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That we will see being asked and that will be a test that states across the country are going to be looking at. and that is about the republican party. yes, in 2003, arnold schwarzenegger won for a lot of reasons. not the least of which was he was one of the biggest movie stars in the world bust also because he was not a sort of base conservative. that doesn't work in -- it doesn't work in california. it wouldn't necessarily work in even a purply state. when you see that there were other republicans on the ballot like the mayor of san diego, who are maybe more fitting for a place like californ...

May have made. i thought the first 30 minutes, if you were a republican on the ballot with donald trump, you were relieved with the supreme court was the leading topic. that was very important aspect of it. you were relieved that trump handled the question as well as could be done with sort of base conservative talking points. in that respect, it probably helped some down ballot republicans. at least he reminded wayward republicans that don't like trump why they might want to show up for the polls and vote for republicans for the senate and the house. after the first 30 minutes, we had the nex...

What he was trying to do yesterday in the announcement. but i think you saw, you know someone who'd never done this before someone who's a little untested and someone who is not jeb bush. >> let me disagree with that. >> go ahead, kevin. >> jeb bush -- i'm sorry, marco rubio came to prominence with a lot of tea party support, a lot of base conservative support when he first ran for the senate. and he does i think, many folks would say represent one of the candidates who has the ability to bring together not only the establishment republicans but the base of republicans in a primary. and then i...

That's very significant. romney has been winning those delegates for primary states. and after tonight, there won't be anywhere near as many primary states left for him to compete in. california and texas come very late in the process. romney will have to start competing in caucus states where base conservative tea party and self-described very conservative voters hold sway. that's where santorum and gingrich have shown real -- romney will have to verify the of the primary vote and start wrestling with santorum and gingrich going forward. conversely, if romney does get north of 400 delegates t...

What the map shows is what you just said. romney still has an issue with the core base conservative. if you believe the party, which is still sort of based in the south. it's a culturally conservative southern party. it's the heart of the party. it's not the majority of the party. but it is sort of the largest plurality part of the party if you will. it's still the heart. and that is where gingrich has a foundation to build on. now if he ever could run a campaign to build from there, you see where he could go. you would rather start where newt is starting, if you were. if you were starting fro...