you re in the polls and it looks like john federman is leaving doctor oz by double digits in the recent polls you want to maintain the status quo and run out the tape, when you re running a losing campaign, of course you want more debates, you see democrats claiming for that with incumbent republicans, that is smart politics but john federman is running a great campaign with the fellow new jersey and, joe is new jersey, a new jersey guy, i understand campaign dynamics and him wanting more debates but i think he is running out the tape in relatively good race against the new jersey guy doctor oz. lawrence: that s a difference, you ve always been honest democrat he s saying he s not trying to run out the clock, he say that s not what he s trying to do. john federman wants to maintain the status quo and went by double digits which is what polling has right now you factored more debates and that dynamic could shift.
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robert kos ta this introduces some fascinating campaign dynamics. if i m polling down around number 12 number 12 or 13 and what i need to do is get into the top ten, what i need to do as a campaigner is attack numbers eight, nine and ten, just the people who are three or four above me. i m going to knock them out so that i can get up into the top ten. so this may be a good thing for the for people at the top of those polls like jeb bush like there s no real point in you know attacking him. let me get into that top ten. it may not be good for anyone. it could be political kay cross. and this is what the national republican leadership, they really are concerned about because this is going to infuriate infuriate, lawrence, as you say, those people who are 11 12 13 who don t get in and they re going to be angry at the party and they re going to likely demand for the top tier candidate to perhaps not do the debate or not participate and this is going to cause more
we can do something to indicate that it s the kids table. i wonder if you do poorly, then at the grownup s table, do you, in the next debate, get relegated to the kids table and if you do well at the kids cable, do you get promoted to the grown-up table? but it looks to me like we ran a list of those who wouldn t be in the debate if it were held tomorrow. i m not sure, rick santorum versus donald trump, you know, does that make any sense? but, in general, i think it s the people that you know, that the voters will want to see. robert costa, this introduces some fascinating campaign dynamics. if i m polling down around number 12, number 12 or 13 and what i need to do is get into the top ten, what i need to do as a campaigner is attack numbers eight, nine and ten, just the people who are three or four above me.