election was held today, you d all be surprised. keep that in mind. molly ball, it seems like silly season. talking about new candidates jumping in, rise of donald trump, kimberly brought it up, at this time bachmann won the straw poll. michele bachmann didn t make it to iowa. the line, people are pragmatic, surely that s what consultants say to themselves stay calm. nothing to see here. this is troubling for people who thought they understand the process. the other thing we learned from that poll, donald trump really is the teflon don. nothing can take him down. these controversies that people think will show america, he s not fit to serve, it never affects him. that s how angry people are. i think the possibility that maybe what happens in august doesn t stay in august this time. maybe that anger is so out of control that it actually keeps going through the caucuses. that s what people are afraid of. that s my hunch at this point. before we go, i did come back
jumping in, rise of donald trump, kimberly brought it up, at this time bachmann won the straw poll. tim pawlenty jumped in. michele bachmann didn t make it to iowa. the line, people are pragmatic, surely that s what consultants say to themselves stay calm. nothing to see here. this is troubling for people who thought they understood the process. the other thing we learned from that poll, donald trump really is the teflon don. nothing can take him down. these controversies that people think will show america, he s not fit to serve, it never affects him. that s how angry people are. i think the possibility that maybe what happens in august doesn t stay in august this time. maybe that anger is so out of control that it actually keeps going through the caucuses. that s what people are afraid of. that s my hunch at this point. before we go, i did come back from the iowa state fair and i was on a mission. how much fried food fair food could you buy with a budget of 50 bucks. well
i don t plan on slowing down any time soon. stay strong. stay active with boost®. announcer: time now for meet the press end game brought to you by boeing. end game time and, of course, the panel is back. before i go, i got some new poll numbers i want to show you on the republican race. kimberly, i want to you ask about the hillary e-mail situation, the potential for biden jumping in. is this a good thing for the republican party or do you think actually this is going to help the democrats get their own enthusiasm in gear? look, i think it would be good for the democratic party to have a debate. i mean, hillary clinton has made it sound for years that she is the only thing that they ve got. she is invincible. and i think one of the good things about all of this discussion is that maybe it will inspire a little bit of debate. yeah, probably for the republicans, it would be good for the democrats to have a little debate on their side, too. it will liven things up.
i would broaden it out a little bit. here s yet another thing i missed. not sure what i m doing here with all these misses but there is a strain in this country of looking at really wealthy people who are outside of politics and thinking, that s the answer. henry ford was seriously considered as a president, ross perot, both romneys. nelson rockefeller. it s in that answer about lobbyists. i can t be bought and i m too rich to steal. and all these other people, one way or another, are groping for money from people who want influence. that s what he said in that first debate. that and kimberly s and molly both, you re exactly right. that s not necessarily a conservative appeal at all. it is populist. when it s linked to his rhetoric on immigration and birtherism of three years ago, that s another long and fairly ignoble tradition in american life. that s an interesting brew. but it s not just the money thing. it s the outsider question. look who else did well in that poll? you had
kinds of the near-death experience. they never get off the campaign near-death experience. i think the entire press corps, by the way, should switch to caffeinated. but there s a problem here. kimberly, i want to get your take on this. let me sneak in a commercial. we ll be back in a moment, the end game segment and the question at the end of it, how high can you get your cholesterol count in one day at the iowa state fair? i ll prove it. i also have new polls right after the break. announcer: stay tuned for end game brought to you by boeing.