poorly, really. i really don't. normally i should say, like, they were all terrible, everybody. right? [ laughter ] >> but you noticed the quality of all the candidates? >> how did ben carson do? >> i thought he was good. they didn't ask him that many questions. he didn't have a lot of air time, but i thought he was good. he was right next to me. >> just curious. so you were very critical of ben carson on the campaign trail last week. went after him. but last night, seemed to keep the gloves off. >> i don't want to be critical. i like him, to start off with. i don't want to be critical, but last night they were asking questions. and ben and i have gotten very long over the period of time. i've become friends with a lot of the people up there. some very good people up there. >> is ben carson qualified to be president of the united states? >> i don't want to say. that's not for me to say. >> would you let him run one of your companies? >> i would let him operate on a