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Regrets endorsing then congressman ron desantis for governor. a brand-new cnn poll tells us why he regrets because 36% of people in the primary say they would back desantis. trump is just barely ahead, 40%. that s within a margin of error. trump s iowa visit was a desantis. bashing fest. de-sanctimonious. we don t even know if he s running, i might as well tell you, if he s not running, he was fine on ethanol. just one of many ethanol, that means a lot to io iowans. looking at the polls, how loyal are trump supporters overall? yeah, i thought this was one ....
How they ask it. io iowans are a little more laid back and folks in new hampshire are a little more aggressive and out there. it s a difference in style but in both places they re talking about jobs, about national security, terrorism and student debt. those are the four things i hear about the most. this may be sort of a gimme because you re a governor. we have senators running, governors running and business people and a doctor. do any of those experiences make anyone better qualified. being a governor because you re actually having to make decisions every day and be held accountable for them. god knows we don t want anybody from congress to be president again. so the senators, they re off to the side for you, the ones in running? for me they are. i just don t think we want another person whose only experience is being in the united states senate. i guess secretary clinton was at the state department and she was also next to the oval office for years. she did a fabulous j ....
The affordable care act is doing a lot of great things in iowa. the des moines register wrote io iowans will face some of the lowest premiums in the country. it s increasing competition in our state. iowa consumers are able to choose from 40 health plans in the marketplace. you have mentioned the growth of health care spending is at the slowest rate in 50 years. 50,000 iowa seniors have received prescription drug rebates. bans on pre-existing conditions are allowing people to get coverage and switch carriers and now insurance premium increases are subject to review and can be rejected by the people reviewing those plans. but all of these good things don t mean anything unless we solve these problems. and what i need to know is how confident are you that the problems will be fixed by december 1st. well, again, congressman, i ....
Lot on senator rubio for the past couple of months. you ve seen senator cruz kind of come from behind and really have a message that plays well in iowa and across to some of the real different conservative base. he s starting to drum that up to try to create a national movement, and it will kind of time will only tell whether or not he s able to kind of get those specific pockets. all right. so chris, what about fatigue? i mean, is it too early to consider that fatigue is a real and concerning syndrome? and that people are going to get they re going to scratch their heads. i mean, iowa is used to being courted. io iowans are used to seeing tv ads and presidential contenders come to their state and show up courting them. but for everybody else, is it going to be too much too soon? well, forget about 2016. i m really excited about 2020. that s going to be a presidential race to watch. yeah, i mean, fatigue is a ....
Electromagnetic pulse or brain science in iowa? steve schmidt, you are not really with the whole program here on the science. the electromagnetic pulse is going to get you. steve spent time in iraq and he understands the nature of true threats and i can t believe he s minimizing the threat of the emp. a strange moment yesterday for newt gingrich to do his one iowa event besides this anti-abortion event he went to. this event where he talked about brain science. and it was a curious event. it was a curious thing for him to be talking about. he is i don t think a lot of io iowans are featured on the electromagnetic pulse or neuroscience but so much of this is priced into the stock with newt gingrich. people, he is especially committed republican activists know the field. he s not a stranger to these people. and the strangeness of newt gingrich is not new information ....