me a break. >> all right. joining me to talk about all of this is o co-founder and executive editor of real clear politics. welcome. >> hi carol. >> donald trump is now openly attacking ben carson. ben carson says hey i'm a nice guy. i'm not going to attack anyone. will this help trump is this. >> it hasn't so far. ben carson season a little bit different though. because ben carson's support, you know, donald trump when he lost in iowa the lead and attacked his faith. and now he's losing his lead nationally. you mentioned the quinnipiac poll he's down to 1 point. now behind ben carson for the first time. so we're seeing sort of trump decline here. and he's reacting to it the way he's reacted to it in the past which is to lash out at his closest execompetitors. i don't know if that's going to