Lets begin with Kate Bolduan and Sara Sidner live in Des Moines right now. Guys . The food here at the Mars Diner is drelicious. And you burn extra calories in the cold. Wonderful. Given the cold, there are things going for each of the candidates given the weather concerns. Ron desantis has the biggest ground operation. That could be beneficial given bad weather. Nikki haley, she is expected to do better in urban areas where you would assume that the roads are more clear, easier for people to turn out. Donald trump has the most enthusiastic supporters. Weve seen that in the latest polling, which makes it more interesting to see how this plays out tonight. Youre hearing from different people who have endorsed nikki haley. We sat down with mr. Gross and he said, were a little
The republican national committee. Here in iowa the Young Republicans and the College Republicans are very close with the Iowa Gop and Chairman Kauffman has been fantastic at reaching out to us, making sure were involved in the caucuses and getting out to events, getting involved in the campaigns. I dont think they could have done any better with the young population in iowa. I just want to note that were here in the Mars Cafe in des moines, iowa. Things are getting wild around here. Everyones getting their coffee and talking about whats going on. Thats fun. I want to ask you, what are Young Republicans here in iowa talking about. What are they asking for . What are the policies they care about . Are the candidates listening to them . You know, ive got a lot of questions from reporters about this. My answer has been, you know, as much as policies are important, we talk a lot in our meetings