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Because he's just not a natural fit there. try to make new hampshire the place where you run that outsider, speak truth to power, that message and who trump is could resonate i think in new hampshire. in iowa, it always felt sort of like he's kind of a celebrity, we're kind of interested in him but kind of celebrity is rudy giuliani, hillary clinton have not done that well in iowa in the past. i think on the republican side, idealogical purity, and trump is not going to be the social conservative candidate in the race. >> nor is he iowa nice, to put a point on that. let's talk briefly about th...

Republican party he believes 2016 voters put idealogical purity in favor of voting for the person electable nationwide. >> they want the most conservative candidate who can win. i who can win than who is my favorite. i think that will be more important this time than it has been in the past. people are a little tired of losing. >> reporter: could senator lindsey graham be that person? perhaps perhaps. he is in the top three. he told me he is not just in it to win south carolina. if he doesn't do well in iowa and new hampshire he will pull out before the south carolina primary and support someo...

>> i think the fever will have broken. you have the tea party wing controlling the party. i said this before, we need a republican party. we need leaders that can control their party and i think you're going to see the fever break. you're going to see obama's re-elected, the idea we can't let that happen is done. now it's going to be okay, man, we just got to get something -- i'm not going to tell you who -- i've already been talking -- >> the reasonable people that we grew up with, they left, they're gone. they passed away. >> but there's still some solid republican conservatives who understa...

Republican party. we need leaders that can control their party and i think you're going to see the fever break. you're going to see obama's re-elected, the idea we can't let that happen is done. i've already been talking -- >> the reasonable people that we grew up with, they left, they're gone. they passed away. >> but there's still some solid republican conservatives who understand what principled conservative means and they're not wrapped up in idealogical purity. i think there's a dozen republican senators, and i think i can name 2 1/2, 3 dozen house members who, once this election is over,...

Grew up with, they left, they're gone. they passed away. >> but there's still some solid republican conservatives who understand what principled conservative means and they're not wrapped up in idealogical purity. i think there's a dozen republican senators, and i think i can name 2 1/2, 3 dozen house members who, once this election is over, they get a get out of jail free card. up to now, it's been if you don't stick with this hard right edge thing, we're going to primary you. you saw it when jerry falwell took control of the republican party. you saw it when newt gingrich first came in.