this is going to be a critical state in wisconsin to win the presidency. they are worried about inflation and crime and they want to hear solutions from our candidates on how are we going to make sure that we can make our paycheck go further? how are we going to pay for gas and groceries? why are we in such a bad situation if you are joe biden and how are you going to address our issues? bret: you deal with all of these campaigns, the former president s campaign, all these others, does the dynamic change because he s not here? sure. of course. i mean, president trump obviously is a great debater. i think it does change. but it also gives these other candidates a chance to interview themselves. i think a lot of people in the country don t know all of these candidates. so it s going to give them more time on the stage to introduce themselves and talk about their policies. bret: wisconsin is so narrow every time, that s why this is here. that s why the rnc is here in the summer. c
a lot of counties to hit. obviously, evangelical christians have been an important base of support for mike pence. how is he doing with them this time around? i have spoken to half a dozen evangelical pastors in iowa. every event, we have run into evangelical christians. we talked about faith as in regards to mike pence and his future in the caucus. they will tell you is that they admire him for his faith. they believe it s authentic. when he quotes scripture, they know he means it and they believe him. there s no question about that. the question is, in this state where you have pence who is a midwesterner, an evangelical, in congress and in the executive branch, he is somebody who should be doing very, very well. the issue is that he is talking to trump s republican party. it s a matter of whether or not
this at this ice cream shop behind me doing exactly what i m doing over ice cream. the former vice president will be bringing his message to the people of this county. this is the county seat, this town and lemars is going to be where we are going to see the strategy unfold. it s something we ve seen all week a 99-county strategy where over ice cream or corn, the vice president and the former vice president wants to re-introduce himself to iowa voters. talking about things that they can connect with and something that the campaign says that as a midwesterner, as someone who really enjoys the sort of retail politics that they believe this is how vice president mike pence will make his way as the presidential nominee for the republican party. right now he s known as trump s vp and this is a re-introduction of sorts. now the breakfast meet and greet, all of the retail politics that we ve seen, the july fourth parade has focused
walk through the crowd and shake the kids hands and hand out candy, and this a part of the 99-county strategy that the former vice president has. his plan is that he wants to hit the people at their level here in their communities at their parades in the cafes, and the campaign says that this is where mike pence will shine. he is a midwesterner, and he really enjoys talking to people, and people who he connects with, and that this is the way to crack into the poll numbers and the last cnn poll shows him right at 9% lagging behind the two frontrunners, but the campaign does believe that they will chip away and it is iowa who is going to bring the path forward. john? kyung lah is literally on the set of the music man where it took place in an iowa parade with the boys brass band and