caucuses and insults iowa. >> now, the intense wrangling between those two candidates reflects a bet about this republican electorate. the bet is that supporters of former president trump are pretty decided. but any anti trump vote is more up for grabs with new dynamics, as governor christie dropped out this week, and the parties anti trump wing, which does exist, is eyeing now haley as a possible alternative to trump, they could rally around. there are reports of the ever ephemeral momentum going her way. there is a hope that a strong iowa finish for her could propel her in the next several states, and at least pause or slow this narrative, or reality, of the gop treating trump as a kind of air apparent before he's then actually tested in actual voting races around the country, which is what a primary is supposed to be. the anti trump republican elites are also trying to avoid the very obvious game theory style mistakes of 2016, when a