it's because of his performance in new hampshire coming in fifth place after he was accused of being mr. roboto and getting into the sparring session with governor christie. >> we just received word -- had is a semifox news alert, according to "the huffington post," mitt romney, who is a republican party standard-bearer last time, has just endorsed marco rubio. not a shocking endorsement. we probably figured that would be coming. >> it's not. i think this is part -- look, if you think the romney campaign could win this year, then, you know, maybe you think -- >> rubio? >> right, maybe it's rubio. this is a debate over what the republican party stands for, what it takes to win a general election. it's super interesting. it's unfolding now. the bottom line is trump offers a very different vision of what the party should be whether you're for it or not it's not the same. >> we're seeing rubio shake hands with other major endorsements, senator scott, trey gowdy and governor haley. another big storyline this morning is governor jeb bush has suspended his campaign, and here is senator rubio a

joining us now from the spin room in greenville, south carolina, is mr. donald trump. thanks for joining us. >> thank you, bret. >> your sense of tonight? >> i really loved it. i mean, it was the toughest because everybody was coming at me but i thought it was maybe my best debate. you know, supposedly i have won a lot of them, but we will see what happens, and i thought that tonight was the best debate, and because i have a big lead, everybody was coming at me, and i don't know, based on all of the polls, drudge and everybody else they are all saying i won it quite handily. >> and there are some supporters out there who are wondering why you would be swinging down in their words to jeb bush in south carolina. >> well, you are right, it is swinging down. he doesn't have it, and i understand that, but he is taking, bret, $20 million and put on phony commercials on television, and including on fox in all fairness, but he has taken $20 million and he has a lot of money that he got from the special interests and donors and lobbyists and frankly who took total control over