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it's time for closing arguments, only three days away to go in iowa tonight on "laura coates live." can you believe it? we are now they've days away till when iowa republicans turn out to choose their candidates and the forecast is for temperatures to feel like 30 or 40 below zero. what could possibly go wrong? >> fasten your seatbelts. it's going to be a bumpy night. >> oh, my god, a betty davis reference on a friday night? no other show, people, no other show. that might be a bumpy ride if you're a republican presidential candidate and there are a lot fewer these days. it's all eye...

Ramaswamy, look at those numbers. 306-21 is the spread, nikki haley third place -- second place actually at 72 compared to 127 for governor desantis. that means in my mind that governor from florida is all in on iowa. that means every day he was there he was not say in south carolina, not say in new hampshire. >> he's got an organization, desantis has. he's just a lousy candidate and that's why i think nikki haley has probably surpassed him. laura, this is a battle for second place. trump's going to win iowa. it's just a matter how big and if nikki haley can get a bump heading into new hampshi...

Exposure to the same stocks. they were overbought and overvalued for some time. so it's interesting to see. i do have a family member that will be spending less for christmas this year as a result of that. >> a big question, how many families are like that in that place, especially families with a high amount of disposable income as folks that hold those stocks do. national retail federation numbers here. 2017, 967. holiday spending per person, 2018, expect 30 or $40 more up 4.1%. how quickly are we going to know in the next couple days whether that trend line is holding, therefore potentially...

Top by five. there is a real battle for second place here in washington state with just a hand full of votes separating ron paul and rick santorum. ron paul told the crowd here in seattle that his fight for delegates will continue right up until the state convention when they are in early june. the other question is will mitt romney get a big bump heading into super tuesday from this win here. brett? >> bret: we'll talk to ron paul in just a bit. dan, thank you. now let's look ahead to the big super tuesday contest coming up. more than 400 convention delegates will be in play that day. one of ...

Getting a real nice bump heading into new hampshire. we'll see how long that continues and we'll see whether or not he can overtake ron paul. that would be huge for santorum. jon: the media headlines will be important coming out of new hampshire. >> very much so. much like iowa it's an expectations game. you look at mitt romney, if he scores at or above 40 percent, that's a convincing win for him, will help him move along in the process, slidfy his standing as a nominee. if he scores below 40 percent n. the 35-40 range, it will be little iffy for him and if he scores below one third of the vot...