joining us here live is tara setmayer, and maria cardona and ben ferguson, the host of the ben ferguson show. good morning. we have done a lot on the democratic race. hopefully maybe while we're talking, we will get an official delegation. let's talk about the one winner we know for sure, ben ferguson, that is ted cruz. i suppose there is one loser, he would not like me saying that, that is donald trump. >> it will be very weird moving forward to see how donald trump deals with this. it will be interesting to see where the money goes. you will see a lot of small donors continue to really pour in to ted cruz. the big question is the big checks that are going to people like jeb bush. where will they go? i think marco rubio is going to be the person getting this. i think the big take away is this, everyone was expecting that donald trump would win this. then the question of how do you stop him? are you able to stop him when he is over 40% in the national poll. the national poll doesn't matter anymore. you have three viable candidates. you may have a one with kasich in new hampshire. we don

i want to bring in ben ferguson, host of the ben ferguson show. let me ask you this question, you are familiar with the republican position from the senate. when you look at history here, you will hear mcconnell saying this is an election yearinging wait until after the election. reagan nominated kennedy within a year of election, ford nominated stevens, nixon nominated rehnquist and powell. why is it different for president obama? >> i think a couple of different things. he will appoint one. it doesn't mean the house or senate will allow it to move forward at all. i think that's what you saw from mitch mcconnell saying you don't have the votes. you can compromise with us and it would be obvious that barack obama will not compromise or we are willing to wait it out and see who the next president is and allow them to do this moving forward. an important seat on the supreme court. no doubt about that. when you lack at the republican. i don't think this in an election year where you have a new person taking over the white house, the president can nom

tara setmayer and sally kohn along with ben ferguson and maria cardona. the iowa democratic party saying it was a close contact with robust turnout. what does that tell you about engagement in this campaign? >> it is fascinating since the republicans had a turnout vote of 125,000. this time up to 185,000 or so. people thought if there was more turnout, trump would win resoundi resoundingly. it goes back to the point that organization matters. ted cruz had 12,000 volunteers to get the cruz crew. they were organized on the ground. that matters in iowa. the fact that the donald trump campaign had virtually no organization on the ground. it is reported they did not pay for the infrastructure. volunteers did not know where to go or what to tell the supporters which precincts to go. that did not help donald trump. i think it is another part of the story here that it was ted cruz who benefitted. possibly marco rubio. ted cruz benefitted from the record turnout. >> no one can take away that trump can fill a room or stadium. that doesn't mean though that you have

"outfront" now, drew kline, endorsed marco rubio, and host of the ben ferguson show, ben ferguson. ben, look, ted cruz, i know you've got to be thrilled here. a lot of your predictions turned out right. ted cruz coming out on top. but donald trump, cruz and rubio got more than any in history in iowa. they all broke the record. so do you think new hampshire is really becoming a much more important state for ted cruz? something he has to win? >> no, i don't. i think the fact that people are putting pressure on him is unrealistic. you have a night where he won in a place where he said he was going to win. the voters trusted him. you now have him moving forward. 6:00 yesterday, we were talking about trump running the table. that did not happen. he almost came in third place. yes, you have rubio who did well. i was expecting him to do well. but let's not overstate, he was in third place. ted cruz is in first place. he won, and he won by multiple digit lead here. that is a big night for him. you've got rubio, one big issue, and that is this, he's got to go toe-to-toe with donald trump an

. >> i think we do have ben ferguson with us, host of the ben ferguson radio show. ben, are you there? >> i'm here. you got me in. >> hall lieu ya. ben, i want you to make your case. let me get you the question. i know you probably disagree with the premise of what people are saying, but there are people who do feel this way, correct? >> well, look, i think this is politics that's being played out more than anything. there is a big concern among democrats that they are not going to be able to engage the african american voters the same way when it comes to turnout as they have last two elections with barack obama. and barack obama helped other candidates that were running for election, not only in congress but also in the state and local level on election day. so that is a fear, and i think this is one of those fear mongering issues in its worst form to somehow imply that this is only happening because the color of barack obama's skin. i understand the political play. it's a smart political play. it's brilliant. you get people fired up on the issue of race and sayin

