la-la-la-la-la. martha: so there were winners and losers ad lots of zingers last night in the big debate. donald trump center sage as frontrunner at this point. he was square in the middle. he was focus of a lost evening. good morning, everybody. there is beautiful air force one in the middle of reagan library. i m martha maccallum. bill: i m bill hemmer. a clash of republican rivals taking stage at ronald reagan presidential library. sparks were flying. a lot on the line. donald trump did not dispoint. from the beginning he came out swinging and so too did his rivals. watch.
candidates. so does this mean that some are struggling to throw their support behind any one of the four candidates? somewhat. there is certainly enthusiasm here for defeating barack obama and hear that from the candidates. that s their mission here. the problem is that republicans are not generally fired up about the field. polling bears that out. electability is obviously also a concern. the states that mitt romney won, for example, exit polls show that had electability was a american concern. but romney got a pretty good reception. rick santorum got a far better reception. but still, it wasn t a raucous bring the house down kind of applause for rick santorum who could be the republican frontrunner right now. so that speaks volumes about how republicans feel about this fred. in the meantime, there was a straw poll that will take place and the results may come somewhere in the 4:00 eastern hour. any hints or any real feeling as to which candidate might be the most execut