I think Trump helped himself immensely and also struck a HUGE BLOW to his competitors tonight.
I WATCHED the entire event on C-SPAN.. Not CNN.
Following the conclusion of the event C-SPAN took their usual phone calls from "Democrats".. "Republicans".. and "Independents"
I listened to no less than 15 callers from these different categories ALL said they were voting for Trump.
I was stunned to hear 3 Democrat callers say that what Trump did tonight made them change their mind and were now going to vote for Trump.
Their main point was that FINALLY someone was standing up for America.
Nearly everyone alluded to how Trump got off the stage and let the Veteran with a prosthetic leg talk to the crowd and the C-SPAN audience.
I noticed, during a quick switch, that CNN covered these parts by letting their "pundits" talk rather than allowing people to be won over by what was being said. If I lie, I die. I believe Trump is NOT even aware of the inroads he made tonight.
He won the hearts of many, many Dems and Independents tonight.
Here's a C-SPAN replay link of the entire event.
http://www.c-span.org/video/?403832-1/donald-trump-campaign-rally-des-moines-iowa&live