he is the underdog. look, you know, this weather thing is one of the big reasons that really caucuses are not an ideal process. you can t mail in your vote. you can t deal with the weather. my last recollection of being at a caucus was freezing cold. these voters in iowa know how to deal with the cold and older people most affected by the cold are also those who are most determined to show up at the polls. a lot of young people, you know, are a lot easier to dissuade to showing up than older entrenched voters. dana: jim, since you ve been on the ground there what do you think about trump s lead? it has been commanding and enduring. if he were to get over 50% he would be the first republican ever to do that. yeah. look, nikki haley can at least say hey, this is a nice state for me but not a must-win. i put most of my eggs in the new hampshire basket.
most republican states. far more conservative than new hampshire. it generally does not predict who is the republican nominee if you go back over the winners over the last two decades. you are really going to see how big will the lead be for trump, will he be able to and will nikki haley come in second or not? if she does it puts her in a better position going into new hampshire. dana: we ll pay attention to the weather and the other forecasts to come especially on the voting. mark and jim, thank you. bill: well done. stay warm, jim. still on monday night here is the deal. iowa republicans get their chance to caucus. contests are different from a primary. they re in person, they are run by the state party. here is a look at how they will work throughout the 99 counties. registered republicans only now will gather at more than 1600 caucus sites across the 99 counties, a school, church or your neighbor s living room.
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