this is a firestorm to top all firestorms this week to talk about 2ru6r789 he's being compared to mouse linney, hitler. people are going berserk. i guess the republican party establishment has all come out and attacked him. what he has done is solidified his base in the republican party, increase it somewhat and at the same time the majority of americans are clearly against this. semp saying it's unconstitutional, un-american, it's not who we are. they're attacking him but i'll tell you, if something like -- i think as of now trump is strongers a consequence of this week going into iowa and new hampshire with a stronger possibility of winning the nom ination than he did before -- eleanor: he came out with all this because he had slipped to number two in iowa and the man has hay gift. for putting himself into the news cycle and reminding everyone that he's -- we know that. he had a top rated program for years, the "celebrity apprentice," which got as many viewers as the first debate got, which was a big deal for politics. we norm alf by -- john: but the point i'm making, you have the dominant e