we'll talk about it with our special guest, new hampshire republican king pin, tom rath, after the break. ♪ mark: the curbside bobble heads. the republican candidates and potential candidates for president marched on national new hampshire this weekend and while no one made any obvious big news, there was a lot of stuff happening behind the scenes and a lot that laid the groundwork for the future. we're going to break it all down now with a republican strategist and proud new hampshirite who is joining us from new hampshire. thank you for joining us. guest: great to be here. thank you. mark: you watched a lot of this. we're going to put forward our two takeaways from the weekend. after all those speeches and all the politicking. first, one of your takeaways is that there's no frontrunner in the primary, right? guest: there's no obvious one which is a little unusual for the republican party. this close in. but i think you can make a plausible case for any one of four or five people and i think it's probably not going to change for a good long time. john: what does it mean to have a big, h