up the score board. and meanwhile ron desantis and nikki haley will try to come from behind with respectable numbers. but what does a big win or strong second actually look like in iowa and can either candidate actually do it? we asked the man who would know, harry enten digging into that data and the historical races. he is here with some answers. expectations for trump in iowa are sky high. if he doesn t hit them, i m sure he will just change the expectations. but any doubt that he can meet where they currently sit? these are sky high expectations. look at these polls from december. 36 point lead. 34 point lead. 32 point lead. my goodness gracious, all three high quality pollsters. and they give you an understanding going back histo historically, these are the biggest below outs. 13 points, 11 points, the points. and trump leading by over 30 points. so can he meet the expectations? we ll have to wait and see. but the fact is no republican has ever come anywhere close.
. bret: finally tonight a special day. bret: what do you think it is about baseball that draws you in? probably that it s so attached to my childhood. i played a lot my brother and i would look for ball games. you would see your own youth. bret: sunday the washington nationals honored our great colleague charles krauthammer an award-winning columnist are to the new york post. best on the panel. huge nationals fan as well. nationals played the video on the stadium score board that we put together for the occasion from our documentary on charles and charles son daniel as you see here threw out the first pitch before the game. charles krauthammer died five years ago tomorrow at the age of 68. we would have died to just hear some of his commentary in
why is everyone so interested in this second the guy who is consistently in second place on the right. ainsley: i think it s the biggest threat because they are not neck and neck if you look at the polls. trump leads him by a lot. it s his biggest threat. i think he feels like i helped you win, so give me some time so that i can have a win for the next four years, possibly. and then can you run. and i will help you run. i think that s a lot of it. if you listen to some of these campaign ads that trump has paid for. that s what he is going after ron desantis for for not being loyal when he was loyal to him. lawrence like any other sporting event you like a little competition. look at the score board. crowd sizes and support. as someone who is in diners every single week talking with voters and all of that, the score board is kind of leaning to donald trump. over 450% of republicans right now are with him. i think people are excited about a little bit of competition. i think to ron d