how do you think he is taking this? i think i agree with my much older colleague, hugh hewitt here. he was carrying the communications director job and now press secretary. now comes a communications director that he has to answer to and he has to deal with the one part of the job that he probably hated which was the press briefings. i think she leavi he is leaving terms. sean spice ser is a true patrio he loves his country, and he believes he has been doing his duty for the president and for the country. for those of us that have known sean for a couple years now, and dana eluded to this earlier, people were surprised that he took the job, that was a bit of an under statement. were you surprised as well? i was, i was a little surprised and i thought about it
no, not no matter what or no matter what? no matter what is what he said. sean spice ser the communications director for the republican national committee, and i can see a nice big smile on your face, and any serious fear inside of the rnc, the republican national committee that trump would run as a third-party candidate? no, donald trump signed the pledge early in the year, and he gave his word, a hend a newcomer to the political scene and he wanted to see that he is treated fairly, and i think that he has seen that is how we at the rnc and reince priebus treat all of the candidates and it was good to hear him reaffirm that last night so we can get our eyes on the prize of defeating hillary clinton. are you convinced that all of the other republican candidates are going to the support or endorse or vote for him? yes. absolutely. look, every single person on the stage is united by one thing at
intensity on our side, and frankly as we are heading into the second or the third democ t democratic debate this saturday night are where they are burying the debates so that hillary clinton is not exposed to the view e es you will see much fewer viewers, and much less intensity, because all of the horsepower is on the republican side. we just got the numbers by the way, and i am looking at them right now, sean. i don t know if you is seen them. 18 million people watched the primetime debate, and in the early debate 5.7 million people. almost 6 million in the earlier debate, and those are significant numbers and the third highest presidential debate ever after the first two republican presidential debates. 18 million is a big number. that is a huge number. t tremendous. congratulations to cnn. to salem radio, but also to the millions of viewers who got the tune in and see how great the candidates and the republican party has in this field. the level of qualified candidates that we
candidates and the time was allotted properly and didn t run over each other, and real kudos to cnn for handling the debate, because it gave the viewers an opportunity to understand the differences that the candidates have with each other, and the vision they have for taking the country forward thank you. thank you very much for that, sean. our goal was a simple goal. we wanted to make sure that the republicans who have to vote and select a nominee are going to be a little bit more knowledgeable about a potential commander in chief after the debate than before the debate. did the differences, the agreements were they crystallized for republicans? well shgs, i think that for many of millions of folks watching at home, that they were able to sort of looking at each one of the candidates and hear the tone or the plan or the tactics that they offered and make a decision hopefully as they approached the early primary and caucus states which candidate or candidates best fit where they wa
diversity that our side offers in stark contrast to what you are seeing on the other side and it is a frankly a coronation of the democratic party going through the motions for hillary clinton so that she can say that she had a primary, but again, you won t see anything close to those numbers come saturday night n night for the democrats for frankly nor the rest of the cycle for them. yes, 18 million in the primetime and 5.7 in the earlier debate, and 5.7 million, and so maybe you will keep the so-called early second tier debate going. are you getting like a cut there, wolf? i am just a political news junkie like you, sean, and i love to see these debates and i was thrilled to be the mod eratr with dana and hugh. well, thank you to you and dana and hugh. okay. thank you, sean, and say hello the reince for us. and the battle between the marco rubio and ted cruz sparred on