trump has this huge lead in the national poll. cruz vaulted to first place in iowa. is iowa too obscure to matter in republican politics? right. don t it run the risk of being too bizarre? it is an odd state. clearly obviously you can lose iowa and win the nomination. maybe iowa puts you in the twilight zone. we are looking at donald trump who has this nationwide appeal among people ticked off. we get why he s popular. and cruz mystifies me. what is the cruz appeal? he is not a particularly charming fellow.
between civic minded and sort of cowboy or cop want to be. somebody who is trying so hard that they re, nftin fact, bordeg on dangerous and exploding in this tragic, tragic case. this is somebody who ignored the police when they said don t follow this young man. that s the kind of context that the prosecution is trying to is trying to make live for the jury. professor, as somebody who s well-versed in politics but not necessarily the law, one thing i m fascinated about in this case is the fact there s a six-person jury and they re all made up of women here. not something you see every day. for the casual viewer, one, how is this permissible? obviously, it s under florida law. what does it mean for george zimmerm zimmerman? it s harder for the defense in this case with six people, is it not? you know, it s tricky. florida s an odd state this way.
to this movement. that s 132 electoral votes or about half the amount needed. supporters argue it is a logical solution to make sure every vote counts equally and make sure all voters make an impact even if they don t live in swing state bus critics stay would shift political power to the laernls and in cases the most liberal states. senator mcconnell made the case that such a love would violate fairness established under the constitution. when would be the next time, if odd state with one congressman or two congressmen and you had a tiny population, when is the next time would you see or hear from any candidate for president? this is a major shift of power in the direction of the population centers and as we know, the fundamental compromise in the united states constitution was that every state was treated equally for some purposes. leaked 1259 states were popular vote legislation has been introduced including a few
that s different from delaware. that s a fascinating race. we ll see how that plays out. brian: the thing in delaware is that the word is, according to guys that watch, it turns out that o donnell is not electable when it comes to the general, they don t feel, as opposed to where castle would have a better chance. well, delaware is an odd state, it s more like new hampshire than alabama. so it s a different state. look, i say this to the establishment republicans who are busy trashing christine o donnell. they created this situation. all right? they created a situation, an atmosphere where people are fed up with the party favorites. that s what s happened. christine o donnell walks into the situation in delaware where people say, okay, mike castle, been there, done that. he s part of the problem. we need a new solution. and it remains to be seen whether christine o donnell could win in a general election.
romney is a weakened frontrunner and if romney wins it shows rick santorum has a hard five in a state adjacent to his home state of pennsylvania, also to watch tennessee, the volunteer state, rick santorum had a big lead the last week or so but in the last few days both romney and newt gingrich have spent time and money and effort in tennessee. the polls have been closing. tennessee is an odd state. there is a lot of differences across the geography and rick santorum and mitt romney and newt gingrich can all compete. and georgia is newt gingrich s home state. but romney spending his own campaign money there, and because georgia delegates can be won through congressional districts, romney will pick up, gain ground in georgia but newt gingrich started the political career in the peach state and is