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CNN Smerconish December 19, 2015 23:11:00

and i think that when you're a republican on the national stage, the presidential election now, where you've lost five of the last six presidential elections in the popular vote, you need to have somebody who is a persuader. i think that temperamentally -- ted cruz is problematic. reagan was a conservative and goldwater was a conservative. but they had a very, very different approach in terms of politics. goldwater had serrated edges, scared people. reagan did not. he had the ability to bring people on board. and there was a grace to him. and an ease that he had. >> so i'm hearing from peter that it's really not the issues, that it's temperament. do you agree with that? i saw you shaking your head when pat was speaking? >> yeah, i think that temperament is important. but i also think that because of that, people aren't looking -- i do not think you're going to get some extreme conservative. i don't see that -- >> does that mean ted cruz? >> yeah, it does. >> you're not going to get ted cruz. >> i don't believe so. we keep on focusing on the radical left and radical right when the majority of americans,

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