morning, it is further confirmation of his ascendenceyascendency. at some point do you think the party should stop dismissing him as a flash in the pan side show? should they accept that he just might be in this for the long haul? >> yes, i think they should. because the only person who takes donald trump out of this race is donald trump. he said i don't have any pollsters, i'm not paying for any pollsters. he's not driven by the conventional tools. money, he's got butt loads of it. polls, he's not using them. yet he's able to connect with people in a big way. and i think the party needs to recognize that this thing could go on with donald trump on every stage here on out. and just adjust and recognize, to the governor's point, you've got to have a substantive conversation at some point. maybe it begins this thursday