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The opposite. all the press said he got stronger as the night went on. i thought that was interesting is we had several goals. we saw him as presidential. we saw him as very articulate in terms of what he was saying out there. he had probably one of the best punch lines of the night when talking about hillary clinton's e-mails. >> that's true. >> almost all of the articles going into the debate was a question mark of how he would do on the florida national defense issues. he knocked every one of those out of the park. in terms of trump, first of all, there's a lot of things being labeled on wh...

Simple question. >> is there anyone on stage -- can i see hands -- who is unwilling tonight to pledge your support to the eventual nominee of the republican party and pledge to not run an independent campaign against that person? mr. trump. >> reporter: settle in and watch. this is no ordinary campaign. donald trump showed one thing at the first gop debate, he is here to stay. republicans, like it or not, must now decide how to deal with him and his veiled threat to run ace third party candidate. >> i cannot say -- i'm talking about a lot of leverage. >> reporter: leverage sounded more like ex...

Money to the foundation or donated to his wife's senate campaign. >> reporter: it was marco rubio who urged republicans to choose a candidate who can take on the real opponent. >> how is hillary clinton going to lecture me about living paycheck to paycheck? how is she going to lecture me about student loans? i owed over $100,000 four years ago. >> reporter: the republicans i talked to today in the early voting states iowa, new hampshire and south carolina, including several who were open to supporting trump, said they can't get over the fact he wouldn't pledge to back the republican nominee. t...