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National polls and trails only the three candidates who have never held office, ben carson, donald trump, and carly fiorina. if those non-elected official candidates fade in the long run, as many expect, rubio is well positioned to emerge as a consensus candidate, which is why he's become the kind of trendy choice to win the nomination. but there's another candidate that's been largely overlooked and could very well emerge as a legitimate contender. a full 50% of gop voters support trump, carson, or fiorina. and if they leave the race, the most logical one to pick up is ted cruz. he's just ann...

Ryan. >> he could be a consensus candidate. >> we have a hostage crisis within the republican party. many place where is the mass shootings occur are gun-free zones. >> what is the point you are trying to make? if there were guns in germany, there may not be a holocaust? the skies over syria are crowded indeed. >> at some point, the united states will have to decide the real goal. this is "new day" with chris cuomo and alisyn camerota and michaela pereira. >> welcome to "new day." it is friday, october 9th. 6:00 in the east. chris and michaela are off. one man can fill their shoes. that ...

Trying to get paul ryan to reconsider. if paul ryan decided that he was going to run for speaker, is he a consensus candidate who can get to the 218? >> i think he can. i don't know how paul gets over the issues. we talked to paul about running for majority leader back when eric cantor lost and his objections were that he has young kids at home. i fully respect and admire him for that if paul decides he wants to run, certainly he becomes the favorite and somebody who might be able to unite the party. >> if he doesn't run, though, it's interesting to see all of these names surface. how to get t...

Box that john boehner has found himself in. we have to be governable if we choose broadly a consensus candidate. >> at this point it sounds much more likely he will do it but he has to go home, talk to his family. as we've been reporting, he has a young family. he is not somebody -- as he has said before, someone like john boehner, who's an empty-nester. this is a very tolling job to be speaker of the house, and as darrell issa said, it's a great title except you get tarred and feathered all the time. >> especially in the current climate. we have more breaking news. the crisis in syria. we'r...

Today. but listen to what one of the colleagues darrell issa said about ryan and why he believes that ryan is the only guy to do it. >> i think that he has gone from the hard no to the fact that he has to consider it. i know that he is going home the have the kind of real meeting with his family that would allow him to weigh that. all of us are trying now to make sure that he understands that the support will be behind him. if he chooses to do it, one of our commitments has to be that we will not put him back in the box that john boehner has found himself in. we have to be governable if we cho...