President barack obama, and author of the Message Box on substack. Tim miller is the former Communications Director for jeb bushs 2016 campaign, and writeratlarge for the bulwark. And Garrett Hague is an msnbc senior Capitol Hill correspondent, and he is in iowa for us this hour. So garrett, let me start with you. Because youve got some reporting to do there. Youve got Trp Campaign Event preparing to happen behind you. Give us a sense. Theres this new poll out, give us a lay of the land othe ground. How is the Trump Team and others feeling about where things stand at this point . Jen, theyre booed by the same numbers you just talked about. Particularly that Enthusiasm Number which they feel like is evidenced even by the crowd behind me here. These events that donald trump has been doing in iowa are much smaller than his traditional mega rallies, but its still a packed house. When it feels like temperatures of negative 35 degrees, the feels like here, that tells you something about how
and so that will be tested again tomorrow when people go out to caucus which he was to do in person in those horrible temperatures. i just also want to note one other thing, 48% for donald trumpment think about donald trump. think about how much election interference has gone into that number remaining as it is with all the election interference. lawsuits and all a kinds of obscure, you know, reasons to charge him and smear him, and yet he remains at 48%. and his enthusiasm number s very high. will: pete, you mentioned vivek ramaswamy, his numbers have crept up slightly, up to 8. i emphasize slightly because it does lead to questions about this post on truth social from donald trump. he wrote the following: vivek started his campaign as a great supporter, the best president in generations. unfortunately, now all he does is disguise his support in the form of deseatful campaign trick
iowa for us this hour. so garrett, let me start with you. because you ve got some reporting to do their. you ve got a trump campaign event preparing to happen behind you. give us a sense. there s is new poll out, give us a y of the land on the ground. how is the trump team and others feeling about where things stand at this point? we jen, they re booed by the same numbers you just talked about. particularly that enthusiasm number which they feel like is evidenced even by the crowd behind me here. these events that donald trump has been doing in iowa are much smaller than his traditional mega rallies, but it s still a packed house. when it feels like temperatures of negative 35 degrees, the feels like here, that tells you something about how committed these trump supporters are. now, a very excited voter and irregular voter is still about the same once they are in the room caucusing tomorrow night. but those numbers all back up what the trump campaign s theory of the case has been all
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dana, we have a special guest. dana: let s bring in house minority leader kevin mccarthy. you were in five states yesterday. is that enthusiasm number bill showed, does it match what you are seeing? i m going into small towns and they are packed rooms. you see the growth and excitement. i was in upstate new york and see what lee zeldin is doing to all the congressional races. i ll be in more districts today in new york and others. this is exciting. places we haven t seen before very competitive. i watch oregon, nevada, rhode island, connecticut. we re playing in seats where you watch democrats funneling money. seats that biden won by 20 points. they re worried about coastal seats in california. the president is going to california tomorrow. bill: new york times takes shots at you and others. that s every day. not new. bill: this is upper