>> CARLY FIORINA, BY A LOT OF THE PUNDITS' MEASURES, INCLUDING
OURS, BY THE WAY, DID WELL IN THE DEBATES.
SHE WAS STRONG AND
FORCEFUL, SHE WENT OUT AND ATTACKED, AND NOW SHE IS RISING
UP IN THE POLLS A LITTLE BIT.
EVEN BEFORE THIS DEBATE SHE WAS
RISING IN THE POLLS.
BY ALL ACCOUNTS SHE HAD WON THE FIRST
DEBATE WHEN THEY DID THE HAPPY HOUR DEBATE, THE SIX PEOPLE WHO
WERE NOT POLLING AS WELL.
SHE MANAGED TO RISE UP OUT OF THAT
DEBATE AND INTO THE MAJOR LEAGUES THIS TIME AROUND, AND
DID WELL AGAIN.
I'M TELLING YOU ALL THIS TO GIVE HER CREDIT
WHERE CREDIT IS DUE.
NOW, WHY IS SHE RUNNING?
THAT IS THE
INTERESTING PART.
YOU WOULD SAY THAT IS NOT THAT INTERESTING, IT
IS OBVIOUS, SHE WANTS TO BE PRESIDENT LIKE ALL THE REST OF
THEM.
MAYBE, AND IF SHE WERE IN A POSITION TO WIN, WOULD SHE
WANT TO WIN?
OF COURSE SHE WOULD.
BUT WHO IS GIVING HER THE
MONEY TO RUN?
AND WHAT IS THEIR PURPOSE?
YOU HAVE TO FOLLOW THE
MONEY.
THE DONORS PUT UP MONEY FOR SPECIFIC PURPOSES, SO FOR
MOST OF THE REPUBLICAN CANDIDATES, THEY JUST WANT GIANT
TAX CUTS.
RAND PAUL WILL GIVE YOU TERRIFIC OPINIONS ABOUT HOW
THE DRUG WAR IS A MESS AND SOME THINGS SHOULD BE DECRIMINALIZED
AND WE ARE PUTTING AWAY TOO MANY AFRICAN-AMERICANS IN JAIL,
GREAT, WE SHOULD NOT GO INTERFERE IN OTHER COUNTRIES,
WE SHOULD NOT HAVE SO MANY WARS, THEN HE WILL TELL YOU WHAT HIS
DONORS ACTUALLY PAID FOR, WHICH IS A FLAT TAX.
14.5%, WHICH
WOULD CUT THEIR TAX RATE UNBELIEVABLY BY 25% FOR THE TOP
BRACKET.
IT WOULD SAVE THE MILLIONS, SOME OF THEM BILLIONS
OF DOLLARS.
THAT IS WHY THE DONORS ARE GIVING MONEY TO
LIBERTARIAN RAND PAUL, AND ON AND ON IT GOES WITH ALL
CANDIDATES.
TO BE FAIR TO TRUMP, HE IS LARGELY PUTTING UP HIS OWN
MONEY.
WOULD HE GIVE HIMSELF A TAX BREAK?
I DON'T KNOW, HE SAID
HE WOULD INCREASE TAXES ON HEDGE FUND MANAGERS, BUT HE IS NOT A
HEDGE FUND MANAGER.
OKAY, HOW ABOUT CARLY FIORINA?
WHAT DO HER
BACKERS WANT?
HERE'S WHERE IT GETS FASCINATING.
SALON WRITES,
A PRO-CRUZ SUPER PAC
CONTROLLED BY MILLIONAIRE ROBERT MERCER, WHO HAD WRITTEN
CHECKS FOR $5 MILLION TO CRUZ'S EFFORT, SENT $500,000
TO CARLY FIORINA'S SUPER PAC.
THAT IS HIGHLY UNUSUAL.
SOMETIMES DONORS WILL COVER THEMSELVES, THEY WILL GIVE A LOT
TO REPUBLICANS AND A SMATTERING DEMOCRATS, SOME WILL EVEN DO THE
REVERSE, SO THEY CAN SAY I GAVE YOU SOMETHING, YOU OWE ME.
