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This was a money decision. >> like texas governor rick perry before him walker cited the need for other candidates to coalesce behind an alternative when announcing his decision. >> ronald reagan was good for america because he was an optimist. sadly the debate taking place in the republican party today is not focused on that optimistic view of america. instead, it has drifted into personal attacks. in the end, i believe that the voters want to be for something and not against someone. today i believe that i'm being called to lead by helping to clear the field in this race so that a positive c...

They like toughness. they like people who fight back. stop withering in the corner or you're going to end up like scott walker. i'm sorry. go ahead. >> the last person before romney john mccain did stand up to someone who accused the president of being a muslim, so i think where we land is usually somewhere that will make you feel better. >> we'll see. not usually the case because we lost five out of the six. we got to get mark halperin in here. >> reporter: well, look, i think the biggest obvious beneficiary of walker's departure and of the environment that you guys are talking about is the o...

Me brother and part of the seal community. >> grew up in mosul, you knew the area. and when did you join our side and how long did you go for? >> in 2003, after i try so hard to work with americans and i couldn't find any chance. by accident i start work with military police and from there we have a lot of successful mission and the seals, they hear about my name and they let me join them. >> how did you get the name johnny walker? >> johnny originally was called walker and the americans don't want to use the real iraqi names 'cause it's very dangerous for the interpreters. so they started cal...

Inch. >> donald trump came in and sucked up all the oxygen. >> in washington, and associate editor for "the washington post" eugene robinson and in salt lake city, manager editing of bloomberg politics, mark halperin. >> mark, give us some of your reporting what you heard over the past day or so about scott. a guy, by the way, i made no secret i liked him very much and may have even voted for him if he got to the primary. report. tell us what you know. >> reporter: to continue your baseball metaphor we faced major league baseball he couldn't hit it. you know, there's a thing in politics when t...