. >> ben ferguson, it was only a few months ago we expected to be talking at length about jeb bush and about his success in iowa and his success in new hampshire and south carolina and beyond, and that has not happened. yesterday -- i'm sure it's for coincidence we're seeing the big guns. when i say big guns, i mean barbara bush, and i mean george w. bush. >> family. >> he brought the family out big-time. i tell you, i was glued to the television set. when barbara bush is on tv, i stopped and i watched. others are saying this is desperation. what do you make of it? >> well, this is what i think jeb should have done early on. remember when his big campaign came out? it was just jeb! you are sitting there going everyone knows you're a bush. just embrace it. just embrace the bush. embrace your mom. embrace your brother. if he would have done that earlier on, it would have helped him because there's a lot of people that kind of thought who are you trying to be? you're not faking us out. we're not buying this that you are somehow your independent own man. your last name is your biggest asse

ferguson, our political commentator, and host of "the ben ferguson show." becari, you are quoted, it's a powerful quote. you actually likened what's happening now to the three-fifths compromise. three-fifths compromise is you're three-fifths of a person. your quote was, i guess many of them are using in the strikist construction that obama is three-fifths of a human being. it's infuriating. one of the most horrific things of slavery. >> a lot of blowback the president is getting is because there's an african-american in the white house. i'm sure ben will defer from that. from the very beginning, majority leader mcconnell even came out and said he didn't want this president to succeed. many other roadblocks he's going through most democrats and republicans have not gone through. for all those people who absolutely appreciate the fact, who cried the night he got elected because here we'd broken that glass ceiling, it's infuria infuriating. the supreme court was an issue that riled up the gop base. now this is an issue that's going to the heart of the democrat

joined by cnn political commentator and host "the ben ferguson show" ben ferguson and the women's forum sabrina schaffer. welcome to both of you. >> good morning. >> good morning. >> good morning. so, ben, this morning marco rubio's message seemed honed. i mean, he got it down to, i don't know, very succinct about it, now calling donald trump a con artist and leaving it at that mostly. effective? >> finally they're figuring out how to deal with donald trump, is the way i look at it. like, hey, the one-liner is okay. you need to define him as a candidate the way that donald trump has defined everyone else as a candidate. that's what you saw last night onstage and worked well for not only marco rubio a boost in florida but also ted cruz as well, because they finally started fighting fire with fire and started saying, hey, you come after us and call us liars, consistently, well, let's look at your record. and they also scored big points on his tax returns. so a very interesting night, not what most are used to seeing during a debate. >> and sabrina, at times trump appeared flustered, at ti

. >> outfront now, the former senior adviser to mike huckabee's campaign and ben ferguson. ben, let me start with you down in texas. ted cruz predicting victory. can he delivery? >> yes, i think he can. i think he had a huge endorsement today that means an awful lot in this state. the governor is loved here. he is a super star. in many ways the endorsement that rubio received in south carolina. ted cruz is up in the polls in texas and rubio was not in south carolina, so i think this will continue to help him have that lead. ted cruz is loved in this state a lot like donald trump is being loved at his rallies. when ted cruz goes out, people come around him. he is a rock star in this state. i think this will help him tremendously to win this state. he has to win this state. there's no doubt about it. >> hogan, you don't buy it. >> i think ted cruz has to win the state of texas. governor abbott is a very big endorsement for him. here's the problem. he's not as well liked as in his own home state as marco rubio. it's a statistical dead heat. that spells bad news for him. here's

ferguson show, ben geferguson. yesterday it was the pope. now it's apple. is that a smart fight for donald trump to pick today, particularly before south carolina? >> it's a populist move. it's a very smart move to say apple should look into the cell phone of a terrorist. it's pretty obvious donald trump has not looked into the details. he has his own staff using iphones, tweeting from iphones, selling products on an iphone. he loves to talk about honesty. he loves to talk about other people being liars. he loves to talk about ted cruz being dishonest. how dishonest is it for a candidate to say boycott apple when all of his employees are using apple products on the campaign trail using that exact technology? if ted cruz was doing it, he'd be saying he was a hypocrite and a liar tonight. supporters are going to say it's the idea that matters more than the reality. it's kind of do what i say, not what i do, yet again from donald trump. >> i have to give you a chance to respond to that. you're a supporter of donald tr

