if the republicans stood up and said, come on, guy, let s get serious, would that be to their benefit as well? there s space for some candidate, perhaps johns hantsman, tim pawlenty, want to break through. not wants trump attention. serious times call for serious leadership. president b obama is doing the wrong thing on x, y, z. there s an opportunity there. for some gop candidate. i don t know if they ll do it they risk angering a lot of their base, but the opportunity is there. that candidate will make him a darling of the media and an enemy of every social conservative in iowa. that s why the not going to happen and i hope it doesn t. again, this is a gift for democrats. joe lockhart, jonathan martin, stay with me. we ll continue to cover the breaking news. the president releasing the long form of his birth certificate hoping to put to rest allegations he was not born in this country. there it is. msnbc live coverage continues right after this.