qualify for this debate on september the 12th. and a quinnipiac poll came out today. a 14 candidates at 1% or lower. it was time for people to get out. it s been passed time for people to get out and this was the democratic party of a stress plan all along, have to go debates were very inclusive. two nights of ten people on each night. when september arrived, to start putting the field. now it looks like you re going to have a 10-person debate, which is a lot, but at least it s one night. bret: we should point out that no candidate at this point, republican or democrat, has been 1% or less and gone on to win back the presidency. jimmy carter in 1975 was at 2%. even though this is still early, it still history. okay, mollie, what about the president weighing in here. and actually i previously placed a bet on the possibility that the eventual nominee hasn t even entered the race yet. i feel like this might be one of those weird years where anything could happen. it does seem like p