that gives me the chance to channel howard dean circa 200a.g to going to iowa, new hampshire... you have seen thatjoke before. i always wonder exactly why this particular caucus is so important. i saw you talking to your correspondent, katty kay, and it seems as though people can get momentum if they do well there. many centres lost last time to hillary clinton, this time he is hoping to win this time he is hoping to win this time. and it is an interesting demographic, older, white, more rural. if you can win there, where they are a little bit more centrist, then perhaps he can do even better when they move into a much more liberal constituency or state. but of course, the other candidates, like joe biden, will expect to do very well there, and particularly elizabeth warren. each of them going for the middle to sort of centre ground, not to hard—core left, like bernie sanders. but i saw his speech about 45 minutes ago, and that man is on something, i would like to have what he is having. because at 77, he doesn't need an autocue, he doesn't ne

years to the primary race that pitted massachusetts senator john kerry against vermont governor howard dean end, though, kerry won new hampshire by 12 points and to quote a famous bumper sticker here, date a dean, marry kerry voters was select a candidate who could appeal to a wider mantle of moderate voters and beat bush in november. former dnc chairman howard dean is with us now. when you see the dynamic playing out in the 2020 race does it feel a bit like deja vu to you? >> only a little bit. by the time we got to new hampshire, there were three viable candidates. it's possible you'll get out of new hampshire and go ahead to south carolina with six viable candidates, including mike bloomberg. >> we have two candidates in this race from neighboring states, just like in your contest. >> yep. >> how much influence does that have in new hampshire, especially in this case with so many more candidates competing? >> it has a big influence. bernie clearly did well because he's from vermont. elizabeth -- thing is television from both states gets into new hampshire. these folks have seen years and

his name was howard dean. and there were a lot of people in the democratic establishment fretting about whether or not he could beat george w. bush. but i also know that there were people in the bush campaign that were worried about howard dean getting the nomination because he might be able to energize young people and grassroots democrats. what do you think? >> great point. well, i can tell you for a point, we were much worried about howard dean than john kerry. >> don't tell me that now? >> principled, clear convictions. i think there is a lot of that in bernie sanders. it's convention aal wisdom wher he is ideological he would be easier for trump and republicans to beat. he's creating a passion among voters. again, throw out the playbook. i think republicans may regret what they ask for at the end of the day. because sanders is -- got a narrative, and his narrative is very much like trump's ironically, which is the system is rigged, you're skegetting screwed. he has a different prescription and cause. >> i

howard dean, third at 17%. richard gephardt, fourth at 11.2%.ut there is a piece of video from the 2004 iowa caucuses that has become iconic. i think it is fair to say. we will watch and have you talk about the impact of this moment and iowa this year. you know something? you know something? not only are we going to new hampshire, tom larkin, we are going to south carolina, oklahoma, arizona, new mexico, we are going to california, texas, new york, oregon, washington, michigan, and then we are going to washington dc to take back the white house. [applause] host: david yepsen, he is clearly having fun in that video. what did it do to his candidacy and why? david: i think it effectively ended it. it was too aggressive, too hot, too excited. it just did not look presidential. this was the night he finished third. this did not happen before the caucuses, it happened immediately after. i think it finished his candidacy. he had already failed to meet expectations. governor dean came here and on the strength of the antiwar movement surged into an early

bush, but there were people who were in the bush campaign who were worried about howard dean to become the nominee, because he would organize the younger people. >> i can tell you that we were much more worried about howard dean than john kerry. >> don't tell me that now. >> and the clear convictions, and there is a lot of that in bernie sanders, and it is conventional wisdom, because ideological it is different for where the voters should be. but you can see the passion that he is creating like trump is getting. and so, the republicans may regret what they ask for in the end of the day, because sanders is with a narrative and the narrative is very much like trump's ironically, that the system is rigged, and you are getting screwed, and he has a different prescription and cause. >> governor, the last word. you would have been able to pose a starker contrast with governor bush in 2004? >> i would have, but the problem is that i was not all that well organized and i said a few things that i would have been better if i had not said. and it is what it is, and there is an example again, you

