with about 50 participating online. given that, is trump's organization even capable of beating ted cruiz in iowa? >> reporter: some are operating under the assumption that trump supporters can get them out to caucus. the question is whether he can convert people into actual caucusgoers. it's more difficult on the ground. but i do think that the open question is how many new voters are they going to bring into the process. if the answer is not very many, then donald trump will have a tough time beating ted cruz on the ground here. but if the answer is all of these thousands of people who are showing up, then it's a totally different story. so i think to a certain extent there is a sense that he does have a team that knows iowa very well. chuck lautner worked for rick