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And center here on stage at the venetian hotel in las vegas when he faces eight republican rivals in the final debate of 20 is a. the republican front runner has pulled ahead of his opponents when and you look at the poll 41% support in the poll is huge. his highest number to date. but imagine if you will for a moment if trump had run as a democrat. my next guest says thats not so hard to do considering his support for democratic candidates in the past number of years. jamie weinstein, well chat...

Norfolk southern. one line, infinite possibilities. welcome back to "the lead." coming to you live from vegas where the curtain goes up on the last republican debate of the year in a little under 26 hours. our political panel is here to preview it all. the big republican rumble, cnns political commentators s.e. cupp and paul begala, republican, democrat, republican. first thing, paul, we were talking about this mike huckabees big pitch how he has experience. look at the polls. thats not what r...

Director david calian and cnn political commentator and columnist s.e. cupp. before the humans on the stage, nine of them in the prime time debate, talk about the setting here. the geopolitical setting. i think the most important thing thats happened is paris. is san bernardino. as a backdrop, that i think will drive this debate. >> without a doubt. think back, john. the debates that were driving the republican nomination process before the terrorist attack, the immigration debates, economic deb...

For six months. for much of the country taking their first look. >> absolutely. >> and for cruz, the timing is perfect. hes ascending right at a time people are tuning in but its important tuesday night because theyll be tuning in and getting their first review of ted cruz. he has to do well. i think its also a big night for ben carson who is really descending and i think unless he can stabilize, frankly it will be over for him soon. >> ben carson has admitted foreign policy is not his strong su...

Your honor. >> the key is i would rather lose without him than with him. donald trump is speaking and we will listen in. bottom line, i would rather lose with him than try to win with him. what do you say? >> unlike donald trump, i never voted for hillary clinton or barack obama. my vote on this is not really a relevant factor at this point. the bottom line is, trump will hand this nomination to hillary clinton. alienation and division hes causing across the country, hes going to have a fervent ...

What do you mean by that? >> well if they dont treat me with a certain amount of decorum and respect, if they dont treat me as the front-runner, by far, the front-runner, if the playing field is not level, then certainly, all options are open. but thats nothing i want to do >> how will you know that? what determines that? >> i think i will knee over a period of a number of months. we will go through the primaries, see what happens and i will make a determination, but i would imagine they would t...

Television. id rather -- yeah, id rather lose the white house and protect the integrity of the conservative movement and the republican party for years to come. >> thats the big concern, republican women like s.e. cupp, especially women but also maybe some men actually sitting out and not voting. >> try being a republican hispanic immigrant woman and ask me how i feel about it. look, its very disconcerting. >> do you feel the same way as s.e.? >> i cannot get myself to believe that donald trump ...

Come on back, enjoy yourself. we have to be tough. we have to be smart. we have to be vigilant. we have to look at mosques. we have to respect mosques. but yes, we have to look at mosques. we have no choice. we have to see whats happening. because something is happening in there, man, theres anger. theres anger. we have to know about it. >> with us in "the situation room" right now is our commentator s.e. cupp, jeffrey toobin and nia henderson. what are republicans saying? >> we have heard some ...

Republican jewish coalition. >> hamas rules the gaza strip. >> as for jeb bush, the man wlo came into this race in the summer as the front runner, he was the favorite among establishment republicans, jake hes now at 3%. >> dana bash, thanks so much. lets talk about 2016 and terrorism with cnn political commentator s.e. cupp. s.e., let me start with you. after the paris attacks there was this feeling among the republican establishment, now the voters are going to get serious. but it didnt work ou...

The republican presidential nomination. lets bring in s.e. cupp, democratic strategist donna brazil. whats this for donald trump? >> oh, god, if only we could explain, not only the rise but the longevity of donald trump through all of these inexplicable and largely offensive statements and moments. its really hard to say. clearly his supporters like what he is saying, and every time folks in the media or republicans or democrats, republicans like me who actually want to win the white house, push...