debate, she has really fallen? you can t dismiss buttigieg at this point in time, he is without a question having a moment, leading both in iowa and new hampshire. i was just there. you could feel excitement building around buttigieg. he is is not out of the woods yet. he has almost 0% african-american support which will hurt him in south carolina. biden is looking at perhaps a fourth or fifth place finnish iowa, if the election were today. that is devastating. it could crush his advantage, have him fall apart in south carolina. here is the joke about the no malarkey bus tour. you know it is a bad slogan he had to write the definition of the word malarkey on the back of the bus. ed: for this generation, what is malarkey? let s follow that thread. i want to get back to harris, if biden potentially finishes fourth or fifth, somewhere in the back of the pack, harris
january, early february, when you have got pete: what is happening then? ed: iowa caucuses. new hampshire primary february 11th. senators from sanders, klobuchar, warren, everyone in between they re supposed to by rules of impeachment trial be sitting in their seats all day on the senate floor. not gallivanting iowa or new hampshire. that leaves it wide open for buttigieg and biden who are not in the senate. pete: buttigieg mayor as south bend, i don t know how busy it keeps him, is done on december 31st. he is free. for warren and sanders who are running in the same lane as progressives, now bloomberg pouring millions of dollars in, biden on a bus somewhere in iowa. we ll get a gps tracker on him. buttigieg who is in a strong footing it could create, listen, mitch mcconnell knows how to do one thing very well. he can play politics. he can play hard ball. this is a chance for him to do so.
that is a little bit of malarkey on the tour. ed: here is where polls are right now. in iowa, key battleground for start of it all, buttigieg at 24%. he has been surging. sanders and warrens a few points behind. biden a point behind. within the margin of error. klobuchar down around 5%. interesting, that surge from buttigieg has given him a lot of credibility, street credit. indiana you mentioned near iowa. he has a good ground game. biden still insisting i m in the lead nationally. watch. he hasn t cut into anything nationally. we re still beating him significantly nationally, two, three, four to one in some polls. in terms of iowa, he has a good organization here. he is an attractive candidate and he has done well. if you ve been around long enough you know that you still have over 65% of the people iowa
mar-a-lago. donald trump, jr. will also make an appearance. the president is expected to be at his florida resort that weekend as well. the gala is scheduled for february 1st. ed, over to you. ed: thanks, nicole. with just over two months to the iowa caucuses, joe biden launching eight-day, 18-county no malarkey bus tour throughout the state. as. pete: has been surging among caucus-goers there, leading the polling average at about 24%. kamala harris not even cracking the top five. our next guest who is just in iowa last week, warns all the candidates are facing real challenges. he is john thomas, republican stratgift. good to see you. good to see you, ed. ed: let s walk through why biden is on the bus tour. he was dismissing buttigieg s surge as he launched the bus tour yesterday but it seems like it is real at at time when kamala harris was the great hope of the left at one time, media was celebrating her at the first
now. 35% off is the best deal. ed: joe biden kicking off an eight-day no malarkey tour. he is still slipping in the polls. as kamala campaign staff leakses to the new york times. but buttigieg can t seem to court minority votes. a gop strategist weighs. a little bit of chaos on the democratic side coming up. . e versus the other guys. (cheering) clearly, velveeta melts creamier