in the meantime, jacob in oak ridge north carolina, republican. jacob, you are up first tonight. have the candidates do? caller: well, i think i speak for a lot of republicans when i say i wish donald trump had done a bit better. what we saw with him is what we've always seen, he does well with his rallies with people who love him, but he goes back to making points that he understands, but i think it will be hard to connect with people in the middle. i don't think he's done a job of getting people to vote for him. i think this will hurt him in the long run. host: where did he not make the points he needs to make? give me examples from tonight. caller: for example, on abortion, personally, i think it is likely he would not support a national ban, and i think he needs to say that. when they ask, would you support a ban, it is not difficult to say, yes. it's not difficult to say, i want ukraine to win the war. for example, take health care. he's had nine years. if it is negotiating, that's not hard to do. these are things that would not be hard to say, but he needs to make those poi