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00:00BETWEEN THE END OF THE CANDIDATES ON THE REPUBLICAN SIDE IS THAT I HAVE A CONSISTENT RECORD OF STANDING AND FIGHTING FOR CONSERVATIVE PRINCIPLES AND BEING A FISCAL CONSERVATIVE, A SOCIAL CONSERVATIVE ON NATIONAL SECURITY, AND ACTUALLY WALKING THE WALK. FOR EXAMPLE, I SAID A LOT OF TIMES I THINK DONALD TRUMP IS RUNNING AND HAS BEEN VERY BENEFICIAL FOR OUR CAMPAIGN BECAUSE IT DOES HELP FRAME THE CENTRAL ISSUE IN THE PRIMARY AS WHO WILL STAND UP TO WASHINGTON. THAT IS THE CENTRAL ISSUE, AND THE NATURAL NEXT QUESTION IS WHO HAS STOOD UP TO WASHINGTON TO I CANNOT THINK OF A BETTER QUESTION TO DECIDE THIS RACE BECAUSE MY RECORD IS REMARKABLY DIFFERENT UNDERSTANDING OF NOT JUST THE DEMOCRATS A LEADER IN OUR PARTY. YOU GO BACK TO 2013, WHEN MILLIONS OF AMERICANS ROSE UP AGAINST THE DISASTER THAT IS OBAMACARE. I WAS PROUD TO LEAD THE FIGHT AGAINST OBAMACARE, AND OF THE OTHER NINE CANDIDATES ON THE DEBATE STAGE, WHERE WERE THEY? NONE OF THE OTHER NINE STOOD UP AND LEAD. IN 2014, WHEN MANY ROWS OF AGAINST ILLEGAL AMNESTY, I WAS HEARTILY THAT FIVE. THE OTHER NINE WERE NOWHERE TO BE FOUND. EVEN GOING BACK TO THE COUPLE OF WEEKS AGO, TO THE FIGHT OVER PLANNED PARENTHOOD, AT THE LAST DEBATE IN CALIFORNIA, JUST ABOUT EVERY CANDIDATE THE TV CAMERA AND SAID WE SHOULD DEFUND PLANNED PARENTHOOD. BUT WE HAD A KNOCKDOWN DRAG OUT FIVE IN WASHINGTON DC. MILLIONS OF CONSERVATIVES ROSE UP AGAINST PLANNED PARENTHOOD. ONCE AGAIN I LOVE THE FIGHT. AND ONCE AGAIN, NOT A SINGLE ONE OF THE OTHER CANDIDATES WAS ANYWHERE TO BE FOUND. IT WAS LIKE THEY WERE IN WITNESS PROTECTION. THAT EXPLAINS THE CONTINUED MOMENTUM OUR CAMPAIGN IS GETTING FROM THE GRASSROOTS THEY ARE LOOKING FOR SOMEONE WHO CAN BE COUNTED ON OVER AND OVER AGAIN. MARK: JEB BUSH IS ANOTHER TEXAN IN A WAY. HE IS WELL BEHIND YOU IN THIS IOWA ALL. HE IS RETOOLING HIS CAMPAIGN, MAKING MAJOR STAFF CUTS AND BUDGET CUTS. DOES THAT SURPRISE YOU, AND DO YOU FEEL YOU'RE ON TRACK NOW TO MAKE NO CHANGES? >> WE ARE ACTUALLY GOING IN THE OPPOSITE DIRECTION, WHICH WE ARE RAMPING UP. IN OUR CAMPAIGN WE HAVE SEEN EXTRAORDINARY FUNDRAISING SUCCESS. WE HAVE HAD OVER 36 CONTRIBUTIONS FROM PEOPLE OVER THE COUNTRY GOING TO TED CRUZ.ORG, SUPPORTING THE CAMPAIGN >> ASKED, NO CHANGES? >> WE'RE GOING THE OPPOSITE DIRECTION. >> IS THE SURPRISING TO YOU? >> ONE OF THE THINGS WE DID BEFORE WE LAUNCHED CAMPAIGN IS WE STUDIED FAILED PRESIDENTIAL CAMPAIGNS. AND