choice, alex. just think back to 1992. clinton versus bush versus perot. perot didn t cost bush the election. clinton would have won a two-way race, bill clinton, that is. but perot caused enorm os problems for republicans, especially when he began running in february of 1992. well, donald trump is starting even earlier. and he s clearly got a lot of intense supporters. and if my twitter feed is any indication, a lot of them say, under no circumstances will they support, for example, jeb bush. i think it s a big problem for the republicans. even if he doesn t run as an independent. but particularly if he does. okay. let s shift gears now to carly fiorina. she s been making headlines after that debate performance. the new analysis we have from nbc survey monkey, conducted after the debate, it shows her gaining ground. what do you make of the way the
let s go to politics and the fallout from donald trump s comments. he s standing by what he said, but his disinvitation from the red state gathering is adding to the growing speculation whether the republican party will back him as their candidate. welcome to you both. we ll go ladies first here, lauren. it s about six months or so to the iowa caucuses and the new hampshire primary. and although the nbc survey monkey analysis conducted after the de wait shows him still on top, can trump win either one of those contests realistically? will he even be around still? well, i think we re still sort of in these early stages of trump s rise. and it s very hard to say whether or not he ll be able to actually stick around. i think a lot of people thought after his debate performance on thursday night, that people who
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questions about what donald trump says. as long as he continues to say controversial things, they re going to have to face those questions, and it does distract, certainly, what they want to talk about. that s the reality of campaigning right now. you know, lauren, the nbc survey monkey age lis shows cary fiorina won that debate. there s no guarantees, of course. you have to start to do better in the polls. she certainly got a lot of attention. when we were talking to voters, people seem to be a little excited about her. she seems to be a candidate that can talk about hillary clinton, in a way that some of the other candidates, because they re men, cannot talk about hillary clinton. so i think she would be an interesting contrast to the republican party. of course, she has a long way to go before she even sort of cracks that top three. but i think that she kind of adds this interesting dynamic. and i think she s certainly on the road to being a debate candidate next time around.