get media i a tension with trump hogging the spotlight. a situation that prompted rand paul who had an ad asking whether the tax code should be killed with a woodchiper, chainsaw or fire to vow not to set himself on fire to compete with trump for attention stating i m drawing the line at self-immo litigation. seems like a good call. senator ted cruz tried to score coverage by deeming fellow republican mitch mcconnell al liar received a smakd over the weekend with fellow senate republicans accusing him of fwrand standing and failing to learn lessons from kinderfwar den about respect. cruz in sixth place while christie and perry are clinging with candidates nipping their heels. joining me john farrell from the new york times and msnbc political analyst and former chairman of the rnc michael steele. josh, over the last week conventional wisdom has
bush, daniel kurtzer, thank you very much. thank you. there are new polls out from nbc news and marist. trump is in first place in new hampshire with 21% support. seven points better than jeb bush. he s in second place in iowa with 17%, just two points below leader scott walker. trump is one of the few candidates in the 16-person gop field virtually guaranteed to be on stage for the president republican presidential debate next thursday. only the can datas in the top ten in an average of national polls can participate. republican candidates and outside groups supporting them have spent nearly $8 million on tv ads in an attempt to raise poll numbers and struggled to get media i a tension with trump hogging the spotlight. a situation that prompted rand paul who had an ad asking whether the tax code should be killed with a woodchiper chainsaw or fire to vow not to set himself on fire to compete with trump for attention stating i m drawing the line at