. >> give neera a chance to talk. had a democrat or a -- i haven't counted all of them or progressive or liberal, not a single one from austin goose boy to larry summers to just right down the list that thaits fed should raise at this point. and i'm just wondering, have you seen the benefits anywhere that makes think that -- there's no inflation but you would hope -- >> we still have stagnation. we still have real challenges. we still have slack in the economy. and so, i think that activist position is to raise rates. that's why i think it's fascinating, we are in this moment where we have global anxiety about china. we still have a lot of slack in the economy. they will look for wage growth in this jobs report but when we really haven't fundamentally seen it. i think it's kind of the conservative position to hold course. i am concerned about raising rates at a time were there is anxiety about the global markets and will have impact on global markets when we start raising rates and i don't see this as the time to move

joining us to talk about it president of the senate conservatives fund, neera tandem, and cnn politicalommentators. thank you for being here. we have a lot to chew over. who won the debate and who did the best for themselves? we asked this as a debate question as a poll question. one of them 52% said carly fiorina won the debate. 14% marco rubio, 11% donald trump, 6% chris christie. do you agree? >> yeah. she was dominant. she wanted her to talk in every conversation. i will say just sort of on the numbers for rubio to move as much as he has for anyone other than donald trump and carly to have broken through is a huge, huge deal. whatever he was doing, actually wasn't much leading up to the debate. it worked. >> you, as a democrat, you do not want marco rubio? >> no. he scares me. he's a dangerous general election candidate. i thought he did well. carly did well. >> you mean dangerous in the sense you feel he could be a strong candidate. >> dangerous as one day he could be the 45th president of the united states. >> you're not locking your doors. >> no. but i think that carly exhibited

neera, thank you for joining us. >> thank you. >> i thought that was fantastic. i want to tell you.another point. >> in studio, would be fun. >> scott here too. there are issues with regulations that created some of the problems. >>. >> all right. when we return, new jersey governor and presidential candidate, chris christie is joining us with key endorsements in iowa. the big interview in minutes. to see the new tesla model x, we have more video and talk about its price tag. it's all coming up on "squawk box," stick around. >>> you're watching "squawk box" on cnbc, first in business worldwide. can it make a dentist appointment when my teeth are ready? ♪ can it tell the doctor how long you have to wear this thing? ♪ can it tell the flight attendant to please not wake me this time? ♪ the answer is yes, it can. so, the question your customers are really asking is, can your business deliver? >>> porsche production chief oliver bloom named the new ceo of the volkswagen unite. now, he replaces the ceo of the parent company of volkswagen. that's after replacing martin winterkor in the wak