i think democrats are all saying, you know, if trump is the nominee he can t get elected. if trump is not the nominee but he goes ghost deep into the calendar, he could emerge as a third party candidate. i think the democrats are all secretly and probably perversely root for trump. and we re definitely afraid fof that, too. trust us. we don t want both parties to get out of there. rare. unifier. john, very quickly, nine people in the stage for the main cards, for the main show. on tuesday, the undercard. how much longer can people keep this going, so to speak, if you re not in the top tier of candidates? this really is your last hoorah as you close out the year. if you re rand paul or graham or muck b huckabee, you are oning on fumes. you can t field this organization. heck, you re going to be kicked
and that is the underlying question in this entire campaign. which republican is best positioned to beat hillary clinton or whichever democrat happens to win the nomination? that s what worries some republican leaders in the party establishment, is donald trump strong enough to take on hillary clinton in the general election? it s one of the questions that may be answered at the debate on tuesday night. jeff zeleny, cnn, las vegas. throughout this gop primary there has been a lot of talk about a civil war within the republican party. the insiders versus the outsiders. donald trump versus pretty much everybody else. well, for more on that, anna who is a supporter of jeb bush and a friend of marco rubio. thank you for being with us. and jeffrey who i think it s fair to say is a donald trump supporter. let s talk about the civil war, will we see that play out tomorrow night? i think there are different factions in the republican party and there is a very wide spectrum of diversity o
strugglie inine ining campaign,t to make moves tomorrow night. the they don t, rand paul, mike huckabee, they need to re-evaluate whether they re going to go into the new year. forget iowa. john kasich has to stand out from the crowd. ben carson cysuspended his campaign to go to israel and now his poll numbers have gone down. i think given recent events in france and in california, san bernardino attacks, the expectation is that national security will be front and center. who does that benefit in this debate? you know, it s a funny thing. on just style points and coming off his strong and somebody is going to stand up for america, trump has been winning that hands down so far. now, the other candidates want to show that their substantive, they have real policy and
movie geeks. sports freaks. x1 from xfinity will change the way you experience tv. welcome back, everybody. i m john vause live in hlas vegs where the republican candidates will square off on tuesday night. watching close will be the other side, the democrats. a short tomb atime ago i spoke with a democrat strategist and hillary clinton supporter paul begatt a and he told me what he will be looking for in this debate. well, for more on the view of this debate from the democratic side i m joined by paul and hillary clinton supporter. great to have you with us.
calling him weak on national security. each time he s had to choose between strong national defense and some of the isolationist tendencies in american politics. john berman, cnn, las vegas. throughout this gop primary there has been lot of talk about a civil war within the republican party, the insiders versus the outsiders. donald trump versus pretty much everybody else. for more on that i m joined by two cnn political comment rate ta taters. jeffrey, who is i think it s fair to say is a donald trump supporter. what about the civil war? will we see that play out tomorrow night on the debate stage? there are different faction tons republican party. and wide spectrum on a number of issues, whether it s national supreme court by. whether it s foreign policy. it runs the gamut of where republicans stand right now. one of the big challenges that