this country to a great american comeback. bill: closing argument. florida governor ron desantis in fox town hall in des moines vying for a strong finish on monday. the make or break caucus is five days away. trump is on tonight at 9:00 eastern. wave big two hours. i m bill hemmer. dana: i feel like the audience is great. moderators are very good and candidates themselves high energy and lots of interest in this. governor desantis discounted polls that show him losing to former president trump. he also cautioned against nominating trump for a third time saying he thinks the president has too much baggage. donald trump is the nominee if election is going to be about legal issues, a referendum on a lot of these issues that are not going to put us in a position to hold biden accountable. either way, it lets the democrats off the hook. i think this election needs to be a referendum on their failed policies and we need to offer a positive vision to turn this country around.
sell to think about. for years prior. rick sanitarium in 2012 before iowa at 3%. he won the iowa caucus. got all the momentum going into new hampshire headed for nevada and south carolina. 30% after new hampshire. it can make a difference. josh holmes with me. good morning to you. i guess you could say that second place isn t defined as second place, josh? i think that s right, bill. you have to remember, iowa is typically either a springboard for a quicksand for a candidate coming in and going out. generally speaking the number of candidates that compete in the iowa caucus don t make it to new hampshire and beyond because of that winnowing process. so much of this campaign in particular because of donald trump s commanding lead and the fact that iowa has not been particularly suspenseful in terms of who will ultimately win it is about winnowing the field