front-runner with too much gusto, lest they alienate his supporters. as buzzfeed noted to last week, only jeb bush trailing badly in the polls would attack trump directly for his statement that america should ban muslims from entering the country, a proposal a widely panned as racist. or consider that after "the new york times" reported that senator ted cruz had been privately questioning trump's judgment, cruz was request quic tweet -- trump is terrific. #dealwithit. but it trump who cruz finds terrific or is it his supporters? joining me now, executive director of the new york state democratic party. daisy hernandez, assistant professor of english at miami university. brittany cooper, professor of of aftrican studies at rutgers university. and live from washington, d.c., robert jones, ceo of the public