Given the Money Wall Street supporters have pumped into the state. I notice governor desantis will take an unconventional path after iowa, planning to hit governor haleys Home State of South Carolina instead of straight to new hampshire. The next primary state, as All Of Us know. Why is that . What message are you trying to send there . Yeah, were going to hit South Carolina en route to new hampshire. You know, were certainly not skipping new hampshire. The Governors Message of Freedom And Liberty resonates very, very well in that state. But South Carolina has a lot of similarities to iowa. There is a strong Faith And Family presence. The governor does very, very well there. Weve got crowds exceeding capacity at our event space. Weve got a strong Ground Game there. We believe our message is going to resonate very, very well. And, you know, nikki haley, you got to win your Home State if youre going win the nomination. I dont think thats going to happen. And unfortunately, thats going to
Are they all wrong, do you think . The polls have been consistently and notoriously wrong in predicting the outcomes in iowa. The voters know that here. Theyre dismissing the polls. Its hard to poll the caucus state, with so few people voting, especially in conditions like this. The voters are going to go and make the decisions tonight. All of you at home, its not the polls that pick president s, its not the media that picks president s, its you, your voice. And we believe the voters, they want to look forward. They want a president who is a proven winter and results oriented. And thats ron desantis. He is the only one who has delivered on every single one of his promises, from School Choice to Tax Relief for families, keeping the state open during covid. There is a reason why florida is number one destination for new movers these days. Its a free state, and if he could take that to the White House he could turn the country around. We know desantis campaign
Campaign tonight. Jessica, as we mentioned, were waiting on those very first Entrance Polls set to come out of iowa. What will the Desantis Team be looking for . Well, wolf, theyre certainly looking to see just how turnout will shape up tonight, and if the weather and how the weather might impact that. As one adviser was saying to me, will it be geographical . Will it be the fact that people in rural Areas Cant get out on the roads . Will it be agerelated . Older people, might they not want to get out in the cold . They just dont know that. Is a Big X factor tonight. But what im also told is desantis really spent this day feeling what im told is relaxed, ready to roll, ready to go, very loose, that he feels good and optimistic about going in to tonight. Theyre also relying on this extensive Ground Game that has been touted for months now, put together by The Super Pac aligned with desantis, never back down. They told me they knocked on some 947 doors across the state
Desantis to try and become the one who is competing with former President Trump throughout the rest of the republican primary. Now one of the things that haleys Camp Felt was important today was the fact that she got out, and she actually saw voters here in iowa. In a number of events across the state, all within driving distance to des moines, of course, because the weather has been so awful over the last few days, they didnt want to get stuck in another part of the state. But one of the things that surprised me when i was at those events earlier today is that there were a number of undecided voters who were in the audience. They were listening to Nikki Haley. Some of them are looking at New Hampshire. They see she has momentum there. Thats one of the reasons theyre thinking about supporting her here, because it could boost her into New Hampshire in a really formidable way. But not all iowans feel that way, of course. Some said that iowans make their own decisions, and Nikki Haley tel
Have there . Wolf, he has had a tremendous grip on this republican party. But tonight will be the first time that voters have a chance to weigh in and decide whether they would like him to be essentially have a rematch with president joe biden. Of course iowa is the beginning of the road. The question is by the end of this evening, will it be the End Of The Road for some candidates . There is No Doubt that the Trump Organization has been preparing for this evening for months and months. They have built a significant ground organization. I have seen it. Ive been inside their headquarters. It is dramatically different than it was in 2016 when many of their supporters admitted not exactly knowing what an Iowa Caucus was. Now they do know that. They have precinct captains in all of the 1,657 precincts spread out across the state. Of course, the other campaigns are also working extensively on the ground. Lets think of history here. The Trump Campaign has been trying to manage its expectatio