might they have to start spending money on tv ad against him. amazing how he is defying laws of political gravity and getting every pundit just about wrong. everybody has been saying all along. well now it is going to start. now it is going to start. he has gone too far. the polls say no. approximatelies say no. one rule in this campaign. throw out all the old rules. john, thanks. joining us, three republican political pros, alex castiallnos, newrepublican.org and purple strategies a. man day carpenter, ted cruz s former communications director, and jeffrey lord political director in the reagan white house with american spectator and cnn political commentator. amanda, numbers for trump in iowa, voters are socially conservative, more influenced by county politics neither of which is trump s calling card. yet he is doing great? anderson, i think the biggest takeaway from the poll, you have
has been handled by any of the other candidates who understand huh to dupe thi how to do this. if we know then what we know now we wouldn t have gone into iraq. if we talk who is a spoiled bralt or not. my kids all work minimum wage jobs. do you think any of the trump kids have been working at the pizza hut. rich, attacking the front-runner is obviously tried and true presidential tactic. the gloves also seem to be coming off the rest of the pack as well what do you see happening? a couple of things. first of all this 27, 315, however many are in the race they realize they have got to get in the news. you can t nice your way through this. all of us have worked for a canned dadidate who said i am go run a positive campaign.
campaign is to see if people are willing to invest in you? are people willing to donate and say, i will support you with my dollars. he hasn t done any real fund-raising game. i would look to see more of an e-mail strategy. to collect e-mails. seen a couple of e-mails go out. i don t think that s built out yet. and he is going to need to do that, nationally, to have the kind of endurance that other guys already have who have this infrastructure built up. anderson you asked the question, what do people see in donald trump? republicans are scared. they re afraid their country is going down the drain. that they re going to lose the hopes and the dreams this country has always promised them. and that washington isn t doing anything about it. not listening. doesn t get the gravity of the situation. they re not for incremental change. one more politician just budging things an inch or two. they want big, bold change. bold colors, not pastels. that s donald trump. it s going to affect t
clinton. tie with bernie sanders. if there are warning signs on trust and empathy. talk more about implications of our panel of democratic professionals, former obama adviser, dan pfifer, maria cardona, and democratic strategist, hillary rosen. iowa looking good for the cl clinton campaign. not part of the plan to trail bernie sanders in new hampshire. the whole idea she is looking for ward to a spirited primary, not this spirited right? clearly not this spirited. though i do think they expected to get a good competitive run from anyone who ran against her. because, people, are saying one thing, i think in the democratic polls. they re kind of satisfied with their candidates. not a huge spread among the six canned dan
substance. jeffrey to amanda s point. last election round. a lot changed. debate to debate. people went up. went down. disappeared. do you see the same thing happening this time? sure. sure. i mean, rick perry is out there, you know, basically telling his staff. i can t pay you anymore. yes, i mean as this race goes on, i mean for heavens sakes there are 17 people in this race. this is not sustainable for a lot of them beyond a certain point. i would imagine once we get beyond the cnn debate, that you are going to start to see a few more people having a problem. alex, talking to roger stone the other night on the program. i m sure you know him, a long term republican operative. recently parted ways with donald trump. one of the takes on the trump campaign they needed a savvier political operation. i m curious, at some point, perhaps soon, do you see trump s frals getting more conventional? run by people. experienced at taking the campaign across the next stretch of this marathon?