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iowa caucuses, my conversation with ron desantis about his strategy is coming up. the big news, in my view, is that the media are throwing in the towel. heres politico. the defining feature of the race is just how uncompetitive its become. donald trump has already iced the rest of the field, trouncing his competitors like a slow motion coronation. washington post, a growing sense among political veterans across the state that the basic outcome is set and a trump victory is all but assu...

Election. now, the key in that statement was there was not enough, it wasnt to say there was no fraud, but there wasnt enough to have substantively impacted the outcome of the election. so when i end up taking a look at this document or we all look through it, no one said there the wasnt any fraud, just that there wasnt enough to -- howard: thats the key standard. >> -- if thats the key here. howard: my issue is that trumps argument was he had the election won in five swing states until the late...

Because youre not paid and its payroll survey, youre sick, make caring for someone with covid, theres millions of people like this. if youre not at work because of the omicron variant, youre not going to be counted in the payroll. thats why many forecasters are calling for an unusually low job rate for january. some are forecasting a negative rate. well have to see. its not something you can forecast because its such an unusual situation. i think the key point from our per speckive is the underl...

What it tells you is this is still a president who doesnt want go forward with military action. hes not comfortable with it. he thinks this is bad for him politically and also from a practical per speckive, i think that in this case he would much rather have iran at the negotiating table than use force in this context but highlights the degree to which this is a president who is following his gut. at the last minute he might decide to call off an attack that they have been planning for all day. ...

Is in bad shape is just a sad statement of the state of affai affairs. the goal is not to weaken the iranian economy. its to stop irans nuclear program. weakening its economy and weakening the regime are means, not results. theres only one measurement that matters whether or not iran is closer to a nuclear weapons program. today they are. >> im not a big fan of his per speckive on these things but that was fairly good. the point being to talk about thinker crippleness is immaterial. the question...

He just had a field day with it. they, obviously, feel like this is a great opportunity for them. it certainly takes the heat off. in a week where, i mean, on the one hand, they had the oval office address that was widely panned for a variety of reasons. the next day, they have the $20 billion fund which was a good day for the president, for the administration, so things were starting to look up for them. then joe barton happens. look. i tell you a senior official here this morning says the thin...

Isis control. how does this play into the picture? >> you have to look at it in a psychological per speckive. from a tactical perspective its important which sits on highway 47 which connects the big city in iraq that we need to retake or they need to retake. the kurds have successfully retaken that town. now we have a break in that position. the kurds were able to or the rebels were able to grab the town in syria as well. now the u.s. and supported and retaken a major city. i think they are on ...

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