i don t think this debate per se moved the needle at all. people who like carson still like carson. people who like trump still like trump. i don t think it changed anything. eric, did anyone really move the needle? obviously we haven t seen any serious polls yet. in the coming days we might see some major national polls, polls in the early states. but do you think anyone really move that had needle much last night? well, i think jeb bush helped himself. you know, not too long ago he was in a bit of a doom loop, wolf, where bad news seemed to be feeding on itself. he needed to exceed expectations in order to keep the press content and his donors happy. i think he did that. he did challenge donald trump. i ll give him credit for that. but i think he challenged on the wrong issues. you re not going to win a republican primary by attacking trump s position on illegal immigration. now, trump is a target rich environment for republican. he was in favor of partial birth
abortion. he wants to raise tariffs. he s expressed support for socialized medicine. these are all issues that he can be challenged on forcefully. but it hasn t happened on a debate stage. and these candidates cannot outsource entirely their attacks to a super pac. it has to be done by the candidate himself across the board and on the debate stage. eric fehrnstrom, we ve got to leave it on that note. thanks very much. s.e.cupp, gloria borger, thank very much. coming up, aggressive new military moves of russia s president vladimir putin. what s his goal of meddling in syria? and what about europe and north korea? also surveillance released video of a man died after officers used stun gun on him multiple times now provoked a major lawsuit. . i take mine in the morning. i was trying to eat right, stay active. but i wasn t reaching my a1c goal anymore. man: my doctor says diabetes changes over time.
texas senator recently told cnn s jake tapper it could happen. listen, i m not sure it will come down to marco and me. i like marco. i respect him. he s a friend of mine. great guy. there are a lot of political observers that are saying that. and i think that s certainly a plausible outcome. reporter: and ted cruz also giving some hints last night that he could potentially be looking forward to that specific matchup given a preview of some of the lines of attack that he s already lining up against marco rubio if and when the rest of the field winds down, wolf. sunlen in south carolina. let s get more insight on how the debate may change the republican presidential race. joining us gloria borger, political commentator s.c. cupp, eric fehrnstrom. gloria, so ted cruz, marco rubio, are they emerging really as the anti-establishment, the establishment challengers to
trump and carson? they re kind of hanging out there waiting to inherit the votes of other people whom they re thinking and hoping are going to fall flat on their faces, right? so you have marco rubio hoping to inherit george bush s jeb, excuse me, jeb bush s support, which is small. but the establishment wing of the party. and you have cruz out there saying, okay, if carson and/or trump fails, then i m there. i m going to get the evangelical vote that carson has and the anti-establishment vote that trump has. this is their hope. i think they both did very well last night for themselves. and so while cruz said to jake, well, i m not so sure some pundits are saying that. this is the hope of their camp. you think, eric, that some of rubio s financial problems he s not a rich guy to begin with, but he had some issues going back over the years. is that really a serious issue in this campaign? you know, i don t think so,
campaigns, nothing happens by accident. it has to be made to happen. and the. on the whole, the establishment candidates have not been able to do that thus far. i have to leave it there. sabrina schaefer, eric fehrnstrom. thank you. the numbers who serve in the u.s. military where diminishing. so much so that ash carter is laser focused on attracting more than just a few good men. one of his latest weapons in drawing talent is as in female talent is former facebook ceo sheryl sandberg. she urged nearly 3,000 cadets to lieb in and make the military a more comfortable place for