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That we will see being asked and that will be a test that states across the country are going to be looking at. and that is about the republican party. yes, in 2003, arnold schwarzenegger won for a lot of reasons. not the least of which was he was one of the biggest movie stars in the world bust also because he was not a sort of base conservative. that doesn t work in it doesn t work in california. it wouldn t necessarily work in even a purply state. when you see that there were other republicans on the ballot like the mayor of san diego, who are maybe more fitting for a place like california, and they didn t stand a chance because that s not where the republican party is, it is a warning sign for republicans when you look at their national ability. this is the second election that we ve had after the we ....
May have made. i thought the first 30 minutes, if you were a republican on the ballot with donald trump, you were relieved with the supreme court was the leading topic. that was very important aspect of it. you were relieved that trump handled the question as well as could be done with sort of base conservative talking points. in that respect, it probably helped some down ballot republicans. at least he reminded wayward republicans that don t like trump why they might want to show up for the polls and vote for republicans for the senate and the house. after the first 30 minutes, we had the next hour. i think just like these last two debates, trump might be able to answer a question and do pretty well for about 10 seconds and then he reiterates the same point over and over again and it gets to the point that rachel and hugh were talking about it, hugh called it a walk-about. rachel was confused. that sort of happens, he talks ....
What he was trying to do yesterday in the announcement. but i think you saw, you know someone who d never done this before someone who s a little untested and someone who is not jeb bush. let me disagree with that. go ahead, kevin. jeb bush i m sorry, marco rubio came to prominence with a lot of tea party support, a lot of base conservative support when he first ran for the senate. and he does i think, many folks would say represent one of the candidates who has the ability to bring together not only the establishment republicans but the base of republicans in a primary. and then in a general election because of his cuban-american heritage he has an ability to go out and win some of those hispanic voters that we did so poorly with in 2012. so i think, you know many democrats have to look at him as a potentially very strong general election candidate. he came in with the tea party, but then he took his position on immigration. it angered people within the base. that s exactl ....
That s very significant. romney has been winning those delegates for primary states. and after tonight, there won t be anywhere near as many primary states left for him to compete in. california and texas come very late in the process. romney will have to start competing in caucus states where base conservative tea party and self-described very conservative voters hold sway. that s where santorum and gingrich have shown real romney will have to verify the of the primary vote and start wrestling with santorum and gingrich going forward. conversely, if romney does get north of 400 delegates total by the end of this evening. he will begin to have a big big margin ahead of rick santorum and newt gingrich and questions will immediately result as to whether or not they have the capacity to catch up while concentrating on caucuses and not winning the big primary states. shep? shepard: makes sense, carl. ....
What the map shows is what you just said. romney still has an issue with the core base conservative. if you believe the party, which is still sort of based in the south. it s a culturally conservative southern party. it s the heart of the party. it s not the majority of the party. but it is sort of the largest plurality part of the party if you will. it s still the heart. and that is where gingrich has a foundation to build on. now if he ever could run a campaign to build from there, you see where he could go. you would rather start where newt is starting, if you were. if you were starting from scratch, than where romney is starting. it s harder normally in a republican primary or any primary to have to sort of win over the base. what romney is doing is much harder than what newt is doing. ....