turn out for him. so you know, that s what he s going to be looking at going forward. if trump doesn t come out of iowa strong, if there s just some epic massive surprise, that is pretty serious death nail for his campaign. he s expected to win big. we ll see what happens going in to new hampshire. neil: thanks, guys. yeah, i was talking to the state gop chairman on fox business. he said neil, all truth being told, the only thing that could keep iowans away with ice. we can deal with cold. ice is a problem. we ll see. avoiding ice. we ll have a better idea. thanks. meantime, we have the supreme court talking about this february 8th day to hear arguments about colorado trying to remove donald trump from the ballot. this at a time when maine considering the exact same thing, the fallout from that and all of these other court cases that could mushroom in the days before all of that after this.
i just want to play some of that sound. our democracy depends on you. it really does, folks. it s no joke. we need you. we need your help to ensure joe s leadership continues to guide us forward. we know the other side won t rest, so we can t either. form u.s. president barack obama there by joe biden s side calling out the threat to democracy if donald trump is elected. he went on to say history is watching. what does joe biden have to do to win over more voters? it s a great question. i thus he does need to emphasize the threat to democracy that it could be the death nail of u.s. democracy, at least temporarily, because just listen to trump s words. he says he s going to be a dictator for the day and weaponize the justice system and infringe on civil liberties.
an 80-year-old former president sitting in jail. instead, how do we put the past behind us and move forward as a country and i think by pardoning him that would move the country forward instead of dividing it further. you have to look at what s in the best interests of the country. john: if i could follow up, i asked that question because preemptively pardoning nixon was the death nail for gerald ford and one of the reasons why he did not win a second term. if that court case was still going on, would you take the political risk and say i don t want to see this court proceeding go any further, i m going to pardon him now. i actually think you need to let it play out. i would think president trump would want to play it out. you are innocent until you are proven guilty and i would think he would want to fight for his innocence first. so i don t see a scenario where you preemptively do anything. i think you have to always let things play out. you know, and see if it s a crime, let him
to be who you are. if you are naturally funny, be funny, if you are not, a joke will fall flat and make you look like an idiot. go in relaxed and have a good time. if you have a good time, the audience will have a good time watching you. too many candidates are reading from a card and i think that is a death nail for a candidate on that debate stage. ainsley: chris christie said, it is simple, if i get asked a question, i answer it, no skr script, i speak my mind. tim scott, his campaign manager said go have fun, he s there with his mom, he will be in prayer and he will hit the gym.
compromise with democrats, that is a death nail in republican politics. molly, the one thing concession here that it seems that the biden administration has been able to get, and i think it s pretty substantial, is that this deal would raise the debt ceiling for two years. so the three of us will not be sitting here again talking about this ideally in a year s time. more importantly, you don t have the markets watching to see if congress is going to get its act together. you won t have people wondering if they re going to be able to get their social security benefits because the government has not put its act together. talk to me about the politics of getting a two-year deal and not having another showdown over the debt limit before the 2024 election. yeah, if democrats can do, this it will be really great because the truth is, this was never meant to be enacted this way. this was something that republicans did during the obama administration because they figured out that it was a