Iowa has long been considered a bell weather for elections.
The spread between Trump and the rest of the pack is HUGE. In this case, I don’t believe any of the opposition will pull forward to threaten him. No matter how much the Big Money and Big Media spin it.
Iowa is not a bell weather. Huckabee, Cruz, Santorum all won and they all got handily beaten. If Trump wins Iowa by 20-30 points then all you’re doing by staying in the race beyond that is spending money to prop up Bidens chances of beaten Trump. There is an argument to be made the thr crazy Iowa caucus rules are obtuse enough to produce an upset or a closer than expected result. If that doesn’t happen you’re just a deep state operative if you stay in.
The spread between Trump and the rest of the pack is HUGE... don’t believe any of his opponents will... threaten him. No matter how much the Big Money and Big Media spin it.
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I agree. The politically savvy would certainly have known this fact many months ago, long before DeSantis announced.
Alas, the Big Money and Big Media still see great value in spending money to damage Trump’s reputation and record to have an impact on the general election.
On the positive side, the tussle with DeSantis has raised the stakes and alerted MAGA supporters to the deceit of Trump’s opponents. Combine that with Biden’s utter failure as President and you have a winning formula if we keep the pressure on.