huckabee went to 34% and went right by mitt romney who later got the nomination, but huckabee won in high what. take a look at summer of 2015. scott walker was the lead candidate. this was summer of 2015. scott walker was at 19%. moved forward to january, he s out of the race. he was out the race by september. ted cruz managed to skim just by the hair of his chine chin chin, she has, past donald trump to take iowa. so how much do you think changes between now and then? i think the difference now is you have president trump who has been president, who is running again, who has a solid base. i ve seen it in my own district. i ve seen it across the country from poll after poll after poll. his numbers are increasing while people like desantis numbers are decreasing. if you re one of the other candidates, you want the numbers
agreement. the same david weiss sat in court with hunter biden not three weeks ago. he was prepared to enter into a plea deal with him. critics say how can he do both within a three-week span? this could move to trial in the washington d.c. or california areas or both. even with news that weiss has a new title, one of hunter biden s attorneys does not expect new charges. if the now special counsel decides not to go by the deal, then it will mean that he or they decided something other than the facts and the law are coming into play. republicans began asking for a special counsel months ago are now upset about the appointment because it s david weiss. david weiss has to be held accountable for what he s going to do now that he s a special prosecutor, but he also has to be held accountable for what he s failed to do starting in 2018. one thing we can say for certain, this will delay the
corporate governance. martha: it s a great question. i would love to ask the president why didn t you stay clear. we need to talk tomorrow because this doesn t look good for you, doesn t look good for me. i think a lot of parents would have just seen that as an obvious conversation to have in this environment. so it s a good question for the president. why didn t you have that conversation. quickly, karl. one other questions, did anybody at the obama white house say you have to go over and talk to the vice president and tell him this is a problem and to do something about it. i bet you a dime to a dollar that was such a conversation. interesting to find out more. martha: there was some suggestions that there was a dissatisfaction, uncomfortableness with what was going on at that time. so speaking of this constant contention from the white house that they have always been hands off with this investigation, that there s no interference. the whistle-blowers said the exact opposite.
agreement that he pushed that imploded in court, i don t have that confidence. so i think it s an open question as to how actively he s going to pursue this investigation and it wouldn t surprise me at all the he tries to reneg on this commitment to go before congress and explain himself. martha: the biden attorneys, hunter biden attorneys, say the prosecution that the doj reneged on their sweetheart deal. they re angry. they say they re not necessarily going to go to trial here. as far as they re concerned, this agreement is still on the table in one form or another. karl, the question is what the political impact is. i found this interesting in the sunday shows on meet the press. this take from chuck todd. watch this. president biden s handling of the case has raised questions at a time when voters already have doubts about his age and political standing. biden brought his son to a state dinner two days after the plea deal that has since collapsed was announced. he s repeated
let s remind everyone of this from the irs whistle-blower who said he saw felony charges present that could be brought in the hunter biden investigation and what happened? here he is. he led congress to believe that the case was insulated from improper influence because they were made by david weiss. that was not true. the just it s the department allowed the president s politcalling appointees whether or not to charge the son. martha: tom, your reaction to that and the fact that this is in special counsel land, could go on a long time. well-past the election. sure. it s a given that political influence was brought to bear on these decisions. there s no rationale explanations to how we got to the point where did. it doesn t surprise me and the whistle-blower had detailed testimony of how that political