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>> you get a fair shake. >> why would i allow a hostile network and allow people that are polling at zero, polling at zero, one is zero with an arrow left. why would i allow people at 1 and 2% and 0% to be hitting me with questions all night. i don't think it's fair. >> that was former president donald trump's noncommittal answer on debating the other republican candidates because of their polling numbers when new data shows his own are starting to slip amid his federal indictment and the possibility of another indictment for january 6th coming this summer. >> the numbers are startin...

We start to say something significant maybe has changed in that race. this is one of those when a democrat trying to stitch together a path to a senate majority tennessee was emerging something as close to an essential state for you, especially because some of the other big movement we seem to be seeing is in north dakota and north dakota is probably the single most vulnerable democratic seat on the map, heidi heitcamp running in a state trump carried in 2016, falling behind by 11 points in one poll last week and that 11-point gap came before she announced her opposition to the nomination of b...

North carolina or iowa but perhaps it puts wisconsin and pennsylvania out of reach. maybe we can start comfortably moving those a bit more to the side. >> if you do that, essential state because nevada and new hampshire. >> he's down. that's a tough reach. >> i'm saying he's in a great position. when you look in the grand scheme of things for the pronouncement donald trump is dead and if he can reverse a five or six-point gap in nevada, i'm not comfortable saying he's dead. >> if you holds the romney states including utah, and he wins florida which is too close to call right now, wins ohio too...

>> and george herbert walker bush got elected with dan quayle on the ticket. >> no, no, i'm saying i'm with david on this. >> he's got the -- doesn't romney seem like an orderly guy, a 9:00 to 5:00 guy. not honorable does she look presidential, the running mate, but somebody who would give you their own state, which would be ohio, an essential state for republican candidates. >> look, david corn made my point. by talking about sarah palin. it's just -- you run a huge risk when you put someone on the ticket who causes voters to to mistrust your judgment by choosing someone who is not self-evide...