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Today. he thought that he would be running a middle space between jeb bush, the establishment frontrunner, the moderate frontrunner, and a conservative like ted cruz. he thought that he would be able to operate this middle space and that he could be attractive to people on both sides and it would be good. unfortunately for scott walker he found out the road he was running on was much wider than he thought and he got squished. he didn't know where the attitude republican party was would be out with donald trump and would be out with ted carson and ted cruz would not look like that radical of a ...

He's now polling third place in iowa, not just behind donald trump, but also behind ben carson. is that a -- is iowa turning out to be harder to predict or at least harder to see from a national perspective than we thought it would be? >> very much so. i mean, because every strategist six months ago was telling me it's going to be just like it was. huckabee, santorum, an evangelical favorite will be in iowa and that put walker in a favorable position. now it looks like the outsider is the favorite. carson, trump, their numbers are strong in iowa, and that's a real threat to walker's entire can...

Least harder to see from a national perspective than we thought it would be? >> very much so. every strategist six months ago was telling me it's going to be like it was in 2000 and 2012. huckabee, santorum an evangelical favorite will be in iowa and that put walker in the favorable position. but now the outsiders are favorite. carson, trump, their numbers are strong in iowa and that's a threat to walker's entire candidacy. >> as you talk with these republican fund-raisers and operatives and partisans of all stripes on the republican side, do you get the sense that there is an emerging consens...

Chasm, part of the reason the national press is convinced he's viable is that people think he will win iowa. he's polling third place in iowa not just behind donald trump but also behind ben carson. is that a -- is iowa turning out to be harder to predict or at least harder to see from a national perspective than we thought it would be? >> very much so. every strategist six months ago was teld megait's going to be like it was in 2000 and 2012. huckabee, santorum an evangelical favorite will be in iowa and that put walker in the favorable position. but now the outsiders are favorite. carson, tr...