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On the debate. not surprising that the rnc is pleased with the debate. compared to the cnbc debate, the headline is not going to be about the moderators. a lot of the moderators said that is what they wanted out of the debate. >> this was a serious debate. there were no questions about fantasy football. who knows how many people watched on a tuesday night with this kind of in the weeds policy discussion. but the rnc were going into this playing the refs before -- >> the very first question was about the minimum wage and that's what the answer was about. you can like or not like the answers but...

I think megyn kelly did a good job in the fox debate. since then these guys have won with that. their other strategy is every time you give a quote back to ben carson, you say, dr. carson, you said this, blah, blah, blah, he says, no, i didn't say that. and unless you have it in front of you and you can cite chapter and verse, they'll do that all night to the debate moderators. they got away with that on a couple of debates. >> i will say, maria bartiromo is a fine journalist and i believe she will be prepared. she's done it -- >> i think you're right. yeah. >> she's moderated a debate before,...

Occasionally color outside the line. >> you get the point. it's a joke. but speaking on behalf of reporters, do you not think it's important that candidates' autobiographies, whether president obama or dr. carson, that the facts be vetted and checked and made sure that the stories are accurate? >> absolutely. you and i agree with that. dr. carson does not have a legislative record and i'd like -- an office record. all he has is his autobiography and many books that he sold and record as world renowned surgeon, of course that's fair. >> the debate moderators have said tonight's debate is going ...

Point example which is one that does appear to be about semantics. i think a lot of reasonable people could understand what ben carson is saing. it seems to be different than other cases. >> absolutely. the problem that he faces is that there are different examples of this that we are looking at every day it seems to be something new. if he can't get past this he needs to look at this as an opportunity to get past it. if he can't get past it it will have a real impact on his campaign and whether he is treated fairly or unfairly running for president is a hard thing to do. i don't think -- >> a...

Jersey governor chris christi who is refusing to sign the letter why? >> because it's stupid. >> what do you mean? >> put a podium on the stage, stand me mind it and let the people ask me questions and i will answer them. >> what about the unfair debate moderators? >> well, listen, if you can't handle that, then you shouldn't be running for president of the united states. it's not that i like it. nobody likes being treated unfairly. but the bigger probable i had was that they didn't control the debate. he's going to say their goal, the goal of what he perceives as liberal democratic debate mod...