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Even understands, because in iowa, where, again, trump is now trailing, the evangelicals are very important and among some evangelicals, the seventh dap adventists are looked somewhat is scansed. tomorrow night plays to a strength of trumps even in the polls that put him at number two or number three, the majority of gop voters in iowa at least according to the polls we saw last week believe him when it comes to the economy. this may not be a strength of dr. carsons. how does that factor in? >...

Is a very different person than he was as a teenager, which i think we can say about every candidate who is running. >> well, i think -- >> every person, lawrence. >> i think that carsons -- his affect is so zen and so mindful and so peaceful that it makes a lot of these attacks on him very hard to see how they work in terms of the audience in iowa particularly, and i think in some ways with the broader republican audience as well. it is very difficult. the guy is like a stone in the rain. you j...

With america and he certainly will not engage in attacking individuals. not at all. >> deana bass, thank you for mablging time for me. >> thank you so much. thank you. >> absolutely. jeb bushs campaign appears to be headed in the opposite direction of dr. carsons. comments he made saturday that many thought too flip about his own campaign. take a look. >> the campaign has already started -- that bush -- >> blah blah blah blah. >> what is your -- you know ma theyre saying about that? >> thats m...

Thats why i take meta. meta is clinically proven to help lower cholesterol. try meta today. and for a tasty heart healthy snack, try a meta health bar. the book is about our constitution. everybody knows we have a constitution, but not everybody knows whats in the constitution and whats behind it. ive been talking about the constitution for years. but now its formalized. >> ben carson may be leading the polls in iowa but he hasnt even been there this week. instead hes been in texas, oklahoma, ...

Name on that ticket. >> oh, no, no, no, no, no. >> at this point, carsons new ad buy, $500,000 in iowa, new hampshire, south carolina and nevada, what about their ground games, jackie, at this point, for both carson and trump? >> that has always been the question. now, carson, you see his people out there. you really -- and you have recently. now, trump, it seems like hes building his ground game. weve seen him hire staffers in various early states. he has started acting like a real candidate, a...

Weve hit a chord, were both resonating, no question about it. >> reporter: its not just that trump and carson have support. its just that supporters are excited about them, which makes them more likely to go out and vote. 30% of trump supporters are enthusiastic. 25% of carsons. by contrast, 3% of jeb bush voters are enthusiastic about him. as he steps up criticism of trump as commander in chief. >> we need to be much more forceful, here to protect the homeland, as well as overseas to create a s...

Numbers for two front-runners. >> it sure is. when it comes to donald trump, the kind of misstep that and remark that can typically troy a political career, so far only seems to make donald trump stronger. and our new poll shows it only cements his status as teflon don. >> reporter: it may be a crowded republican presidential field, but only two men are firmly on top, donald trump and ben carson. a combined two-third of gop voters now say trump and carson are their first and second choice accord...

I can tell you right now and donald wont like this, if the election is held today its even money between donald trump and ben carson in iowa. i cant say anybody else would be close to donald trump. you look at carsons organization. iowa right now, history, ben carson has a great chance. they are doing stuff on the ground, doing stuff with micro targeting. got more contributors. you look at the fundamentals of blocking and tackling of politics. its hard to find anybody in the republican party tha...

Million in the last quarter. sounds good until you hear he spend $11.5 million. as we discovered his campaign spending 26,000 d at miamis luxury biltmore hotel and also staying at holiday inn. the republican candidate who raised the most, ben carson. like trump, a political outsider. carsons total was almost $21 million. he spent about $14 million. one of his biggest expenses, $1.4 million on fundraising calls. calls that some gop candidates cant afford to make. five of the republican candidates...

Running up a mere $8,200. the one who raised the most -- ben carson up. carsons total was almost $21 million. he spent about $14 million. one of his biggest expenses -- $1.4 million on fund-raising calls. calls that some gop candidates cant afford to make. five of the republican candidates did not even raise that much cash in total. so the remaining gop candidates might want to take a page from the trump checkbook. besides the speed with which some of the candidates are burning through the money...