>> steffen: well i think it was because he came up so much, beat ctations and the republicans were looking for some one in that group of sort of more establishment rereblicans. and i think rubio did himself a lot of good. >> amanda: ok and i want to get your opinion real quick on new hampshire moving forward. which is kind of your neck of the woods, you're very familiar with that part of the country. how do you think they're gonna receive this line up of candidates? >> steffen: well, it looks like bernie sanders is gonna win. i mean, he's a neighbor there and he's way ahead in the polls. and on the republican side, it's a real slug fest. i mean, donald trump is very much ahead and then the question is who's gonna come in second? >> amanda: mmhmm. >> steffen: and it looks like rubio's got a good chance of coming in second. and that would be an enormous second big victory for him. >> amanda: we had such a good turn out on caucus night here in iowa. and i want to talk about that a little bit, too. i talked to the communications director for the republican party of iowa. here's a little bit ab

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