and it will be like. i don t think donald trump sees vivek as a threat. i think that he realizes that ramaswamy will have a ceiling in some place in the 15 to 20% and it s going to just cripple the rest of the field and he s happy to see that happen and happy to help from vivek achieve that. and receive him to be a surrogate. that s absolutely if you see consolidation. what if you saw consolidation in the field around ramaswamy anybody else? i don t think. nobody is going to vote for vivek for president over donald trump. i don t see it happen. they re pulling in the same. place i think if anything, the trump team are going to try to bring into the fold some kind of a surrogate. one thing that kind of a generational discussion an interesting question that came up was about climate change. just raise your hand is coming change real. and nikki haley was the only
it all in one of the things i found so fascination was the trump of it all. you lack of trump questions said in the debate was the elements not in the room. and yes, the majority of the candidates really did not want to talk about them. but the couple who were there who did like chris christie, particularly christy did not talk about him the special people expected. no doubt about. it i think it was ten or 11 the segment. and you want to know what? bradberry told us, he had to turn to the audience at a certain point plead with him to let him get through the trump section because it is not a topic i most of the candidates on the stage to not want to deal with. they know that the republican primary electorate is not all that interested in hearing republicans attack donald
reference to richmond it will take place. i didn t realize that fox had raised. it to the point that john is making, a lot of americans feel that way. that is why the song was so wildly popular, and i think that is what was reflected in the ramaswamy positions in a lot of this, and why nikki haley may do well in the des moines suburbs, but she will not win iowa overall. in all of this, donald trump is a clear and faraway front runner, but if we are analyzing tonight, i think nikki haley saw a pivot in strategy. it did seem like she was playing to college educated women, voters, women in the suburbs, there was a toning down of some of the anti woke, some of the more, that kind of rhetoric, you know? as she let someone fill that lane and i think she was signaling to frankly donors who maybe souring on a desantis or someone else. i can be the republican. she is litigating the case for ukraine and it may not be the majority of the base within the republican party who will reject anyone t
you don t think there s logic to what he said? i think it was a lot of revenge. a lot of eventually. what do you think, any of it was the big moment of this debate. any of you have a big moment in mind? this gentleman right here. i m going to walk over to you. excuse my reach jim so you about that. for me, it was when desantis on ukraine. desantis s whole goal here is to be trump, you have to meet trump on that issue. so ultimately, if desantis is willing to do that then i see vivek is the clear winner. does anybody here, as i was saying 14 of you were undecided when this started. or any of you, after one debate closer to saying i know who i m going to vote for? your hand if you are a bit closer. this gentleman here, tell me who you are closer to voting for. or supporting the iowa caucus. is he probably nikki haley and donald trump.
the subtle criticisms are getting him exactly nowhere. on the other hand, with pence, a problem for pence is that donald trump could have disagreed with pence about whether he should have like chocolate ice cream and vanilla ice cream and republican voters will take donald trump s side. it almost as a matter whether things. let s go back to dana bash with another candidate. dana bash? thank you so much. i have vivek ramaswamy here with me. thank you so much for being with. me thank you so, much dana bash. we are expecting the incoming that you got it tonight? it was an honor. i took it as a badge of honor as the 38-year-old outsider in this race who has never been in a political debate to be a center stage and see a lot of establishment politicians be threatened by mris. i m thrilled. and it actually gave me an opportunity to introduce myself to the people of this country. we are just getting warmed up. and i m really thrilled with how it went. i want to play for our voters