host of the ben ferguson show, ben ferguson and the donald trump supporters, jeffrey lord. gentlemen, thank you both for being here. the "new york times" is calling this a new front in the war of playground insults. i mean there is no doubt we listened to. this we didn't hear policy. we didn't hear issues. we heard some criticisms of aesthetics. is this what it's come to? and does it really do either of them any favors? >> well i have to say christi, like it or not this is part of the american political tradition. you can look back in campaign after campaign. i won't say it on the air but john quincy adams folks called andrew jackson's wife a word that begins with w. it's very old. it's a little nonsensical but that is part of the game as it were. i don't think it is going to change. it hasn't changed for 2 hundred year. >> the republican party is working feverishly behind closed doors to try to keep trump from becoming the nominee. they said that christi's endorsement was basically crippling. what is happening? are we watching a fracturing of the republican party? and coul

pastor mark burns is a donald trump supporter along with our political commentator ben ferguson and another commentator. pastor burns, you're next to me. donald trump has a real lead among evangelical voters here in south carolina. he wasn't able to get those voters to come to his side in iowa. why would evangelicals vote for him? you are. why? >> number one, i believe that what you see with donald trump is what you get. that's resonating with the evangelicals. we're tired of the current political establishment. we're tired of the polished politician that says one thing and does another. i don >> you don't care about the divorce and the change of views on abortion? >> that's the whole grace of jesus. he said while we were yet sinners, he still died for us. there's the redemption story. donald trump was one thing, but he received a new message. now he's something else. >> ben? >> yeah, look. here's my problem. i don't trust a man who says he never asks god for forgiveness. i don't trust a man who opens up casinos. i also have a problem with a guy that says planned parenthood -- if you want t

i just wonder, ben ferguson, can he do it when you still have so many critical minority votes across the country? >> there is one big advantage with him, there is now doubt around hillary clinton. and you have to look at the doubt for what it actually is. there are people who are doubting her. there are things that are issues for her, not with republicans, with democrats. that is what bernie sanders has been able to do is say hey, i'm the next alternative. i'm the guy who is not going to be controlled. i'm not the establishment. and i think national polls honestly in this two-man race right now really don't matter. it's about momentum moving forward. and i think the momentum here is pretty solid. that if you were leaving tonight and had to pick which train to leave on you would be on bernie sanders' train. they're excited, enthusiastic, and that is something hillary clinton will have to overcome, i don't know if she can do it just in a town hall. >> sally, there is one subject that they talked about. we asked the voters who do they think was more honest and trustworthy. bernie sander

. >> ben ferguson, let's shift gears to the republicans. ted cruz won the iowa caucuses. this after donald trump told us we were going to be sick of winning. >> donald trump, i'll quote him tonight from one of his tweets when he says, no one ever remembers who comes in second place. well tonight, everyone remembers who came in second place. and that's donald trump. and when you put the expectations pr where he did, the whole week, people have been talking about, ted cruz is in trouble. and the front page of the newspapers, after the debate. were saying how brilliant donald trump was to skip that debate. and everyone went after ted cruz. an now, ted cruz is in trouble. i said this about iowa before. it's proof last time with santorum. iowa voters don't like to be told what they're going to do on caucus night. and i kept saying it all week long. you are underestimating the mote voters of iowa. you're underestimating the voters there. they didn't buy 2 corinthiancor. they liked ted cruz and marco rubio. and if you're ted cruz, you may have focused on donald trump and the war

. >> joining us, ben ferguson j jeffrey lor, and dana bash. ben, we're going to put you on the spot. you're no fan of donald trump. let us stipulate that. the question for you isn't why should trump be defeated by how. he's got a delegate lead right now, 67 to 1. it is early, but he has a delegate states. how is he stopped? >> well, one, you have to have a smaller field. it's obvious that donald trump supporters are solidified right around the 30% mark. that's good enough with a field as big as it is. i don't see how a guy like ben carson has a viable shot for the white house, a viable road, and i think a lot of people gain respect for jeb bush. he dropped out as soon as he realized this is not going to happen. for donald trump, you want everyone to stay in. that's how you're going to get your gains. it allows you to keep the focal point on you, even saying absurd and ridiculous things like marco rubio may not be an american citizen. i mean, this is how low we've gotten, yet his supporters say we don't care what when he says or does. we want h

