economics and then asked questions about gay marriage which has nothing to do with the economy, you have questions about fantasy football that has nothing to do with the economics of this country. you try to pit one candidate against the other. you know, those type of questions, jake. well, one of the big moments of course in the debate last night that dr. carson objected to had to do with questions about his relationship with a company that does supplements, nutritional supplements, was that a gotcha question? no. that was a fair question? absolutely. i want to get back to that in a second. i want to ask you more broadly, what did dr. carson want to do last night, and did he achieve it? well, dr. carson s the format doesn t necessarily play to his strength. so he s not going into the debate trying to be the winner and trying to dominate. that s not who he is. because he s not going to be disruptive to the rules. he s not going to ever overtalk the moderator and other hosts
debate was that anderson did a good job and was fair to those candidates and wasn t fawning. yeah, you know, cooper told me before the debate he didn t want to be the story the next day. and he wasn t. the story was about the candidates and what they said. that s what moderators want. that s what moderators want on fox and on cnn. cnbc moderators also wanted the story to be about the candidates but unfortunately they lost control of the debate. i don t thinkrunning for a debar years. they do make, you know, candidates look foolish but what do you read is not a gotcha question and give me your opinion about the debt ceiling is not a gotcha question. it s a real it s a punt on the part of the candidate when they blame the media for those questions. give us the numbers when you get them. will do. coming out in a couple hours. they re pretty good but not as good as the prior debates. it s better than this show. oh, don t say that. good to see you. my esteemed colleague,
we have been there for three months, more than three months. so it s good. it s good. but we talk about politico speak. and i went through this process because it was, to me, it s very interesting. politicians are all talk, no action. they don t get it done. and i m, by the way, i am funding, as sam told you, i m funding my campaign. i m spending a lot of money. not as much as i thought, because frankly i m getting so much publicity i don t have to advertise so far, right? yep. in fact, they did a piece you re watching donald trump live on msnbc s air. he continues to not spend a dime. we are listening to donald trump speak in waterloo, iowa. he gave a shout-out to chuck todd on meet the press. it just so happens that i have steve consciokornacki here. they try to make it into a gotcha question of, would you get out? it s not a gotcha question, just a question to ask of any politician?
great to see you in person. referencing the fact he was asked this question. what would it take for you to drop out? basically, he said, well, if i m not winning. you know? if the polls aren t going my way and challenges it there head on trying to throw it out there if it s a gotcha question and it wasn t. he s just in the lead and people curious about how long he ll sustain this as a person when s an outsider, not an elected official ever. so from your article which is fascinating, by the way, how does trump remain trump and sail through the primary? so, with phil lip and dan we sat down with trump at trump tower and said what s the second snakt he said he ll be the persona but the political operations, thomas, he knows he needs to have a traditional campaign and it s a looming question, when s trump to go up on the air with paid television advertising.
up? that s the interviewer as narcissist. aren t i rhetorically clever? he s so clever with that question, and he sets had imup. you guys didn t have it in the bite, but poor jeb bush bites on it and says thank you, and it s really embarrassing. i don t ever feel any sympathy when a candidate says gotcha question, but that was needlessly to show his gullibility, and lauer couldn t let it go. we disagree. i though that question was perfectly fine. because you re an interviewer. he s been grilled about his initial comments, including by mart martha radditch on abc. do you stand that by now? i said on a i m reading the transcript, dr. carson that s exactly what