ONE OF THE REASONS THEY GET KILLED HIS PEOPLE HAVE URGED -- PEOPLE WILL HAVE URGED CAP. 13 POINT $8 MILLION IN THE BANK, $3.5 MILLION MORE THAN JEB BUSH, WHICH IS NOT. NOBODY WOULD HAVE PREDICTED THAT. WE FOCUSED VERY MUCH ON BEING THE LEAD EARLY ON, NOT SPENDING MONEY EARLY ON. SAVING OUR RESOURCES. WE ARE NOW DEPLOYING THEM AND RAMPING UP. WE OPENING OFFICES ON THE GROUND WE ARE HIRING REAL STAFF AS WE MOVE INTO THE PRIMARIES. WE HAVE THE GRASSROOTS AND RESOURCES TO COMPETE HARD IN FIRST FOUR STATES. ALSO, NATIONALLY THROUGHOUT SUPER TUESDAY. JOHN: FORMER PRESIDENT BUSH MADE A COMMENT, SAYING THAT YOU WERE ONE THAT SPOKE TO HIM OUT OF ALL THE -- THAT BUGGED HIM. IT SEEMS LIKE A LOT OF YOUR COLLEAGUES COMING TO RUB THEM THE WRONG WAY. YOU DO NOT HAVE A BIG CHEERING SECTION. IS THAT A PROBLEM FOR SOMEONE WHO SEEKS TO BE THE PRESIDENT? >> AS A CONCERNS PRESIDENT GEORGE W. BUSH, I LIKE AND RESPECT HIM. I WAS PROUD TO WORK ON HIS CAMPAIGN, TO WORK IN THE ADMINISTRATION. NOBODY IS SURPRISED THAT PRESIDENT BUSH IS SUPPORTING HIS BROTHER. IT SHOULD NOT SURPRISE ANYBODY THAT HE HAS ATTACKING CANADA'S THEY PERCEIVE AS A THREAT. >> YOU'RE THE ONLY ONE THAT HE IS ATTACKED. >> THAT MAY SAY SOMETHING. BUT I WILL NOT RESPOND IN KIND. I WILL SING HIS PRAISES. I MET MY WIFE WORKING ON HIS CAMPAIGN. EIGHT MARRIAGES CAME OUT OF THAT CAMPAIGN. A LOUSY JOKE I TELL ALL OVER THE COUNTRY, IS WHATEVER HE SAYS -- ANYBODY ELSE SAYS ABOUT HIM IS THAT HE IS UNITER, NOT A DIVIDER. MARK: WHERE IS TED CRUZ ON THE? >> I GREW UP AS A SATURDAY NIGHT LIVE JUNKIE. I WATCHED IT. I WOULD BE THRILLED TO DO IT. DO YOU THE POWER TO EXTEND THIS INVITATION? THAT I WOULD LIKE. MARK: WHICH FAMOUS RECURRING CHARACTER. YOU ACE? >> THAT IS AN INTERESTING QUESTION. I AM A BIG FAN OF THE OLD EDDIE MURPHY. WHEN EDDIE MURPHY WAS 19, 20 YEARS OLD AND HE WAS -- HE IS STILL INCREDIBLY TALENTED, BUT THIS DOWN SEEN ON SNL. HE WAS EXTERNAL -- HYSTERICAL. I CAN DO THOSE RISK, BUT NONE OF THEM ARE APPROPRIATE IN THE WORLD OF POLITICS. SEND ME AN. I'M SURE DONALD WOULD DO A TERRIFIC JOB. HE HAS AN EXTRAORDINARY GIFT AND HE IS A MARVELOUS ENTERTAINER. I THINK IT WILL BE FABULOUS. MARK: BEN CARSON SAYS THE PRESIDENT'S SERIOUS AND SHOULD NOT GO ON A SHOW LIKE THIS. >> SHOULD HAVE FUN. IT SHOULD NOT STOP YOU FROM LEAVING A SERIES OF ISSUES BUT TOO MANY REPUBLICANS TAKE THEMSELVES TOO SERIOUSLY. MARK: OUR THANKS TO TED CRUZ. ♪

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