outfront now, ben ferguson, pastor mark burns, and our political commentator. let me start with you. obviously not catholic, but christian, a man of faith. donald trump, not christian? >> donald trump is a christian. he's made very clear his stance on supporting our conservative values. we christians will have a friend in the white house. he stood by that and i'm going to stand by the fact that he is a christian. i would n-- we're voting for th next president of the united states of america, so we can't expect donald trump -- he's not qualified to preach in anyone pulpit, but is he qualified to be the president of the united states? i absolutely think so. >> ben, the other day president obama said that donald trump -- now the pope is engaging with donald trump. did he just get elevated even further? >> getting headlines, the kardashians can get headlines. doesn't mean they're good people or we should be excited about what those headlines are. donald trump has a very unique dynamic now. he uses being a catholic as a negative against ted cruz, implying he wasn't

with me ben ferguson and david gergen. welcome to both of you. >> good morning. >> good morning. >> ben, is this a good thing that jeb bush is doing? >> i think it is. i think he should have done it a long time ago. the way that republicans and conservatives look at george bush 43, they like him and understand how much of a president he was for them, specifically looking at what barack obama has done over the last eight years. i don't think that jeb's campaign was smart early on. they should have em wrased the legacy. they tried to make him his own unique candidate. i understand the reasoning, but ultimately bringing out in and out only his mom but his brother is a smart move in south carolina. and i also think the attacks the other night by donald trump were really -- it was an emotional attack. it was a bad decision, a bad move to blame george bush for 9/11 and to say that he's a liar. i don't think that connects well with south carolina voters. >> but, david, the iraq war is considered, even among republicans, a mistake

here with me to discuss, our cnn politic political commentator, ben ferguson. matt lewis, you get the first questions. one of the biggest questions up until this point is when will rubio take on donald trump directly? now i think finally at last we have the answer. the answer is it already happened. listen to what mar dco rubio sa last night. >> donald trump said he's not going to take sides on israel versus is palestinian because he wants to be an honest broker. there's no such thing as an honest broker in that. the palestinian authority who has strong links to terror teach little kids it's a glorious thing to kill jews. >> rubio named names. he named donald trump by name. it happened last night. does this mean this is now the first day of the rest of marco rub rubio's life. >> i think it is. if you go on the stump and listen to politicians, a lot of part-time debate prep comes out before the debate. this might be an example of rubio honing his messaging in preparation for what he's going to say tonight at the debate. it's high risk, high reward. i don't think

i'm joined by commentators the host ben ferguson and strategist bob beckle. two of my favorite people, thank you, gentlemen, for being part of this. bob, i'll start with you. >> good to be here. >> guys, look. everybody who has taken a run at donald trump not come out the better for it. a lot of what they have taken a run at him for is the personal stuff. treating women. his crassness. that kind of stuff and supporters don't give much of a hoot about that. >> sure. >> one thing they care a lot about is the first line out of the mouth every time on the stage is building a wall. the whole illegal immigrant thing and last night, bob, that was what rubio targeted and did not let up on. is that going to make a difference and going to stick among the supporters? >> i think it will. it's a little bit late. but listen. if they had this information that trump used all these workers to build trump towers who were immigrants on visas from poland, why didn't they use it before this? trump clearly on the defensive last night and the difference of last night and other atta

ben ferguson, you had cruz saying all those things yesterday and it was an unusual event for cruz and he has been the most focused candidate i have seen in a long time, and yesterday he was not as focused as i have seen and he was a little all over the place, but is it worth the risk for him, ben, because he gets to say that donald trump used to say pro choice, which he was, and he gets to say donald trump said there are wonderful things at planned parent hood, which he did at the debate. >> yeah, i think the point is put up or shut up and that's the big issue that ted cruz and his supporters are sick and tired of donald trump being a bully saying he is going to sue somebody, and it brings up the issue that as the president of the united states can you sue somebody when something doesn't go your way. i think his point was, i am irritated by this because of the absurdity of it, and i am sick and tired of having a guy every time he doesn't get what he wants, or every time he wants to look right saying i am going to sue you, and i think that is something that is not going to connect well

shaking your head in disgust at ben ferguson. know that feeling. ben, a great to have you here. >> hillary clinton and bernie sanders. that's the other side of this race. last night it was all about the gop. remember, you've about got two big sides on this. african-american votes is the big field of play there right before the south carolina primary. the african-american vote expected to be 50-plus percent of turnout. sanders says he still has a chance despite what we're seeing in polls. we'll break down why he may be right next. what makes this simple salad the best simple salad ever? heart healthy california walnuts. the best simple veggie dish ever? heart healthy california walnuts. the best simple dinner ever? heart healthy california walnuts. great tasting, heart healthy california walnuts. so simple. get the recipes at walnuts.org. only abreva can heal it in as few as two and a half days when used at the first sign. it penetrates deep and starts to work immediately to block the virus and protect healthy cells.. don't tough it out, knock it ou

