where he is ahead in the polls, ahead leading the favorite son there, governor john kasich as well as the rest of the pack. charles. charles: peterbarnes, in for a long and exciting night. so are we. thanks a lot, buddy. >>> if not trump, who would be the best republican to take on hillary clinton? joining me kirsten haglund, mike shields and jessica tarlov. hillary beating donald trump to his main rivals. >> to cruz and rubio. charles: you put anything in that. >> it definitely is early, but i think, you know, democrats we've maintained throughout this that rubio feels like the biggest threat to a clinton candidacy. he's young and he's fresh, he's hopeful. he actually speaks with a great amount of authority sometimes, more than sometimes, he just repeats himself a lot. and i think that he is a uniter or trying to be which is why nikki haley is for him, tim scott, the future of the party, trying to pick up the hispanic vote and make it diverse. it's a challenge. charles: one more hispanic votes cruz in nevada, independents are crossing over to vote for him in the primaries. i'm not sure why the democrats are more afraid of donald