SOMETIMES, FOR EXAMPLE ADELSON WILL GIVE A TON OF MONEY TO NEWT
GINGRICH AND THEN WHEN HE LOSES HE WILL GIVE A TON OF MONEY TO
MITT ROMNEY IN THE GENERAL ELECTION.
THAT IS NOT UNUSUAL.
BUT TO GIVE A LOT OF MONEY TO TWO PEOPLE IN A PRIMARY AGAINST
EACH OTHER, THAT IS UNUSUAL.
WHY IS ROBERT MERCER AND SOME OTHER
FUNDERS DOING THIS?
LET'S GO TO THE SECOND PART.
THEY ASK, HOW
OFTEN DOES IT HAPPEN THAT A PAC FOR ONE CANDIDATE HELPS ONE OF
ITS RIVALS IN A PRIMARY CAMPAIGN?
NEW YORK TIMES
REPORTER AMY CHOZICK CLEARED UP THE MYSTERY WHICH SHE TWEETED,
FIORINA FINANCE CHAIR TOLD ME SUPPORTERS OF OTHER CANDIDATES
HAVE THROWN THEM MONEY TO HAVE A WOMAN IN THE RACE ATTACKING
HILLARY CLINTON.
AH, THAT IS WHAT HER CAMPAIGN IS ABOUT.
DID
SHE DO AS SHE WAS ORDERED?
YOU BETCHA.
THIS IS FROM LAST NIGHT'S DEBATE.
>>MRS.
CLINTON WILL HAVE TO DEFEND HER TRACK RECORD OF LYING
ABOUT BENGHAZI, LYING ABOUT HER EMAILS, ABOUT LYING ABOUT HER
SERVERS.
SHE DOES NOT HAVE A TRACK RECORD OF ACCOMPLISHMENT.
LIKE MRS.
CLINTON I TOO HAVE TRAVELED HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS
OF MILES AROUND THE GLOBE, BUT UNLIKE MRS.
CLINTON I KNOW THAT
FLYING IS AN ACTIVITY, IT IS NOT AN ACCOPMPLISHMENT.
MRS.
CLINTON, IF YOU WANT TO STUMP A DEMOCRAT, ASK THEM
TO NAME AN ACCOMPLISHMENT OF MRS.
CLINTON'S.
>>IF YOU WANT TO STUMP CARLY FIORINA, ASK HER WHY THE SAME
DONOR IS GIVING $5 MILLION TO TED CRUZ AND $500,000 TO HER.
IF
HE WANTED HER TO WIN HE WOULD GIVE HER MORE MONEY.
HE DOESN'T
WANT HER TO WIN, HE JUST WANTS A WOMAN IN THE RACE TO BASH
HILLARY CLINTON, TO DO WHAT THEY THINK THE GUYS CANNOT DO.
IT
WILL SEEM SEXIST IF TED CRUZ OR SOME OF THE OTHER GUYS GO AS
AGGRESSIVELY AS CARLY FIORINA IS AGAINST HILLARY CLINTON.
SO THEY
DO THE OLDEST REPUBLICAN TRICK IN THE BOOK.
JUST WATCH FOX NEWS
ON ANY GIVEN DAY, YOU GET A BLACK GUY TO ATTACK OTHER
BLACKS.
GET A LATINO GUY TO ATTACK OTHER LATINOS.
AND WHO DO
YOU GET TO ATTACK A WOMAN?
A WOMAN.
THEY ARE PAYING HER,
GETTING HER IN THE RACE AND FINANCING HER CAMPAIGN, EVEN
THOUGH THEY WANT THE MALE CANDIDATES TO WIN, JUST SO SHE
CAN BEAT UP HILLARY CLINTON IN THE PRIMARIES.
WHEN YOU GET
BENEATH THE FA«ADE OF POLITICS, IT IS EVEN DIRTIER THAN YOU
THINK IT IS.