howard dean randal for president in 2004. he cape in third with 167 delegates and also, ran to challenge the democratic party. debates over the dnc often get hotter during race. you took over the dnc. so you've got all kinds of insights. also, you were a vermonter at one point in time, some democrats argued was not electable. so many echos. you and mr. sanders are clearly different people. i hear that from those in verlt as well. with that big wind-up, i'll let you have at it. >> i tend to not try to engage in analysis after a single debate. especially when we've had three states so far. all of which have something like a total of 2% or 3% of the total delegates and i'm not going to change that pattern. is bernie the front-runner? certainly. he has 43 delegates. the next person has 20 something. does that make any difference at this point? not really. i would rather be where bernie is than anybody else but this is a very wide open race and none of these candidates has the ability to say that they are going to win the race unt

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howard dean in new hampshire poll average before iowa was 34. john kerry the eventual winner was down at 21%. but once kerry won iowa and outperformed his polls, kerry jumped up to 38% and look what happened to dean. he fell down to 26%. >> harry enten, thank you, as always. alisyn? >> thank you very much, john. >>> so president trump taking a swipe at democrats in his state of the union address over the hot-button election issue of health care. >> to those watching at home tonight, i want you to know, we will never let socialism destroy american health care. >> most democrats sat silently but a handful of lawmakers did walk out of the chamber at some point. one senate democrat and close pelosi ally tweeted, if i wanted to attend a maga rally, i would have. the president never misses a chance to further divide the country. disgraceful. joining us is that democratic senator, chris van hollen. good morning, senator. >> good morning, alisyn. good to be with you. >> when you tweeted that it was disgraceful, what part of the speech were you referring

we bring in former vermont governor and former dnc chair howard dean and barbara boxer.in iowa. they could be sitting in the senate chamber as it all goes down. what do you expect those hours to be like for the senators? you've been in the hot seats there in the chamber. especially the arguments stretching through the night. because they don't have their technology with them. >> i know. i was there for the clinton impeachment, a very different set of issues, as you know. it had to do with lying about sex and this is about abusing power by inviting in foreign interference and endangering our national security. very, very different. but i have to say, if you're asking me what it will be like for those who are running, and i think howard dean is going to be able to speak to it, because he did run for president. i never did that. it's tough. but i have to say, at this point, it's about the boots on the ground. it really is. i mean, i'll tell you, every time i ran for united states senate, i had tough races. but election day, i didn't do that much. i kind of breathed deeply a

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>> governor howard dean, always an education to speak to you.ou for joining us. >> thank you. >>> we still don't know who won in iowa, but there is a lot we do know about who showed up to vote last night in the caucuses. and that tells us something about these contests going forward. that's next. in one week... a lot will happen in your life. wrinkles just won't. neutrogena® rapid wrinkle repair's fastest retinol formula works so fast. it takes only one week to reveal younger looking skin. making wrinkles look so last week. rapid wrinkle repair® pair with retinol oil for 2 times the wrinkle fighting power. neutrogena® this round's on me.eat. hey, can you spot me? come on in. find your place today, with silversneakers. included in most medicare advantage plans. enroll today by calling the number on your screen or visit getsilversneakers.com >>> so, this morning, what we don't know out of iowa is any official results, like at all. the iowa democratic party has yet to report anything. but thankfully, we do know something about who showed up and wha

historically, you know, howard dean doesn't win, right? bill bradley doesn't win, right?usually does well in the media but the young voters and college professors -- >> sanders is not a one-track candidate either. part of the reason is in this position right now is it's not the bill bradley and howard dean coalition. he is winning working-class voters. >> it's a bit -- the obama coalition crossed racial divides, so he has a multiracial coalition, but it's mostly millennials. >> or 40 and under. >> those are millennials now. >> are they? >> generation z are the young voters. the millennials are 40, chris. when we're talking about older black and latino voters, not latino as much as black voters who are particularly conservative on certain issues. so you think they are progressive, they'll vote for bernie sanders, that's not necessarily the case when you look into their historic voting patterns and who they supported in terms of democrats. i think bernie sanders has a vision that he needs to unpack for these voters to be able to trust that he can actually accomplish that vi

