is the same thing. >> let's bring in john phillips and political columnist for the ok register. ben ferguson is cnn political commentator and host of the ben ferguson show. thanks very much for being here. ben i want to start with you. it sounds like all the candidates reneged on the pledge. cruz equivocated somewhat on it. what does it moving forward then? >> i think what this means is you have to have a different dialogue coming specifically from donald trump's campaign. i think that's what that is in reference to. an individual is attacking his wife, that has gone to the lowest form we have seen in a republican primary in decades. i'm not sure even in history we have seen something this bad. and you also have a guy that last night advocated for nuclear proliferation in donald trump while saying we need to get out of nato. those are things that are not conservative. that is one reason you're seeing