he or she was supposed to do. what it has resulted in is these gigantic scrums where a candidate is out there trying to talk to supporters and there's 20 or 30 cameras, it distracts from what serious campaign coverage should look like. >> there's an element here, or a moment here where he might actually be a serious candidate, where he was bumping up in the polls. >> even now he is polling second, even now there are people who defend him, even now he's got upwards of $4 million to spend on paid advertising. even now he's making media and community appearances until today, sunday. his name will appear on the ballot no matter what he does.