Ron desantis needed to have a big night. he has been losing some points s in the polls and you have a big night. did he have the night that he needed or at least the night that kind of stabilize his campaign? i thought he came it was interesting, laura ingram our colleague and friendraha that h stronger throughout ghouthe nig. i thought he just came out of the box very high energy, very clearly prepared. i certainly think that he probably came in believing ewithout trump there that he is going to be target number 1. because he had that solid secon position. i didn t feel anybody laid a glove on him and i think when you make the cas case of how we has done for the state of florida it s a compelling caseo. but you know what, when you hav somebody like donald trump that far ahead in the polls, thatdon that is a huge hurdle tfor anybody, a huge mountain for anybody to climb.in and at some point he will be getting in thit,lls in some way. now, with the debate future
Move on to wisconsin. russ feingold is the democratic incumbent. the senator there. he is in trouble. our poll indicates that the republican challer, johnson, is up 52% to 44%. over feingold. troubling poll there for russ feingold. that s what i got. mark, back to you, man. good news. in massachusetts, governor duval patrick in a new survey shows that he is up seven points s charley baker. cahill has seemed to fade into the back. duval patrick, someone who is very close to president obama. president obama will be in massachusetts on saturday campaigning on behalf of duval patrick. you can see that here on cnn. and sitting right next to me here, steve is putting together our coverage plans for the big rally out in california. as we speak right now, sarah