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>> reporter: trump, mr. new york, wasnt going to let that go hitting back with tails from 9/11. >> the way they handled that attack was one of the most incredible things that anybody ever seen. when you want to knock new york, you got to go through many. >> reporter: will this erupt on the debate stage tonight? >> they attack but dont understand unlike this, i attack back. >> reporter: the back and forth between the leading gop contenders is playing out as cruz grapples from the fallout of a rep...

Texas congressman ron paul, a distant second with 11% of the vote. joining me now is msnbc contributor dave weigel. you have ken buck. ive got to think he is voicing john mccains private thoughts and other formerly mainstream republicans private thoughts. republicans that are now in the business of pandering to the tea partiers. how widespread is that sort of republican cynicism about the tea party? >> cynicism about the kind of things he was complaining about, i think, is pretty -- thats pretty...

Texas congressman ron paul, a distant second with 11% of the vote. joining me now is msnbc contributor dave wiegel. you have ken buck. ive got to think he is voicing john mccains private thoughts and other formerly mainstream republicans private thoughts. republicans that are now in the business of pandering to the tea partiers. how widespread is that sort of republican cynicism about the tea party? >> cynicism about the kind of things he was complaining about, i think, is pretty -- thats pretty...

Palin scoring 48% of the vote. texas congressman ron paul, a distant second with 11% of the vote. joining me now is msnbc contributor dave wiegel. you have ken buck. ive got to think he is voicing john mccains private thoughts and other formerly mainstream republicans private thoughts. republicans that are now in the business of pandering to the tea partiers. how widespread is that sort of republican cynicism about the tea party? >> cynicism about the kind of things he was complaining about, i t...