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Donald trump resurrecting his threat to run as an independent if the republican party does not treat him in his view fairly. from his opponents, the parties leaders to establishment figures, nearly the entire republican party now slamming trump and proposal from barring muslims from entering the united states. cnn's don lemon putting trump on the spot waving the pledge not to run as an independent which trump actually signed in september. >> here's a pledge you signed. you saw this pledge. you know where i'm going. are you going to break this pledge? >> i think it is highly unlikely unless the...

Republican party tries to engage in this moment to make this in a sense a last stand, to make it very clear this is not something they'll put up with. >> i think in the past some of those leaders have been, well, careful about criticizing trump because they're scared of houw he's going to react and when he reacts, he's pretty effective. >> correct. and there's question whether these establishment figures will have any effect on trump supporters. one man said he was ashamed of being a republican. even if you get some strong deannouncement from the figures in the party today, there's a real ques...

Doesn't make sense. but anyway, i think they should be stopped. i wish an administrator would stand up and say, guess what, we stand for academic freedom here, intellectual freedom, the free exchange of ideas. they may hurt you, they may make you happy, it doesn't matter. this is life. we stand for that. if you can't take it, you're allowed to leave. this isn't prison. it's a college you paid to go to. >> let's talk about the presidential campaign. you've written a lot about the outsiders in the campaign and the populist for lack of a better word mood out there, the rejection of a lot of the e...

Forth, who am i going to appeal to. >> that was the rap against governor walker. he just was not ready for the bright lights of the scrutiny about how do you feel. >> i hope he will be. some of them are like -- let me try to get you. >> these are two establishment figures, if you think about it. governor walker, governor perry with accomplished records, consequential records as governors, they're out. you ever think being in, experience as a governor doesn't count? >> the one time i got to speak in one gulp of air at the demolition derby, i pointed to the plane behind me and said at the end of...

A united states senator but out the typical. pete: tridish. >> people are frustrated with the gridlock in washington and what they see is a corruption. hillary clinton's serve ever issues the big thing, the clinton foundation, one scandal after another. but they're seeing that within the republican establishment. a failure to govern, which donald trump in particular, some crony capitalism. >> do you see these concerns' being short lived? whatever love affair candidates have, fleeting flame, like a herman cain or michelle bachmann, they go back to establishment figures. >> i think tony abbott i...