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But youre right, they are the two front-runners in the republican primary field. trump a lot more ahead of desantis at this point. but desantis hasnt been able or willing to take a swing at the former president and it is because hes trying to also appeal to those trump voters that love him so much. but, yet, trump has this unique ability that we have seen over the last, you know, six, seven years of him being in politics to minimize his opponents with these degrading nicknames or zeroing in on s...

It about electability. hes basically saying, yes, i think trump is getting railroaded, its unfair, but trump cannot win. the problem for ron desantis is in poll after poll, gop voters still believe overwhelmingly that trump is the most electable candidate against joe biden in 2024. they see a certain sort of toughness to him. ron desantis is trying to get at the edges of that and make an electability argument. the problem is that so far voters have not responded to that argument. if anything, hi...

So we could expect his arrival here at any moment. in the meantime, i want to zoom out just for a quick second and give everyone a snapshot of whats happening on the ground when it comes to this gop presidential primary. new polling from fox business showing that trump is at 46%. the person in second place, thats governor ron desantis at 16%. so you can see what a hold he still has on the primary here in iowa. and so many of these candidates, desantis and the others trying to find a plane to bre...

I want to go to nikki haleys remarks. shes trying that pragmatic electability argument to trump voters say, yes, i support him, too, but he cant win. is there any evidence thats the messaging thats going to reach anybody? >> you know better than me trying to parse this bubble gum speak coming out of the mouths of these people. its just banal attempts to placate. its frustrating. do you want to be president? you have to go through the guy sitting at 52% among the republican base. otherwise, get o...

Different. >> and i found that calendar to be fascinating. re looking at the first months of 2024 being dominated by a series of primaries as well as trial dates and yet when you look at those iowa and south carolina polls that came out today on fox news, donald trump is winning the electability argument. republican primary voters still see him as the candidate. and that is the consolidation over his own party and the challenge for other candidates even as hes facing a potential indictment over ...

Presidential hopefuls around desantis continues to trail far behind donald trump in national polls. the latest statistics from fivethirtyeight show that trump leads desantis by nearly 30 percentage points. an average he has more or less maintained over the last few months including from two separate indictments. the top spokesperson for the main super pac supporting descent to steve cortez says last week, quote, right now in national polls we are way behind. i will be the first to admit that. as...

Holds regular focus groups on gop voters. but he is undermining the electability argument by running to trumps right. he is alienating college educated suburban voters, who want to move past trump as well as the independents that he would need to beat mr. biden in a general election. our panel is still with us. and danielle moodie, we will this. why run to the right? >> because its the only place that desantis knows where to go. i mean, he has been using the state of florida as a petri dish for ...

Those are two areas he sounded more strong than most people expected. what i would say is dont count out trumps ability to shoot himself in the foot. but also at the same time, look at this field. whos going to be able to really attack him? >> yep. and the attack from desantis that originates this is that trump would be a lame duck if he were elected, that he couldnt run for re-election in 2028. ive got to wonder how many voters are really that strategic. i mean, that seems like its a play for a...

Desantis is trying to draw contrast between himself and trump. >> yes. and i think one way that he is trying to do that is the electability argument. you know, him saying that theres culture of losing right now. that is a correct, fair point. i am a republican who is tired of losing. trump lost us the house in 2018. he lost us the presidency in 2020. and his hand-picked candidates in the 2022 midterms all lost. but i think youre going to have to differentiate yourself more than just an electabil...

Trump called too harsh. desantis can say i fought disney to keep porn out of elementary schools while trump criticized me for taking the fight to disneys door. and then will the electability argument make a difference? desantis says he knows how to win and polling shows him performing better in swing states than in the general he says. tim scott makes the same argument. he says fighting is good but winning is better. and then there is, perhaps, the biggest question of all. how is desantis going ...