18 of them. >> you know dana here's what the "iowa republican" said about the size of the gop field in that bloomberg focus group. watch this. >> i'm a little overwhelmed. it's like whoo there's lots of people. >> hopefully, you know somebody strong will rise to the top. and i think that's scary right now, with that big wide-open field, i don't see a really good strong candidate. >> you know, i've got to say, when your own voters are not impressed when you put out almost 20 candidates is the party in trouble, dana? seriously? >> it is a problem in terms of how do you differentiate yourself? if you've got 15 20 candidates on the stage and an hour even a 90-minute debate you may have the best candidate in the world there, but he's not going to get or she's not going to get more than a couple of minutes to speak. so the republicans do have a problem in terms of how does anybody break away from the pack. it doesn't necessarily mean the