howard dean got a lot of energy.e was leading in the polls from his anti-war stance but he had an iowa disappointment and then he said maybe he would rebound here. >> not only are we going to new hampshire, tom harkin, we're going to south carolina and oklahoma and then we're going to washington to take back the white house! >> and this is where the impact can be so fascinating. howard dean began on the national stage as an obscure governorer. a year before it might have been celebrated that he made to it second in new hampshire. we talked about it. two tickets out. the expectation game here is tough and that second place finish was seen as big letdown. it was john kerry who i was working for at the time who excelled in that state near his home turf. >> for the second week in a row, senator john kerry of massachusetts has scored an impressive 56th i in the race for the democratic nomination. he is our projected winner tonight in this first in the nation primary. >> i love new hampshire! >> so no matter what you think

howard dean began on the national stage as an obscure governor. a year before, it might have been celebrated that he made it to second in new hampshire. remember, we talked about it. two tickets out. the expectation game here is tough, and that second place finish was seen as a letdown. it was john kerry, who i was working for at the time, that excelled in this state near his home turf. >> for the second week in a row, senator john kerry of massachusetts has scored an impressive victory in the race for the democratic presidential nomination. he is our projected winner tonight in this first in the nation primary. >> i love new hampshire. >> no matter what you think of this small state having so much sway, the historical fact is it has sway. it has juice. interestingly, the dynamic does apply to both parties, which is funny, right? democrats and republicans are increasingly polarized, and they're campaigning in very different ways. new hampshire has still had huge impact for both fields. it narrows the democratic race to two, as discussed. it is mor

joining me now is howard dean, the former chairman of the democratic national committee, a former democratic vermont. thank you very much for being with us. my question to you is how can the democratic party, how should the democratic party restore the faith in the 2020 nominating process which seems to have been shaken. we've heard people from all different angles in the democratic party questioning this now. >> well, first of all, i don't think that -- i think there will be a vote total in iowa. it will be reliable. it just didn't happen right and wasn't done right. secondly, the problem with the new hampshire primary and the iowa caucuses for a long time has been they don't represent the state. new hampshire's made it worse by passing a law under republicans that restricted college students from voting unless they had a new hampshire driver's license and other things. usual voter suppression that voters engage in. and now this with iowa. here's how i suspect it works out. if the democrats win, nothing will be done about it. no democratic incumbent is going to want to take on the voters an

if you go back to 2004, for example, on the democratic side, former vermont governor howard dean won iowa caucuses. so it's not necessarily predictable but it is important, as far as blding momentum i concerned, for these candidates going into, new hampshi which is coming up, then south carolina, then n these early contests, help build the momentum for the candidates to be able toaise money, continue to raise their profile and lo t like they have ability to win the nomination. >> ok. so let me ask you that another democrats are fairly clear that their number one priority is beating donald trump. they're less concerned about in that respect, do iowa voters represent the democratic electorate at large? in other words, is the view of iowa democrats about who is the best person to beat donald trump, representative of the rest of the country? >> again, that's really hard to say. i mean, each constituency across the country, because this is a state by state race, your democrats in a place like iowa are very different, for example, of the democrats in califork.a or new y so the iowa voters

