from hilalary clinton, is this classic guilt by association. painting with a broad brush saying that all republicans even if they don't necessarily agree with donald trump are basically in the same camp as him. and this is the risk that a lot of the candidates run right now by not condemning him more actively. this goes back to what ron was talking about. we've heard some members of congress, some senators come out and rebuke donald trump's remarks. but on the campaign trail we're hearing some very tepid responses to what he has said because at least candidates frankly are afraid of upsetting his supporters because they want to win them over and that could be a problem in the general election. >> ron, quickly, leading up to the gop debate tuesday night, what do you do if you're one of those candidates who is trying to break through, not polling as well as donald trump and now being painted with the same brush as him? >> quickly, first of all, i'd have to say that i think president obama has created the situation where donald trump is reacting to a weak commander in chief. so i think if other candidates were to show how strong they can be as a leader dealing with