ran for president as a supporter of abortion rights in the equal rights amendment and he won the republican caucuses over ronald reagan. then the state became fert l ground for the religious. and avenn gel call chris chance are now a huge part. mike huckabee was the binner there in 2008. and the more recent story is the rise of ron and rand paul libertarianism. david yep son who covered iowa politics wrote, iowa is first because candidates believe they get a fair shake on a level playing field. there are no machines, organizing is not that expensive. but adds the iowa gop emerges from a two-year civil war, the question of how important it will be in 2016 looms large. is the iowa republican
bran stad about ending the straw pal. that kind of open disagreement wean the top elected firl and the top party official has been the story of iowa politics for the past two years. the state i d officials who competed in and won general elections versus grass roots activists who won their positions by organizing and showing up for saul caucasus and conventions that the establishment wing skipped. republicans intent on mod rating the party s image versus the ones that want them to embrace the libertarianism. this was a problem for iowa republicans because with rand paul gearing up to run in 2016 and his suspect supporters controlling the iowa republican party, the question is would it delawsuit the level of interest in it from the national press and other candidates. would it give them an easy excuse for them to skip iowa. and that brings us to what just
as always, i ll remind our life studio audience to please remain absolutely silent. no outbursts while the contestants are playing. are you ready? ready. let s go. good enough. put 100 seconds on the clock. we ll start with the 100 point round at begins now. a one-time presidential hopeful, this house member said this week that she thinks many voters american s sweet heart michelle backman. they re not ready for a female president. this isn t bridge gate but this governor in 2016 kate. scott walker. he s facing scrutiny. that s correct. after reading from it on the senate floor during his 21 patrick. senator cruise. incorrect. green eggs and ham. ted crews signed a copy of this book for an auction this week. 100 point question, a nuclear
former president george w. bush said this presidential perk is the one that he misses most from his time in office we re watching house of cards, . there s the crickets. we ll call time. he misses air force one. former president bill clinton will appear on tuesday in a senate campaign stop kate. allison grimes. that s direct. when bill clinton became the last democrat can dade to carry kentucky in 1996, he was joined at a preelection rally in the state by what then university of kentucky basketball coach? oh my god, i know this. jim call perry. it was john call perry. very close. the u mass coach. 200 point question. president obama apologized this week for saying that pursuing a skilled trade career would probably make you more money that if you got a degree in
candidates. against hillary clinton. he performed better than rand paul. so the question is, can he survive a primary to get to a general? and there is a concern among moderates that with this whole scandal that we will end up with a rand paul as the republican candidate. he won t be able to beat hillary clinton. can t win the general election. that s the question. besides chris christie, who else is out there who can play that sort of moderate role? who could be the electable george w. bush in 2000? jeb bush. his brother. marco rubio. his problem, he clearly gets skittish, right? on immigration, came out hard. instead of continuing to force the issue backed away. they pounced on him, conservatives. that hurts him. look at politics now, terry mcauliffe is governor. then rick santorum can be president. the story how he became governor is basically the