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Redounded to ted cruz' benefit. he has been brilliant strategically. he will do okay in new hampshire and then potentially to win the south carolina primary, go on first for the southern primaries. the irony is the republican establishment that hates ted cruz may be stuck with him as their best alternative against donald trump. >> andy, what do you think happens if donald trump doesn't win iowa? and as jake pointed out. santorum won iowa, it doesn't necessarily -- in fact it probably doesn't tell who is going to win the nomination. but does something change if donald trump has on the scoreboar...

Person next to him? >> the pressure is on. it's interesting, john. you showed the two surveys, one that shows ted cruz ahead in iowa and donald trump ahead nationally. there may be consensus among the four of us, which would you rather be? i think you'd rather be up in iowa so you could win iowa. the cards then get shuffled. if donald trump doesn't win iowa after having led 100 days thus far, he's the one in a far more precarious position. >> i vote option c, i want to be ahead in both. you didn't ask me that. i want to read a twitter exchange that's been going on the last several minutes. it'...

State. >> you got donald trump dominating the field nationwide and we see a poll out today that says 66% of republicans actually agree with his muslim ban. >> yeah. 66% of republicans, joe but as you've been talking about all morning, that's not rep reseason tif not only of the broader republican party but of the american electorate. the question is what will happen if donald trump doesn't win iowa. number two, even if he wins the republican nomination, what happens in the general election? most americans don't agree with his plan. he'll have to figure out a strategy if he can get through the ...

There are people who don't call themselves republicans who certainly vote for donald trump as an independent candidate. you know, i certainly -- if he ran, certainly can see him getting enough to ensure that the republican candidate doesn't win. >> but then again, what he would run against, jonathan, which he's not running against now, is a very strong argument that i do believe would persuade many of those 68% who say they vote for him that vote for donald trump is a vote for hillary clinton. and they've got to be 200 o election with ralph nader and al gore and george w. bush to point to to p...

States, is he the unstoppable force in the republican party? >> this is key, jon. he's topping the national polls for some months. but when he's topping early states and he's doing those incredible numbers in new hampshire and also strong in south carolina and nevada. he could take off like a jet engine. iowa might be different because it is a caucus state and he does best among the gop leaners and notes insly the gop core that show up to the caucus and possibly doesn't win iowa. i could see him taking new hampshire and moving ahead. i think jamie is right. as someone who covered american poli...