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were so many running that debates, they had a kids table. this time trump announced first and then nikki haley and then vivak, larry elder, asa hutchinson, tim scott, and now ron desantis, who by the way is only 44 years old. by biden/trump standards, hes got three more decades to run for president. so why run now? why get into the steel cage with a wrestler who always carries a foreign object? mike pence said hell soon make a decision. chris christie sure sounds like a candidate. sunu...

trump for the gop presidential nomination? think about it. hes a former president, essentially a gop incumbent, who is consistently polling around 50% of the gop vote in the polls. and we learned in 2016 that give continue hard core support that trump enjoys from some, hes the beneficiary of a large field. remember, in that cycle there were so many running that debates, they had a kids table. this time trump announced first and then nikki haley, and then vivek ramaswamy, larry elder, a...

>> michael, the problem with that argument is when everybody looks at past third-party candidacies, nader, gary johnson, jill stein, those were protest candidates. no one who ever voted for those candidates thought they were voting for a president. we will only nominate a ticket that we think can win. by the way, based on the polling were looking at today, an independent ticket is polling evenly for both sides so we are not seeing an advantage for one major party candidate or another. >> ryan, y...

Arizona, p.a., michigan, nevada, georgia, wisconsin. youve heard the argument. whats your response? >> michael, the problem with that argument is when everybody looks at past third-party candidacies, nader, gary johnson, jill stein, those were protest candidates. no one who ever voted for those candidates thought they were actually voting for a president. no labels will not nominate a ticket like that. we will only nominate a ticket that we think can win. by the way, based on the polling were lo...

Likes to call protest candidates like donald trump, ted cruz or ben carson. showtime is over, everybody. we are not electing an entertainer in chief. showmanship is fun, but its not the kind of leadership that will truly change america. if we are going to turn our frustration and ang were our d.c. insiders, the politicians of yesterday and carnival barkers of today into something that actually will change american lives for the better, we must election someone who has been tested. >> well ask ch...

>> good to be with you, ari. tonight you saw a really interesting contrast. there are a lot of people who say, well, trump and bernie are both kind of the same, both outside of protest candidates. here you had donald trump who spent like the first half-hour of his speech talking about himself, talking about his contract. and arnold schwarzenegger taking his old job, all that stuff. then you had bernie sanders go to liberty university. he quotes the prophet amos, the gospel of matthew, talking ab...

The -- the republicans said give us the majority in 2010, things havent changed. barack obama talked about hope and change, things havent changed they feel in the right direction. they say this isnt low information, theyve gotten something that you havent gotten. >> i understand that, im not saying that people are ignorant, theyre not asking for specifics about policy. thats not what people are interested in at this point in the cycle. they will become more interested in that, and republican vot...

The -- the republicans said give us the majority in 2010, things havent changed. barack obama talked about hope and change, things havent changed they feel in the right direction. they say this isnt low information, theyve gotten something that you havent gotten. >> i understand that, im not saying that people are ignorant, theyre not asking for specifics about policy. thats not what people are interested in at this point in the cycle. they will become more interested in that, and republican vot...

Earlier kind of stealthily under the radar, they are going way right on abortion in a way its going to have to pay for i think in the general election. i think its going there on imdprax with the exception of jeb bush and on health care, on a voter of issues on the iran deal. its gone there. and you know the thing that fascinates me is how well the protest candidates are doing in the republican race. donald trump, ben carson, carly fiorina, who is not a politician. i would include ted cruz, who ...