and we have the host of the ben ferguson show, ben ferguson himself, and we have mr. sellers. you have the case to hold the hearing and the case not to. both sides firmly represented in politics current and past. you make the case why what the republicans are doing right now is wrong in your opinion? >> it's pure obstructionism. that's what we are seeing right now. we have not had a delay like this in the entire history of our country. most justices are nominated and there's a vote on those justices in 100 or so days. >> you know and you had schumer saying it, and barack obama saying it -- >> delay, delay. >> joe biden gave that speech from the floor and that's what my colleagues like to say, and biden gave that speech in june, and you had a few months left in session. we also clipped that speech because he goes on to say he would support -- >> that's your out, because your out is to say you would support them so you don't look like obstructionist. this is a brilliant move because they are hoping -- they are hoping they will take the bait and say that's somebody i could suppor

we've got the host of the ben ferguson show, ben ferguson along with arizona treasurer and trump supporter jeff dewitt. jeff, i want to start with you. are these ads too late? >> i don't think they're too late. i think they should have started running earlier. i think that i should have started firing earlier. the mooup you'arco rubio you're the last few days has obviously energized his crowd. these are real issues that should be answered and there's real blood in the water on donald trump. what is he hiding in his tax returns? donald trump had no problem using the openness you have to have with your officials to attack not only marco rubio but saying he can't even do a credit card right and look how terrible he is at his finances because he had to take out a loan for something. he did the same exact thing for ted cruz saying he got a big loan from the wall street bank. now he says you can't see my tax returns because i've been audited. it's the first two years but now 11 or 12 years in a row? i don't think it's been 10 or 11 years in a row first off. there's obviously something in there h

. >> cnn political commentator ben ferguson is a conservative talk radio host. he joins us now from dallas to discuss the race among republicans. ben, great to see you. trump told cnn he does not have to win iowa because he's doing well with so many groups in so many places. pretty surprising from a guy who tells his supporters they'll be tired of winning. but does he even have reason to be nervous? >> well, i think there certainly is a reason to be nervous and that is boyecause iowa voters le to mess with pollsters. people come out of nowhere. rick santorum was down by double digits just five days out in iowa, and he was able to actually win that by a decent margin over mitt romney and newt gingrich and others. that was a real point that iowa voters don't like to be told what they're supposed to do. they like to kind of keep things a little bit exciting. they don't like to feel like people are trying to overinfluence them or try to push them in one direction or another. they take a lot of pride in this caucus, and they certainly like to do things and shake it u

let's bring back ben ferguson and republican writer and comment cater kayleigh mcenany. the bush family historically has done well here. i wonder even though we saw the backlash against trump for saying that george w. bush lied to get the country into iraq, even that strong defense from jeb bush didn't seem to help him much. >> i think in the last 24 hours that audio coming out of donald trump saying that he would have invaded iraq and actually criticizing bush 41 di saying we shouldn't have had to go because we should have done it right the first time that was something i think that is going to help jeb today specifically. i wish for him i'm sure his campaign thinks i wish this video -- or the audio a week ago because then we could have used that to say what a hypocrite donald trump s donald trump has been saying on this campaign trail i was against going into iraq. i always have been and then we hear this video from him doing an interview with howard stern saying i would have invaded iraq, that would have been a great talking point. >> he was always against the rack wa

joined by ben be ferguson and republican writer mchalely mac a any. >> expected yesterday there would be some backlash in the polls after trump has the skirmish with the pope and called george w. bush a liar. it proves even if there was some backlash he still won by ten points. >> a solid victory for donald trump. a lot of people thought it was going to be even bigger than that. i think this what you see now is this is a threeman race and it is going to be-man race and it is going to be the three. and in houston on the debate stage, the longer that this is a large race the better for donald trump because it is obvious that his supporters are solidified behind him. there are not going anywhere. when he joked about being able to shoot a man in the street and people would still support him, his supporters would not leave him. i think thoos pretty obvious. that his supporters are solid and the rest of the field, as long as it is large he's going to continue to win states and that is why when you see jeb bush drop out, a lot of people are saying ben carson should absolutely drop out. he sa

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