up. bill he was with sean last night on hannity. he says he s feeling the heat from being now in the top tier. listen: i knew that the bull s eye on my back, sean, was big, but i didn t know it was that big until that last debate! and i did not feel as if i was able to explain their attacks adequately, because as you know, you only get 30 seconds to respond. but the good news is i continue to deflect it by saying you haven t read the plan, you haven t read the analysis. the fact that i have a direct, clear message about how i would address these crises we face is resonating with the american people, and i think that that has driven it a lot. bill: all right, now stephen hayes breaks it down, senior writer for the weekly standard and fox fox news contributor. how you doing? grng, bill. bill: is he now the frontrunner? he s the frontrunner but a tenuous frontrunner. he s a frontrunner in terms of lop laid but not in terms