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there you know you remember what happened in 2004 were suddenly other people parachuted in you know howard dean makes that you know and it becomes a big deal and you know john kerry to the rescue but you know i'm hearing rumblings that that may happen they may decide that we're going to jettison joe uncle joe and someone else get in the cockpit now who is a good question now meanwhile chomped according to latest gallup poll is polling at 49 percent people love him so this is a bomb at the same point his 1st term is a 45 percent crushing it and he's like on a glide path to easy 2023. democrats blue 4 years of political capital on all kinds of fake russia gave hoaxes ukraine gave hope to impeachment hoaxes and miss n.b.c. is c.n.n. even with them in their pocket they couldn't get they could make a dent on this guy maybe maybe just time to accept the fact that he's a really good president and we should vote from again i don't accept that he's not a really good president and i will not be voting for him but the bottom line is the democrats need to get behind someone who's putting out a plot form th

everyone thought howard dean was riding high in iowa. he gave a speech and there was the famous dean scream. i am told if you were in the room he didn't sounds as insane. reporter: now we wait to see who gets the nod from the first state to vote in the presidential election year. what will you be watching for that night? >> the most people get to the polls on that snorey day and who is everybody's second choice? reporter: do you expect upthe sets on that day? >> i'm smart enough to know no one can predict it. mike: that was sandra smith reporting. iowa caucus-goers are being warned to be careful about what they read on social media. reporter: the excitement is building in desmoines and across iowa ahead of the caucus. but there is concern that a person or group might be putting out disinformation that could confuse the caucus-goers. all the various campaigns have been out here trying to make sure people know what they need to know before the caucus moan dang. but state officials say they are concerned about this as well. the secretary of

. >>> now to the chairman of the dnc and former presidential candidate, howard dean and former democratic governor of michigan, governor granholm. >> governor dean are you surprised? >> i was a little surprised how well tom steyer is doing but he has spent a lot of time on the airways. the difference between 8 and 7 out of an audience of 32 is not satistically significant, it just shows the congregation is fairly well divided. the thing that interested me the most is that congregation could have been anybody anywhere. it was an african-american congregation but african-american voters sound pretty much like everybody else these days. >> governor granholm, did you have any takeaways? >> i would have loved to seen the answer about how many of them would have supported bernie sanders. as we've seen in the latest poll out of nevada, and we haven't had a lot of polls out of nevada, bernie sanders seems to be doing well. he picked up, i think, seven points from the last poll there, from the beginning of january. biden pretty much held the same. then, you saw a little bit of surge from amy klobu

. >> your first was howard dean back in 2004, and how did your living room become the place to be? >> you know, people ask that all the time, why do candidates come? my answer is because we say yes, and we serve a lot of food. i'm not sure -- >> homemade food. >> homemade food. >> yeah, ron does most of the baking, by the way. >> it has to be more than the food, guys, because you hear about these guys cooking up a storm in new hampshire and trying to get the folks out, and there has to be more than that. can you indulge me in stories from the past cycle, has there been a candidate or two who has been the most liked, exciting or entertaining? >> well, that's tough. this is why i am undecided still. i am usually canvassing by this time. the 12 candidates have been absolutely extraordinary. we had barack obama when he first ran, and by the way, our friends from out of state thought we photo shopped him in because they don't understand new hampshire, and now we have had up to 120 people for some candidates. >> i understand you had these folks through and they are extraordinary people,

we could look at 2004 when all of the energy that's behind bernie right now was behind howard dean. >> right. >> and john kerry, the establishment figure, one, why did he win? people wanted to beat bush. or -- we could -- we could look at other models. models that have shown candidates coming from nowhere to win. so i guess the question is, if we can't really read much from the polls, do we look at the people who have the best ground game right now? which right now bernie sanders and elizabeth warren, and we can't fall asleep on elizabeth warren and mayor pete obviously pretty wired. >> and the process is such, as everyone in this room knows, that it's hard to really see through and predict what's going to happen. i mean, you've got the frs alignment for people who don't know. you get a bunch of people in 1,700 places around the state, go into church basements, cafeterias, high school gyms and literally physically go stand in the corner to represent their support for candidate a., b. or c. and then vote again. then we get this publicized, adrienne vote. this year is different than yea

