how much does it help him which you re often able to get on the phone? it s a different situation reporting on donald trump s campaign, he s very accessible in a way most politicians are not 9. i think hi see the impend fit of his voice in a story rather than a spokesman. on tuesday of this week, there was a news conference in trump tower, i got to ask donald trump a few questions. he was riffing on several. you look at ben, he s very weak on immigration and wants to get rid of medicare? my jeb impression, i don t want to do that. marco rubio has a disaster on his finances. he has a disaster on his credit cards. so when trump keeps talking about rubio, again these are stories that have been reported, what effect does that have on the media coverage?
what you would expect. it is unique to try to use supposed acts of to authenticate themselves. usually they re veering away it s a little odd to watch, but it is it s like part of the carson story and he s sticking by it. but, you know, cnn was in a position of trying to prove a negative. i think the reporting effort makes sense. every candidate who runs, you knows this, has reporters trying to find the high school girlfriend, and what kind of person was he as a young man or woman, but talking to nine people doesn t prove who wouldn t necessarily know. as carson says, that he tried to hit his mother with his hammer, wouldn t necessarily know these incidents. and i think ben carsing has to be prepared, this is just the start of it. this is a lot of more months ahead to go, also from his own candidates that are on this stage. they have trackers.
how much does it help him which you re often able to get on the phone? it s a different situation reporting on donald trump s campaign, he s very accessible in a way most politicians are not 9. i think hi see the impend fit of his voice in a story rather than a spokesman. on tuesday of this week, there was a news conference in trump tower, i got to ask donald trump a few questions. he was riffing on several. you look at ben, he s very weak on immigration and wants to get rid of medicare? my jeb impression, i don t want to do that. marco rubio has a disaster on his finances. he has a disaster on his credit cards. so when trump keeps talking about rubio, again these are stories that have been reported, what effect does that have on the media coverage?
in new hampshire. do these numbers, though, speaking to his strength nationwide? i think that donald trump is still the leader. even in the nationwide polls that have shown him neck and neck with ben carsing, it s clear he s a top tier candidate here. we ve seen him struggle. that s all part of the back and forth and the fun of a primary. you don t necessarily win all of the first states, but i don t think anybody anyone is looking at the polls and saying, hmm, he s fallen from graces, even after that debate. rubio is also emerging doing well, tripled his support since september. he s now at 13%, that s up from only 4%. i assume it s largely the result of his impressive performance in that debate. it is, but his numbers were going up before that. that debate hugely helped him. the thing to look at with marco
institutions, you know, political parties used to matter, they used to get in smoke-filled rooms and make decisions. those days are gone. you end up right now, at least, with donald trump and ben carson doing so well. i think there s a chance we ll end up with marco rubio and this will all be a moot point, but for notice it s certainly a phenomenon. david, you have recently written two articles on what you call carson s extreme views. the headline why ben carsing i get he may be emotionally satisfies to cheer on careless rhetoric, give me liberty or give me death moment. to imply that america under barack obama is like germany under adolf hitler, but it is also intellectually discrediting politically self-defeating and unworthy of those who are citizens of a great republic. that was written by peter