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Welcome back to "the lead" live here in las vegas on the eve of the first democratic debate of the 2016 presidential race. even with the democrats headlining the show there is no escaping donald trump. his name literally and figuratively looming large over this debate. and today trump was on the campaign trail selling himself as the candidate of compromise. cnn's sarah murray is live for us in manchester, new hampshire, where trump and many other republicans and democrats spoke today, sara. >> reporter: little bit of a different crowd here for donald trump. instead of thousands of adoring fans...

Kinds of meetings behind closed doors and with each other. this reminds me of bob livingston resigning on the floor of the house and republicans scurrying to find somebody. we came up with -- at that point who was a pretty good speaker for his terms. it took a little time to sort out and find a consensus builder in somebody not necessarily a strong but a consensus builder within the party. i think they have several people but they are reluctant to step up to the plate given the temperature of the caucus. >> it's great to have you on. we haven't had you on before. i was struck by a term which w...

Livingston resigning on the floor of the house and republicans scurrying to find somebody. we came up with -- at that point who was a pretty good speaker for his terms. it took a little time to sort out and find a consensus builder in somebody not necessarily a strong but a consensus builder within the party. i think they have several people but they are reluctant to step up to the plate given the temperature of the caucus. >> it's great to have you on. we haven't had you on before. i was struck by a term which was fragged. somebody said mccarthy was fragged. that is a term, horrific memory. e...

Generation of young conservative leaders. he's a very good consensus builder, a very good listener and i think he has the skills to unite our conference around a common cause and be an effective conservative. what i want is someone who's an effective conservative as bringing a positive agenda forward for the country, so we can show the country how we would do things differently. and he's a good listener, that's the number one thing that i know kevin has as a gift. he's very good at listening and consensus building. if you're the speaker of the house, that's one of the top skills that's require...

Defensive and not wear the pahe party is. today he kept it forward looking on his plan to take the fight to isis. i will also say the one part of his speech that he made toward the end of the speech which is not what you normally hear as red meat, the one non-read meat cause is he could be a consensus builder. that's not usually what you hear from these candidates who are trying to get the republican crowd up but that is part of jeb bush's approach. he said he wants to campaign -- he wants to govern as he campaigns. >> running against washington is definitely something the voters want to see o...