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Or he could keep going up. >> thats a great point. bubble. >> heres the problem ted cruz faces. a lot of people view him as contrived and they dont think hes ever been intimate or authentic with him. thats a big test for ted cruz to break through. >> did you get that in your focus groups? >> yes, absolutely. thats a big bubble ted cruz has to burst and i dont know if he can rise to that test or not. >> brad todd, who people always ask, no, were not related. we have some red hair, some gray beard...

>> and so you have run a lot of campaigns, ap you know how they work, and candidates dont say stuff unless they believe that there is an audience for that stuff. >> that is right. >> and in your view, are those comments or what you call mealy mouthed reposts as it were to donald trumps comments, is that the because they are hearing from their polling, from the focus groups, et cetera, that there is public support for these kinds of positions? >> the republican party as a whole since the developm...

But its hard to imagine he will leapfrog rubio or jeb bush either. >> a veteran democratic pollster asked focus groups to compare hillary clinton and donald trump to a family member coming to dinner. we have the great family dinners over thanksgiving. for clinton, women tended to say a sister for mother. men had a harder time relating to here. she is my wifes sister, extremely opinionated, it graceful at times and totally available to rip your head off at ear times. trump was described as a craz...

Comes out and the blow back is minimal, if any is-to-donald trump. he seems to get past all of this. >> its amazing to watch. as a reporter i have spoken to republicans who have conducted focus groups and they keep bringing up issue after issue with trump different statements he h3sv@ made and has very little effect on trumps standing with his core voters. and we are seeing this election as you say, brit, its becoming a fact check exercise at many moments its not hurting the front rubber. cruz a...

Did not serve her well, but where is the democratic base now? how far have they moved on these issues, in the face of these terror attacks? >> well, we did focus groups in iowa, just the last few months and i can tell you the whole point about iraq and senator sanders keeps making that, it doesnt have the same resonance and significance that it did eight years ago, when it was a kind of defining distinction between then senator obama, and senator clinton. i think the reality is post-paris, you k...

Finished. >> he doesnt blelong on the stage. chris christie should have been there. >> i love these focus groups. there is something carrying the water for christie. upset that kasich got the last spot. >> i like him a lot. he didnt do very well. >> he keeps jumping in there. carly fiorina did not interrupt anymore than kasich did. >> that was a problem. he was so worried about not getting time he wasnt very good. >> every time he complained about time he sounded like jim webb. up next, these pe...

The fire he can on marco rubio including his tendency to sweat. i have never heard a candidate talk so much about another candidates perspiration. >> i guess if rubio had not won the paul singer hedge fund primary, maybe donald trump would not have gone after him. >> so this is the one thing i will say about trump that im not sure its a good quality, but it works in politics. which is he is very good at identifying the thing that can really rub you the wrong way or bother you, or maybe tap into ...

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And for it to come out in such explosive fireworks during that debate, i thought that was one of the two or three highlights during that debate. >> frank luntz, how long have you been dial testing debates and focus groups? >> i started this in 1996 and i think weve done about 800 political dial sessions between 1996 and now. >> and the best line ever came last night. in other words, the best tested line was ted cruz just taking down cnbc and the moderators and the media. explain. >> well, its no...

And for it to come out in such explosive fireworks during that debate, i thought that was one of the two or three highlights during that debate. >> frank luntz, how long have you been dial testing debates and focus groups? >> i started this in 1996 and i think weve done about 800 political dial sessions between 1996 and now. >> and the best line ever came last night. in other words, the best tested line was ted cruz just taking down cnbc and the moderators and the media. explain. >> well, its no...