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Debate performances. what are you looking for from her tomorrow night? >> i think nikki haley really needs to lean into the electability argument. the one thing the gop field agrees on they want to defeat joe biden. in consecutive poll after consecutive poll nikki haley performs best against joe biden in some beating him 16 points. ron desantis he at times loses to joe biden in a general election. i think she's going to hammer home if you want to win the general and not just the primary, i am the best candidate to do it. >> van, ron desantis' polling in our last poll at just 5% in new hampshir...

Guy like trump. >> it's a zero idea of whether this moves the needle at all for chris. kristie i probably guess. no but chris christie went wide for the conduct. we skip the whole discussion with a lot of republicans. saying, i don't think it criminally, think it's a witch hunt. and whatever it is and how about what we actually know that donald trump has done, not proven by court of law. the stuff that he's done in plain view, that he has done on twitter. that he has said to people. all of the things that we already. no let alone whether or not he is a criminal. that seems to be escaping a lot...

If ron desantis is not willing to -- not even talk about the subject but defend trump on the subject, why are you running against him? a republican primary is meant to challenge and vet candidates, right? if you want to talk about electability, nikki haley sort of got there. she said donald trump is disliked. how about the fact that president biden and democrats are almost certain to make this a focus of their campaigns? these criminal charges, as this goes to the courts, is almost certainly going to dominate the news and our lives for the next two years. if you can't get to the point about sa...

That debate as a favorite. right now no one has consolidated that 58% majority that want a different nominee. >> dana: only the speech writer could carry that sports met -- they are looking for someone closest to them on the issues. only 29% said that they are looking for basically the electability argument. best chance of defeat. call for number three, please. this is what the poll says the best chance of defeating joe biden. trump there at 38%. no, sir as commanding a lead as he has overall. desantis at 28%. you go down from there. electability. it sounds logical but it is not necessarily ho...

After january 6th it was still at 65%, so what are we seeing? fewer republican voters have a very favorable view of the former president. what does it mean? maybe there's a door open for some of his top competitors to step in if they decide to barge through that door, they could make the electability argument. >> good to have you here, thank you. let's bring in former republican congressman from florida carlos curbelo and former adviser to the 2020 biden campaign, alencia johnson. congressman, first your read on what we just heard? >> well, when you listen to mike pence, a lot of republicans m...