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It is early. there are six months until any vote here. donald trump has had saturation media coverage and universal name recognition and this is a large field. that has yielded the result that we've seen. i think it will be important for republicans to confront him sooner rather than later. his brand is toxic for the party. the longer this goes, the more likely he is to pursue the third party candidacy which i think will be the ultimate problem for the party. >> you think the longer he is out on the stage, he won't want to give that up? >> yes. at some possibly you convince yourself that you c...

Then i think that worst outcome for republicans becomes less likely. >> do you agree with michael that the idea that republicans have to basically, if they want to try to weaken trump now, or even get him out of the race, they have to start hitting him harder and sooner? >> i don't. michael has written an awfully good column and i think everyone should read it. but i sense, anderson, trump is defying gravity. as you said last night. he is going to come down. if the republicans get, attack him, it will be an extended debate going past last thursday night into the future and into august and into...

They're worried about my tone. i should be toned down. >> first speech since the gop debate. cnn's sara murray is there for us tonight. describe the scene around you that you're seeing. >> reporter: this is a very fired up crowd, anderson, tonight for donald trump. people are stomping on the bleexers. they're cheering. at one point he got a standing ovation when he was talking about building a wall and securing the border in mexico. people throwing back a couple beers and glasses of wine while they were waiting for trump who was running late or just really excited to see him in michigan tonigh...

To a person begin putting forward what they believe. what their agendas are. what they would like to see happen in a way john kasich has, that seem to be a much smarter way. let the press beat up on him. there are plenty of commentators who are going after him day after day after day. i think he to an extent enjoys that. the jousting. he likes the attention. i don't think it is the right strategy for all the republican candidates to force him out of the race right now. >> what about that? do you risk kind of doing more harm? poking somebody who is more than willing to fight back and fight back...

Gop nominee. >> we had roger stern on the program. and i don't want to get into who fired who, who quit. that's irrelevant. he was saying very positive things about donald trump. >> he and mr. trump still remain friends and they probably will post this, whatever happens. >> he said they have a long history. up and down. but one of the things he was saying which i thought was very interesting. he was saying he didn't believe donald trump should get into this sort of, this fight with megyn kelly and fox. that it brings the campaign into what he described as a cul-de-sac. the campaign should stay...