the coverage. the new yorker cover with donald trump portray thed as a metal-wearing, goose-stepping nazi e soldier. trump continues to dominate the coverage as he did by doing an iowa town hall with fox news overshadowing at the same hour the ron desantis-nikki haley slug fest on cnn. and the former president generated wall the wall coverage by showing up in washington on his claim of immunity for actions in office; namely, challenging the last election. trump s presence in that courtroom which took him off the campaign trail just days before the iowa caucuses underscored the vindictiveness of the lawfare if being waged against him. why s he in court instead of campaigning? because donald trump being in court is the greatest bully pulpit for him where he can plaw fake. howard: trump wasn t required to be in court then or on thursday when he denounced the judge in his new york civil fraud trial, but he drew attention from his rivals whose iowa events are being buried by s
they still didn t go after the overthemming front-runner? you know what? i think they have been i think they might have benefited from putting more focus on that, howie. and one of the things i think is interesting in that des moines register poll is the enthusiasm gauge. ann seltzer, who we all know is a longtime lead pollster for the des moines register, she called the hack of enthusiasm for haley jaw-dropping in these numbers. and, you know, there is obviously enthusiasm when you go to these different events for these candidates. they re both very solid, you know, very solid candidates and potential nominees. howard: yeah. but there is nothing like being in a room where the whole room is very supportive of trump. he gets a different level of enthusiasm, a different level of passion from his voters. and i think that s kind of what we re picking up here in this des moines register poll. but, of course, the ultimate move happens tomorrow night. howard: and all the candidates, inc