but david, we know that first it seemed his campaign was all new hampshire, new hampshire, new hampshire, and now apparently they re splitting time between iowa, new hampshire and i wonder do you think he thinks he has a shot there? no, i think what you re going to see sorry, kathy. sorry, david. i didn t mean to cut in on you either. i think he thinks he has a shot in iowa. he has some establishment support from terry branstedt s people, the main stream republican governor of iowa and you know, he is i think getting bigger crowds here and also seeing i think an opportunity to do better than people expect in the mainstream republican lane. it s not necessarily whether you win but who you beat in iowa. i think chris christie is still a new hampshire or bust candidate. i really don t think iowa is a big part of his path to the nomination necessarily but i think it is important what kathy is saying there. it s not always about just going in to win.
going to iowa where he s attending a birthday fund-raiser for terry branstedt, he says it has nothing to do with running for president in four years but not everybody is buying that. and former communications director for the dnc and republican strategist for the santorum campaign. thanks for joining us. thanks for having us. what s your sense? do you think marco rubio is already looking at 2016? my reaction is about stephen colbert s reaction. the body is not even cold and we re talking about 2016 already. wow. marco rubio is clearly a rising st star, if not already a star in the republican party. there s no question we will see a lot of him over the next four years, i suspect at deficit high profile events. he will probably have his pick of the kind of things he wants to do. he s a smart politician. there s no reason to seed the