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That establishment support consolidate behind one of those candidates before primary day? remember, not included in that establishment lane is ted cruz. cruz is tied for the second-place spot, he is counting on iowa evangelicals to help him shift support from trump to capture iowa. snagging either iowa or new hampshire has been a must in modern republican politics. no one, no candidate in the modern era has ever won the gops nomination without either state. and joining me now is the publisher ...

Hes a devicive figure and freshman senator. if the trump alliance pays off in the end it will be a big help. >> can i ask you a cruz question. i know rubios campaign plans and aggressive contrast effort on the issue of national security, is that having any attraction in places where cruz is seeing an uptake in the polls? >> mitt romney got a quarter of the electorate polling. hes targeting that on national security. he can have strong debates in january and has the establishment support. he can ...

About when and who, if any of these candidates would benefit from having a larger field. >> in some ways, ted cruz benefits from having donald trump in the race. >> why? >> its a little drafting on the support of trump voters kind of like cruz and cruz voters are kind of picking up what trump is putting down. i think that trump -- ted cruz is a conservative. he has socially -- having trump in the race makes cruz look a bit more mainstream. if trump werent in the race, there would be eyes on cruz...

Choice is christie, theyre with christie, maybe their second choice is kasich. these are sort of the stop trump establishment candidates. you add the 12 for christie with 8 for bush and seven for kasich, you add those numbers together, you get 27%. you get the same number donald trump has. heres the risk for donald trump. if the establishment candidates, if the establishment support in new hampshire could ever consolidate behind one of those candidates or maybe behind somebody like marco rubio, ...

Just to put that in perspective. i think the establishment has hardly any credibility, in either party. your thoughts? >> i disagree. hillary clinton is walking the nomination because she has the establishment support. i think this notion that the establishment has no power and no control -- well see down the line, but i dont necessarily agree that political leadership having every person in your party rain down and criticize you is a good thing for your candidacy. i disagree with that. >> rebec...

In a 15-candidate field, its easier to lead in the polls. donald trump, i would argue, has made himself even more unacceptable in a two-way race than ever before. >> whats the job approval of the u.s. congress right now, perry? >> its not very high. >> its 9%. so hes getting criticized by the leader of 9%. just to put that in perspective. i think the establishment has hardly any credibility, in either party. your thoughts? >> i disagree. hillary clinton is walking the nomination because she has ...

Donald trump support is much broader within the republican party. a lot of moderates and even liberals within the republican party supporting trump. but it does suggest that the south is becoming solid again. i mean, kentucky was really one of the last holdouts where democrats really competed statewide in the south. and now it seems republicans not just in that governors race lut bm across the board did really, really well yesterday in kentucky. >> i want to allow our viewers to take another loo...

He remains far behind. most of the field, especially his chief rival for establishment support, rubio. ben carsons favorability has declined from a net positive of 63% last month to 45 points now while donald trump has dropped from a positive 18 points to just 6. >> lets start with new hampshi hampshire, sam stein. it seems like a lot of movement ujds neath. in the last debate carly fiorina jump up. now kasich. rubio. again, one and two -- for carson to be number 2 in new hampshire, thats amazin...

Call in later when theres an ability to consolidate that establishment support. i do think theres been a real swing in that support from jeb toward marco rubio. but if the rules have all been thrown out in this campaign and the establishment candidate is not going to be able to bring along the voters like they did in the last few campaigns, all that stuff wont matter. i think the other thing missing from this campaign is mitt romney. people forget mitt romney was actually really good at a lot of...

I mean, this is counter to all the narratives we hear. this week its marco rubio but you look and its ben carson getting 50% of the vote. >> yes, so its 52% when you add it together the support for donald trump and ben carson, then you have ted cruz even though hes a u.s. senator, obviously not an establishment candidate. and people say, well, its been like this before. herman cain led the polls in 2012. the combined totals for the candidates are so high and the combined totals for the establish...