now, joe trippy, long time democratic strategist who has advised everyone from walter mondale and howard dean, and alexander row has, rojas, a progressive political action committee. a snip pet from joe biden there and he says i will be probably take a hit here. and why would a candidate cede in the opening line. what is at play here? >> i think it is about setting expectations and i don't think he has high expectations in new hampshire. as you pointed out, sanders won two to one, better than two to one in 2016. i don't think anybody doubts that he is likely to win on tuesday. i would caution though in the polling, you know, in 2008, the day before the primary in new hampshire, barack obama surged to a ten-point lead in the poll that was released monday morning, the day before the primary. the night of the primary, he lost to hillary clinton. i think the order is going to change dramatically from this poll, it is just the way new hampshire moves here at the very end. both iowa and new hampshire move quickly, both are capable of surprises, and i think, i'm not saying that sanders won't win, i'

joining me to discuss thought is former governor howard dean who ran for president in 2004 and came inwith 167 delegates. there you see him on the campaign trail. and michael hop denies who worked john delaney's 2020 campaign before he dropped out and is a veteran of the clinton campaign. good evening to both of you. >> thanks. >> gov dean, count it up, delegates and cash. are those most important things? >> those are the most important things. specially going into super tuesday. >> go on. your analysis. >> basically, we don't know. it is too early. i would say there are six tickets heading including bloomberg into south carolina, nevada. it will be a smaller list by the time it gets to california. a little too early to count out joe biden or elizabeth warren but they have to do well in the next two primaries. >> what do you see in this delegate formation? other tickets out of new hampshire are exciting, most folks didn't get degs there. >> well, delegates are the only way to secure a nomination. money is paramount in this situation. so what we'll see is the less money candidates have,

bush was running for reelections and there was john kerry, howard dean and others in the race. like that race, this one is shaping up to be very close at the end as electability argument is front and center in all of these decisions. there's no doubt that bernie sanders has had some considerable strength here at the end of this campaign, you know, but the moderate lane, if you will, is being divided at least three different ways with biden, klobuchar and pete buttigieg. those are the dynamics, but elizabeth warren, one of the strongest in the state. so it's all about who gets their supporters out on monday night, but this final weekend is so critical. >> joe biden was making that point. in fact, he was doing some math. should we listen to that for a moment? >> sure. >> everybody comes out of here with, you know, 19, 20, 21 and 22%. it's essentially a tie, and so everybody goes to the next stop. if you come out here and somebody's 25 and you're at 12, you know, well, then, you're done in terms of iowa. >> fair point, right, jeff? >> reporter: joe biden knows something about that

howard dean lost. but he lost to john kerry. >> governor dean's on the phone for you. >> he lost to john kerry who's also from a neighboring state. so it doesn't count. those moderates may elevate two or three other moderates which is what bernie wants. he wants to consolidate the revolutionary life. but then he can't control this, but he would be greatly benefitted if he and amy and biden were splitting up those voters. sanders got 60 last time. ought to be able to get 30 this time. >> look, that's a high bar to meet. one of the things i'll be looking at is turnout. and if he's not, what does that tell us even in victory? there's also the battle for survival for elizabeth warren. and for joe biden which is why it was notable why joe biden was talking about the african-american vote this weekend. let's play that. >> overwhelming, overwhelming. okay? >> so you know how much african-americans make up of the new hampshire electorate? 1%. the only number less than that is zero. so he's actually not talking

he jumped up to 38% and howard dean fell back all the way down at 26%. >> interesting. a couple of headlines. pete buttigieg, he's a winner by a slim margin. do we see a bounce there? do we see the reverse for a joe biden? >> this is -- these are my odds based on the new hampshire polling. pre-iowa, biden was ahead of buttigieg in their chance to win according to my math. 4 in 20 chance to win versus buttigieg at 2 in 20. after the iowa bounce, if the past holds, buttigieg jumps up to 5 in 20 chance. so iowa does control -- does have a big impact on new hampshire. buttigieg may be in contention there. >> he's in second and third. bill clinton famously declared himself a comeback kid not having won but having overperformed coming out of new hampshire. we'll be watching it. i know you'll tell us all the wisdom, harry enten, as it happens. >>> as we await the complete results in iowa, the 2020 campaigns moving forward on the ground in new hampshire. we've got a team of reporters following the candidates across that state. let's begin with vanessa yurkevich in concord. this

