it. i m not surprised at all. with so many voters skeptical of the political process and just plain angry, the biggest trend, claiming outsider status. hillary is, i m an outsider, because i m a lady. chris christie, says, i m a republican in a democratic state. one always hesitates to criticize or comment on the political process where the people are being given the right to speak. this is extraordinary. i don t even know. how many people are running for president. was it like eight? i have no idea. the good part is, you have people who have never cared about politics in their life that actually are watching this and they care and they are talking about it. it is trending, as the kids say, trending. least affective way to get
the floor the united states senate. limitless debates how many angels on the head of a pin from people never had to make consequential decision about executive decision. the fact is after seven years i had to make decisions after 9/11. make a decision how to proceed forward with an investigation or whether to pull back. whether to use certain actionable intelligence or whether not to. he spiked going after congress there. independents responded to that overall christie had a really good night. the polls are keeping him flat. people said he was really strong. he went after things he uses outsider status even though he has experience as a governor to go after d.c. they really resonated with. this republicans gave him a b. independents a c. the democrats not as much but overall even a democrat said you know what? i would pick christie or rubio over any of the other candidates. why? if you look at the head-to-head polls. watch the dials. attacks work. ted cruz also a good night o
ted cruz is riding high heading into tonight s debate. he s the only elected official that has successfully so far straddled the line of outsider status and not fallen in the polls. he s jumped to second place. in iowa, a couple of polls have him up big. the des moines register has him up ten points. cruz s rise doesn t come without consequences. rubio and trump are both taking aim at him. and we could see a big clash tonight. maybe. joining me now, the national spokesperson for the cruz campaign. rick, good to see you. good to see you. wish you were here in vegas, chuck. i hear you, i hear you. four years ago you were working for newt gingrich. at this same point in time, newt gingrich surged. it looked like he was the
i think he does have some outsider status. actually the republicans in washington are helping him all this stuff about he s the most hated man in the senate and mitch mcconnell publicly really doesn t like him at all. that does help ted cruz. ted cruz is a member of the united states senate who donald trump would like to clarissify an insider. ted cruz has done an impressive job here. to the breaking news overnight that turkey has shot down a russian military jet. it happened along the border between turkey and syria. footage from the turkish state tv shows a warplane going down in flames in what looks like a wooded area. you can see a plume of smoke trailing behind the plane. the turkish president confirmed the news early this morning staying russian jet violated its air space. according to the turkish air force the jet was warned ten times before being shot down. the russian ministry of defense says the plane was flying above
that you see ted cruz making this advance in iowa. one thing for rubio if ben carson wins iowa and everybody can say well that s weird ben carson and that s not is going last. if ted cruz wins it that s a different story for rubio and it raises the question, where in those early states does marco rubio win? he doesn t win iowa, new hampshire so where does he win. that s a question mark halperin has been asking for months. when you look at rubio who the press adores and you look at cruz who the press hates you go on the brown state by state by state and on the fundamentals ted cruz laps marco rubio in fundraising, he laps marco rubio on organization. i mean he s got the fundamentals to win a republican primary. howard dean, could you argue that he has a little bit of outsider status as well?