wedding of a friend who is gay. that is progress in the republican party. is this progress in the party or just a kasich progress? a small measure of progress in the party with atmosphere in the room. and reince priebus was on the show yesterday. he was talking about turning down the two planks that were offered for the party platform that went to balancing out what you teach about homosexuality and another kind of targeting of homosexuality. he said it was procedure. they didn t make it through. they put out those did not make it. moody, what two moments stood out to you? i agree with john about kasich. he took a question that was typical gop red meat. your st. peter empathy thing and small government. i thought he turned it on his head well. what stood out to you as a moment? two things. one was carly fiorina s performance in the way she introduced herself to people who may have never heard of her before.
those are qualities that work the field. trump is like a rocket in the ratings on those qualities. thanks everyone. sara and ron and peter, thank you all so much. coming up by the way, on new day we talk to two presidential candidates. we will talk to the winner of the happy hour debate carly fiorina. in the 8:00 a.m. hour we will talk to marco rubio. so many eyes on the debate. a greater near term significance. new york senator chuck schumer announced he will vote against the nuclear deal with iran. the jewish democrat and obama ally. the guy who will be the next democratic leader presents an enormous hurdle. we have sunlen serfaty with the latest in washington. reporter: good morning, john. this is a big blow to president obama. senator schumer has been eyed as a key vote on this. schumer coming out in the
emphasizing the future. a race in which there is a vacuum at the top where no one seized control in the long run, is more open. let me follow-up to that peter. ron talks about the muddling politically. i wonder with jeb bush. a lot of eyes on him. i m wondering if you felt like a lot of people have been saying he needs to show i want to be president. show the fire in his belly. it seemed to me he improved as the night went on. how do you think jeb bush did? i disagree with ron on that. he started off a little shaky. i think he found his footing throughout the debate. his answer on social issues when he was talking about his record on abortion in florida was strong and resonated with the audience. his answers on education and
we have peter handby and ron brownstein. gentlemen, thank you. sara you are with us. let s start with you, ron. we know what the expectations were. what did and did not meet your expectations last night? you know. it was a very entertaining debate. moderators did a great job. it was gripping and riveting at times. it showed the limitations of the candidates of the top tier. donald trump was effective in speaking to his audience. he doesn t have a second gear a broader reach in the republican party. jeb bush as sara noted, faced questions if he has the energy and vision to really be the frontrunner that his financial status would suggest. he did not answer those questions. and scott walker faded into the curtain. what you had were marco rubio
the more populous blue collar alienated donald trump. i know the governor was a homer last night, kasich but i thought it was a great style of difference with the questions. trump went back at the questioner. kasich peter, when he was asked that republicans like small government. your whole st. peter thing. what did you think about the answer on medicaid? what did you think about how he did that? look it has been reported widely in front of the koch brothers conference he gave a similar answer and booed by an audience of conservative donors. i thought kasich is pragmatic about problem solving. i think he masks issues that may be provocative in the republican primary with the unpredictable