catherine lucey do they matter? >> the polls matter, obviously clinton is a favorite at this point, but the thing that's interesting, you know, almost a year out from the iowa caucuses is that surprises can happen and these are states where if you put in the time, if you are really making rounds, if you are meeting with people that people are going to listen and they're going to, you know, give you a shot. the caucus participants want to vet the options and they're first in the nation. they'll give anyone that comes in here a look. >> one of the polls on the democratic side of the ticket, hillary clinton ahead by 40 points in north carolina to her next closest challenger potential challenger vice president joe biden. o'malley with 5% to clinton's 53% in that public policy polling poll. do polls matter at this point? >> not really but not for the reason you might think. yes, it is early. what they measure by large portion is name identification and hillary clinton as we discussed is extremely well known. just looking

catherine lucey, do they matter at this point? and, shira center, i want to get your thoughts as well. >> guest: of course polls matter and, obviously, clinton is a prohibitive favorite at this point, but i think thing that's interesting almost a year out from the iowa caucuses is that surprises can happen and these are states where if you put in the time if you are really making the rounds, if you are meeting with people, i mean, people are going to listen, and they are going to, you know to give you a shot. they're not -- the caucus voters here, the caucus participants here really want to vet the options and take seriously the fact that they are first in the nation. so they are going to give anyone who comes in here, give them a look. >> host: just one of those polls on the democratic side of the ticket, hillary clinton ahead by 40 points in north carolina to her next closest challenger, potential challenger, vice president joe biden. o'malley with just 5% to clinton's 53% in that public policy polling poll. shira center, do pol

catherine lucey, do they matter at this point? shira center, i want to get your thoughts on this of as well. guest: certainly the polls matter. it is adjusting, almost one year out from the iowa caucus surprises can happen. these are not states where you put in time, if you're really making the rounds, meeting with people, people are going to listen and are going to give you a shot. the caucus voters -- the caucus participants here really want to that the options and take seriously that they are first in the nation. they will give anyone who comes in here a look. host: just one of those polled on the democratic side of the ticket, hillary clinton ahead by 40 points in north carolina to her next closest challenger potential challenger, vice president joe biden. o'malley with just 5% to clinton's 53% in that "foreign policy" poll. shira center, do polls matter at this point? guest: not really, but not why you think. yes, it is early, they measured largely by name identification. hillary clinton, as we have discussed, is well-known.

catherine lucey do they matter? >> the polls matter, obviously clinton is a favorite at this point, but the thing that's interesting, you know, almost a year out from the iowa caucuses is that surprises can happen and these are states where if you put in the time, if you are really making rounds, if you are meeting with people that people are going to listen and they're going to, you know, give you a shot. the caucus participants want to vet the options and they're first in the nation. they'll give anyone that comes in here a look. >> one of the polls on the democratic side of the ticket, hillary clinton ahead by 40 points in north carolina to her next closest challenger potential challenger vice president joe biden. o'malley with 5% to clinton's 53% in that public policy polling poll. do polls matter at this point? >> not really but not for the reason you might think. yes, it is early. what they measure by large portion is name identification and hillary clinton as we discussed is extremely well known. just looking

. >> and catherine lucey quick question from instagram please ask the reporter if hillary will take questions at the events in iowa and will they be staged like was revealed in 2008? what do you know about taking questions at those events? >> i do not know if she'll be taking questions at this events. they are -- there is going to be press at you know one event -- at least an event today and an event tomorrow. i would assume there will also be a variety of unscheduled stops and things like that. i would think she'll take questions from some of the people she's meeting with because she's doing sort of round table discussions. so in the community college today she's doing a discussion i think with the educators and students. tomorrow she'll be having some sort of business round table. so i got to think that's going to you know, create the opportunity for people to ask her questions and share with her their concerns. >> we've kbt a couple of minutes left be catherine lucey and shira center. if you want to ask them questions about 2016 we'll try to get to as many calls as we can. jimmy is in pana

catherine lucey, do they matter at this point? shira center, i want to get your thoughts on this of as well. guest: certainly the polls matter. it is adjusting, almost one year out from the iowa caucus surprises can happen. these are not states where you put in time, if you're really making the rounds, meeting with people, people are going to listen and are going to give you a shot. the caucus voters -- the caucus participants here really want to that the options and take seriously that they are first in the nation. they will give anyone who comes in here a look. host: just one of those polled on the democratic side of the ticket, hillary clinton ahead by 40 points in north carolina to her next closest challenger potential challenger, vice president joe biden. o'malley with just 5% to clinton's 53% in that "foreign policy" poll. shira center, do polls matter at this point? guest: not really, but not why you think. yes, it is early, they measured largely by name identification. hillary clinton, as we have discussed, is well-known.

. >> catherine lucey, do you want to take this in. >> i don't know the details of marco rubio's bio. as far as i understand it he is an american citizen. >> shira center. >> i'm pretty sure he was born in the states. any way, this provision that the caller is referring to dates back hundreds of years to when americans, colonial americans were afraid of having a foreign king leading the united states. so it's obviously a little outdated in its intent. >> i want to thank catherine lucey of the associated press, a government and politics reporter based in iowa. a busy day today and tomorrow. appreciate your time. also want to thank shira center from the boston globe's news room, the political editor there. thanks so much. >> thank you. >> thank you. >>> comes up here on c-span3 irs commissioner john costdy then testifies. live coverage gets underway at 10:00 eastern. life at 2:00, u.s. am bas tore to the u.n. appears before a house appropriation subcommittee to talk about state and foreign spending for 2016. >>> were you a fan of c-span's first ladies series? first ladies is now a book

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