THE
REPUBLICAN PARTY, THEY ARE
LOOKING FOR SOMEBODY THAT THEY
COULD SAY, OKAY, HE WILL
REPRESENT MY VIEWS.
IF THEY WERE TURNING FROM
CHRISTIE AND SOME POLLERS SHOW