as 2015 comes to a close, time to reflect on the highs and lows of this year in politics. but this is the year republicans reclaim control of both chambers of congress and that the 2016 presidential race shifted into high gear. here for a fair and balanced look back and also forward, emily of the young americans foundation and radio talk show host mark levine, about to become the house of delegates. congratulations. we will start with you. suffice to say donald trump was a winner this year? yes. he came from way behind, no one effect ed expect he would do anything. he s absolutely a winner. emily, how does he not screw it up come next year when really matters? he does actually have a real uphill climb i think in this election. win you look at the people of iowa who will go into a voting
booth and say this is the person i want to lead the free world, he s going to have a tougher time convincing voters. so mark, ted cruz, senator from texas, coming ahead now in iowa, leading in the iowa polls. winner or loser or still too early to tell? i would say somewhere between too early to tell and winner. i think he s doing better than people expected, but he still has a ways to go. so emily, how does ted cruz turn the money dumb mentum into 2016? ted cruz will have the opportunity to really say what he stands for and why he s different than some of the other candidates. that is where he will have to really solidify what distinguishes him and that s how he will be an even bigger winner. and as we move on to the democrats, hillary clinton, she had a present under her tree of some significantly higher poll numbers coming out of this last debate. emily, sdwp make her a winner for 2015 or net/net has it been