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welcome to in"inside politics." im john king in washington. releasing right now, a brand new snapshot of the republican presidential race. our new poll finds donald trump up big, but its an important but. voters say they are open to supp supporting ron desantis, who presses the start button on his campaign tonight. the former lawyers want an audience with the attorney general to complain about the special counsel and his investigation. and just moments ago, the house speaker saud hes...

Teeth a ya mitchell join us. is the glass half full or half empty in the sense that hes by far the leading alternative to trump? hes just not where he was at the begin ning of the year wher he was just after the election. people were blaming trump in the rear view mirror, he had not been indicted in new york. on launch day, where are we? >> glass is half full and half empty. if possible. ron desantis has been absolutely pounded, as david just mentioned, by the former president. the money that he...

Is not an option for them. thats a rough play. and mike pence, who we saw a slim majority say might consider him, 45% said they would not. i want to show you where this race has done overtime. you remember back in our march poll, they were running neck and neck with each other. trump still out in front. but look how much that lead has widened for form ir president trump to now. this is what the last several months have been for ron desantis. hes not been an official candidate and trump has been ...

An actual candidate, but also because at least until right this moment, its been unclear how ron desantis is going to handle the trump factor. and that has been sort of back and forth. sometimes hes kind of ignored him. other times hes leaned into responding to or criticizing donald trump. thats all going to change presumably tonight when he actually makes a formal announcement. and i frame it that way because it matters in this kind of race that david just showed, where right now, it is a two-p...