>> i think you to be realistic given the size of his organization and the number of primaries he has won. he is far and away the most likely republican nominee and if he does get to 1144 delegates i will support him and do everything i can this fall to help him defeat obama. the primary goal of the entire republican party has to be to defeat barack obama. makes this maybe the most important election of our lifetime. >> you have indicated one of the reasons you are staying in the race is to influence the platform. what do you hope to do with the platform? >> i think platform matter in the long run evolution of the party. a party is more than just a presidential candidate. senate candidates, house candidates, state legislators. when i go around the country the number of people who walk up to me and say they used to listen to go pack tapes. >> it was an organization i helped build and we would send out training tapes. this is 25 years ago and people walk up and say i'm now the senate majority leader, i'm now