steve schmidt, man. go back to the one before that, the unfavorables. i ve never seen a political party more in need of a national leader than this republican party. you look at these numbers, chris christie is about 50/50. among republicans ted cruz, 19/14. jeb upside down 18/20, 18/15. it s pretty remarkable. have you ever in any political cycle seen a party more devoid than the republican party? even in 2012 in that race it was evident in that race that mitt romney was going to emerge as the nominee. you look at this field. one, it wouldn t be more wide open. two, this is historically it s an anomaly for the republican party because the republican