saying that is because he wants people to think oh, you know, why should i go in negative 20 degree weather to help. you should show up. because we can get the job done for this country. that report is false. neil, he s in a race for second place with haley who is outstanding the entire pact in ad buys. former president trump is trying to lower expectations in iowa, as you know. the hawkeye state is big for underdogs. jimmy carter got that going. we know that story, neil. the worst thing you can do in trump s eyes is if you like me, don t sit at home and think oh, my gosh, it s freezing. i don t want to go out there. he s fine. he s up by 30 points. don t do that, don t get comfortable. get out there and caucus. we ll see if they do. neil: thanks, aishah. aishah hasnie in what is going to be an increasingly frigid
in the white house. john: the turn to next monday, martin luther king, also iowa caucus day. the latest rcp averages, trump leads by 32.7 points, desantis, haley, ramaswamy, the rest well behind. even in a caucus which can result in some surprises, the die would appear to be cast here. juan, what would you be looking for next week? juan: i don t have crystal balls but in front of me. john: i think it s a crystal ball. might not have the others. juan: i look at the numbers on the screen and think it s a monumental lead that donald trump has and it s not only in iowa, new hampshire nationally. what you are seeing on the ground is also telling, and that is the ad buys, ad buys dominated by haley and haley not attacking trump so much as
recent weeks. ron desantis came into the race with a lot of money behind him. he s been outspent in recent weeks by the haley campaign and her supportive superpac. that s something we could not have anticipated. thank you so much. joining us is republican strategist alice stewart, bika ray sellers. i want to start with you. at this point in a campaign, six months of spending a lot of money, doing a lot of town halls, doing a lot of ad buys, it s about to get real. if you re one of these campaign managers, what do you want out of the town halls tonight for your candidates? we don t need anymore mistakes or self-imposed flubs like nikki haley s civil war comments. i truly believe chris christie probably would have been out of the race by now but for nikki haley s civil war disaster. so what you don t want in these town halls is anymore
Republican presidential candidate Vivek Ramaswamy is rolling out an eight-figure ad buy in two of the first early nominating states as he seeks to reverse sliding poll numbers.
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