howard dean right now and cara finny, and cnn political commentator.an, you heard gary's piece. i am wondering what you make of the support for tom steyer in -- in nevada. he's certainly put a lot of resources into nevada, as well as south carolina. >> yeah. the most interesting thing about that piece, for me, was african-american voters, in that piece, were indistinguishable from any other voters. that's exactly what almost every voter on the democratic side is going through. i thought that was absolutely fascinating. i mean, if you hadn't told me that was african-american voters, you could have done that with any group of democrats no matter what they looked like. i think that's where people are. sure, support for steyer because he spent a lot of money and he certainly is a thoughtful guy and he spent a lot of money on television in those states. but i -- i was struck by how similar african-american voters are to every other voter despite the best efforts of the press to pretend they're a whole different group. >> and, karen, in a race, there's not o

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. >> out front now former vermont governor howard dean, and former chairman of the democratic nationalleah corr doe na. okay. thanks to both of you. leah, let me start with you. buttigieg, pretty clear i'm the guy who was able to put a number on the board. you're the guy who wasn't. does this make questions about his electability go away? >> this is for me? >> yes, sorry. >> sorry, sorry. well, no, it doesn't make it go away and i'll tell you why. there's no question that pete buttigieg, if he does end up winning in iowa that it is an incredibly impressive win. absolutely. let's take nothing away from that. but you can't call yourself the candidate who is the most elect able after only one state that is completely not representative of what this country looks like and only represents 1% of the delegates needed to gain the nomination of the democratic party. let's wait until new hampshire. and by the way, after new hampshire you still don't have a state that is representative of what this country looks like. let's wait until nevada. let's wait until south carolina where you have the bac

howard dean came when he ran.s there when he ran and we've had 12 candidates in the last 12 months. >> was this your idea or they showed up and demanded a meal? >> no, they called. >> we don't call them. they call us. we say, sure. up to 120 people. we have to move furniture out of the living room. >> i get anxious hosting my in-laws for a meal. what is it like hosting presidential candidates? >> ron does most of the baking? >> there's really no difference. as jerry said, if you are going to clean the bathroom for one person, it doesn't matter how many people come over. >> you have hosted up to 120 people. >> right. >> a lot of people. who has had the biggest turnout this year? >> castro. >> castro, cory booker. buttigieg. >> buttigieg was in the morning on a friday at 10:30 and cory booker, six daze day's notice. >> 11 candidates. >> yes. >> just this year alone. bought again, tom steyer, duvall patrick, michael bennett. the candidates still in the race. what were your impressions of them? >> every one is differe

joining me now, howard dean, former vermont governor, dnc chair, david plouffe, former obama campaigner and now an msnbc political analyst. governor dean, let me start with you. i'm going to save the iowa discussion for the second half here. we spent a lot of time on that. how important is it for the party to get clarity over the next couple of weeks? >> it's not critical. we've had races that -- the obama/clinton race in 2008 went right to the end, so it's -- sometimes it's better to have your nominee earlier. democrats are peculiar people. we'll get there and then we'll get cold feet an somebody else will jump in at the very ending so i'm very laid back about this process. i think the democrats are doing fine and i'm not even close to panic. >> david plouffe, it does feel as if there's panic, there's some panic maybe in the acela corridor over biden. there's panic over uncertainty of -- if it's buttigieg, then what? then it's bloomberg. that's the anxiety i'm sensing right now. it's less that there's indecision about the pragmatists, it's more fear that either bloomberg or buttigieg

