could help ted cruz. the establishment doesn t want that. if you disqualify cruz, you could help trump. so a lot of the establishment is just sitting on the sidelines and i think the moment to go after either has passed. it s too late? it s too late. and it just it two-thirds of the party is in one of those guys pocket. one-third is in the establishment lane. that doesn t auger well for the establishment going forward beyond new hampshire. ben, here s what i don t understand. all the establishment guys began the week by beating up each other, sort of laying off cruz and trump. maybe now they ll find out trump wants to take cruz on and that might make them happy but it seems beating each other up is no way to help each other. it s a demolition derby and they know one of them will survive, has to survive, and so they ve got to climb over their brothers back before they can manage to take on trump or cruz. let me bring in the rest of the panel here, helene cooper, pentagon