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Paul, looking to reclaim his tea party mojo and the republican front runner donald trump. >> would you support that? >> i can tell you this, i would and i was also in support. if the republicans stuck together, you could have done it with obama care, also. they left a lot of people that really went in and wanted to do the job, and if they stuck together, they would have won that battle. i think you have to in this case also. >> already planned parenthood's funding is planned to be the purity test for republican nominees. after the first debate on thursday, half the candidates head to atlanta f...

Formidable. and i'll say this i think there's a hunger right now amongst conservatives for a governor. and i think that's why you're seeing people like jeb bush and chris christie who are governors, who have name id at the top of that poll. >> but are those same republicans who are hungering for governor also ready to check off or not check off certain boxes beneath the title of governor on that purity test. on whether or not you're the perfect kind of conservative. so how does chris christie check off those boxes in a place like iowa south carolina against a ted cruz or a rand paul. >> well, ...

Wake-up call to republicans, a wake-up call where they real i the purity test is very real. any thought they had of trying to govern, is certainly going to be gone at this point. in terms of the broader midterm dynamics i don't know if it changes the calculus unless this guy, we don't know that much about dave brat, we haven't heard that much. extreme rhetoric on immigration, but not a lot else. if he turns out to be a todd aiken, richard murdock, christine o'donnell, if he says really inflammatory things that capture the attention of the national public, well that begins to shift the ground. ...

Victory for the tea party as they pull the republican party further to the radical right. pelosi says as far as midterm elections are concerned it is a whole new ball game. >> i don't know that i would go that far, a whole new ball game. one thing i would say, i think this is definitely another wake-up call to republicans, a wake-up call where they real i the purity test is very real. any thought they had of trying to govern, is certainly going to be gone at this point. in terms of the broader midterm dynamics i don't know if it changes the calculus unless this guy, we don't know that much abo...

Saying something very christian, very roman catholic. he is a roman catholic convert. something pope francis could say and it would be unremarkable. but as an american public official whose held public office and is a law enforcement official potentially if he becomes president, to say cross get border from some other country because you choose to do it against u.s. law and just move into the country to get a job illegally is not going to sell. what do you think? act of love. that might be a stretch for the republicans and the democrats maybe. >> well, i think it is a stretch for the most cons...