now to our shot hasan was a democratic political strategist and the former executive director of howard dean's but it's organization democracy for america is live from burlington vermont very good to have you with us on al-jazeera as john said there this is really an early gift for the campaign because it questions the competence of the democratic party in running the country where where does this tobacco leave the democrats and the process of choosing a nominee well to be very clear one democratic state party organization the i would democratic party chose a terrible app and that really doesn't have much to say about the rest of the democratic party or the way the federal government is run under the democratic party so i think is mixing up the campaign from campaign is mixing up a couple very distinct organizations some have questioned why should actually be the 1st round of announcements given its demographics that are not really representative of the base of the democratic party can't can iowa be an indicator really for the rest of the country. i agree with those critics the caucus system i

speak to our son he's a democratic political strategist he's also a former executive director of howard dean's political organization democracy for america he's joining us from burlington vermont and we're going to talk to you about the democratic candidates not anything to say about the coronavirus arshad so south carolina to what extent does it. make it or break it moment for. with absolute i think that's absolutely nailed it is make it or break it for biden he hasn't prevailed in any of the previous 3 contests in fact he's gotten 4th or 5th place in them and this is after a year of of other sort of talking heads and pundits saying that he'd be the man to beat this is his one contest to show they really has something so how will he do in south carolina particularly after he sort of got a boost this week a lot of people are saying with the endorsement of by jim clyburn the highest ranking african-american in congress. well so that endorsement came after his polls are already rising sounds like he's been doing some real work in south carolina but the expectations are so high for him that he re

but john dean -- howard dean on the saturday before, we were doing "meet the press," taping it, he'sfinished third. after bob dole beat bush 41, when he was the vice president of the united states. so out there today at this hour, riceville, charles city, cities across the country, across iowa, they're getting up, going to church, talking to each other, they're having coffee, they're trying to decide what they're going to do. and i always believe that when they go to the caucus and they have to stand up and identify themselves in one form or another, a lot of changes will go on then because their neighbors are watching. it's not a secret ballot. so this is going to be a volatile one again. >> tom, kay was telling me some stuff. kay, you were saying because it's not a secret ballot, there's going to be some folks who don't turn out. maybe republicans that don't like donald trump who maybe with w. they would have been willing to show their face but they can't. >> right. if you live in a small town of 2,000 or less, are you going to go to a democratic caucus and stand in a corner and te

and he was the campaign manager for howard dean, who notoriously blew up in iowa. >> bret: the dean scream. >> he says why, why, why could they not have had this reporting problem in 2004. and then he says asking for a friend. >> when i think i would point out, molly, maybe you can weigh in on this. one camp was really enjoying this whole thing tonight is the trump campaign. they just put a statement out saying brad parscale, who was with us a little while ago, the democrats are stewing in a caucus mess of their own creation with this lobbyist train wreck in history. it would be natural for people to doubt the fairness of the process and these are the people who want to run the health care system, which is a point that has been made tonight by others and he goes on to say that president trump posted a record performance in a well-run g.o.p. caucus process here. >> people forget there was a republican caucus tonight and donald trump secured nearly all of the votes. but what's interesting is is how many republican voters came to vote. you don't need to come out in support when it's an incumb

howard dean came in third and his numbers went through floor on that question and john kerry's went through? >> we'll be looking ahead to new hampshire. if we look at the average, we see bernie sanders at 25%. joe biden, 18. elizabeth warren, 14. pete buttigieg all the way down to 13%. the question is, how does a victory in the state of iowa change those odds? how does it change the polling? time wizard of odds. why shouldn't i have odds? >> so if you were looking at the polling predictiveness since 1980, look at this. basically, buttigieg was only a 2 in 20 chance of winning in new hampshire. with an iowa bounce, i wouldn't know surprised if that went up slig to 5-20. right around 25% which isn't bad given where he started off with was all the way in fourth place. >> are you underselling elizabeth warren? >> i don't think so. the reason why -- >> you don't think there's a chance she finishes first or second in new hampshire? >> she could definitely finish first or second in new hampshire. but things happen nearly a little more than 10% of the time, those happen a little more than 10% of th