the stronger ally, who is the more pro-trump republican, and bob corker, even if he had kind of walked back some of his previous criticisms, was going to find himself in a tough position with that. kimberly atkins, the fact is that marsha blackburn has been a solid ally of the presidents and that is, in terms of, you know, primary politics, makes a big, big difference. she had, in fact, her spokeswoman had responded to corker s spokesperson suggestion that she couldn t win by saying that was the comment of a sexist pig, so she was going all in. she was, and she has been doing very well, leading up to this primary, very closely aligned to donald trump. the one thing that had senator corker reconsidering was people close to him, republicans, who are concerned that perhaps she would have difficulty in the general election, as you said her response was to call such a thing sexist. but they always said look, if she was doing well, polling well, fund-raising well, that the likelihood was
enough noise and question that people will say if it s a close call issue like cruz but i ll vote for someone else just in case they re some lawsuits penning there. well, of course. we had for so long a cloud with regard to the president himself, partially from donald trump stop trump is going back to the well again and it s working for him a bit. i would say this. talking iowa politics for a second. if we trump i d be more on ethanol as an issue in iowa than the birther issue. the birther issue may have legs. it don t think it will be a determining factor. may by a cloud that stays on top of cruz as he gets into the later states and that could give, again, the opportunity for someone like rubio or some other candidate who we don t see right now, show a polling well, and becoming the alternative, quote, establishment candidate. we have to wait and see. if you think about it, what s been remarkable in the race is all the candidates have had theirtives and fights with trucker trucker
their representatives were in a conference call, in fact, several of them. some of them i understand got very heated according to the people on my team who were on them and it there was extraordinary push back number one to keep this at two hours. because the insurvel three hour debate that we went through the last time should never happen again. the gilligan and skipper three hourhe minute tour and a the cnn debate was longer than that. it was beyond tolerance. that was one of the provisions. the other was to make sure the candidates had opening and closing statements so at least no matter what the questions were, candidates could make one rational statement about something that mattered to them. and the result was that those concerns were dealt with and the other thing that the campaigns wanted, awful of the campaigns, including some of those who were polling well, is to have some balance of time allocated to the various campaigns. because in the last debate, i m i might as well
case. you have to make the case and change people s minds. although ben carson is polling well, there s a lot of people watching that debate who are seeing him for the first time. whoever the nominee will get long speeches. they ll have a chance to say what they want to say. why shouldn t we see them grilled. exactly. the important function of debates now are to knock politicians off their scripts. these aren t really debates. no one is talking to each other. this is the only opportunity that you have to knock a politician off his or her talking point and get them to reveal something. we did have the split screen. i really appreciated that. i appreciate the way that debate wads organized. i know i work here but as an objectsive observers i appreciated when chris christie and rand paul went at it. that exposes a huge rift within the republican party. it was a very important exchange that will be continued. the most important exchange of the night, i believe, if i may say that?
but very popular. a lot of people on the list don t own stocks so why care? and there s a political aspect. he has too go after someone on wall street. the easiest target for her is these types do. but she is reverse what her husband did. absolutely. you re notes going to get any argument. that s is absurds. her husband s part of his neck miracle was because we had an internet and the tech economy and also because we had lower capital gains taxes and the economy off. ing this guy is doing it. a seminole moment but i want you to be aware of the effects this guy is having on this race. polling well, close in on the polls in iowa, new hampshire nationally. height not bell the guy the that get thursday knock nick nomination and there s no guarantee that hillary clinton does out in but this pitch i winning over the passionate liberals. it s very sing cal. she is is threading the needle really fine.