force. less tlan two hours from the third republican presidential debate and the field looks a little different. scott walker is out and for the first time ben carson is now leading in a national poll. data back at 22. for the first time trump will not be the undisputed front runner on the debate stage. last night in iowa he showed he is not afraid to beg for votes. iowa, will you get your numbers up, please. i mean, i am second. it s not like terrible, but i don t like being second. second is terrible to me. until iowa came along i said every poll. iowa, what the hell are you people doing to me? will you please do me a favor and work with my people and go out on february 1 and vote and give us a victory? but could an under dog trump overreach in his attacks on carson or could some like this one land. ben carson said yesterday that he wants to abolish medicare. and you know what a disaster that is. i m sure at some point he will take it back. he said he wants to aboli
bay packers, you do not just feel confident, you act confident, and we will see romney looking like an nominee. they think that is where he is headed. they expect an uphill race against president obama. they are under no illusions, and they say they cannot wait. they think after getting the nominee, it will help him become a nominee. the more he focuses on obama, the more it marginalizes santorum and newt gingrich, and they think the momentum and a math will take care of itself. the polls have just closed in alabama and minnesota and mississippi. how can naysay it is a big how can they say it is a big night for him? that does not seem to me like an emphatic endorsement. it seems like a weak front runner going on to the next day where he will squeak out another victory. later we will play the tape for you and me will say we did not see anything about a big night. we said after tonight the romney folks are feeling good because tonight is not an existential threat to the