of the ted cruz superpac, also the strategist for the full constellation of cruz superpacs, kelly ann conway. president conway, thank you for joining us. >> my pleasure. hi. >> how would you appraise ted cruz's current chances to become the republican nominee? >> they're great. we started out with 17 republican candidates, we're down to three. i would say maybe two and a half if you really look at the current delegate count. the first path for senator cruz is he could win outright. about 80%, 85% chance of doing that. plan b-plus as we call it at the pac is to go into an open contested convention, having aggregated a fair number of very respectfully high number of delegates across a swath of different states, mark, head into that convention as the odds-on favorite, given the fact that mr. trump has a whole bunch of people who would like to stop him from being the republican nominee. >> how do your superpacs plan to spend its resources over the next couple of months to help cruz become the nominee? >> we really set the race in wisconsin. it's an important state, a great test for how hard peop

are kelly ann conway, president of the pro super pac, and eric bowen and heidi angel. coming to you first, heidi ann. if you're giving a press conference in which you're talking about copulation and rats, this is not a good day for ted cruz to have this be the storyline. what in theory is this entire episode doing to the thoughts and to the polling among particularly republican women? >> it's costing donald trump among republican women. donald trump did a masterful over the last year, joy. he took a negative image among republican men and women and turned it around. and now he's sliding backwards. everybody's polling this week shows the same trend. if donald trump has 39% of women saying they do not want to vote for him. a 70% unfavorable rating. that's unheard of, among all women across the country. and he's losing to hillary clinton by more than 20 points among women, which would be a real shame. because hillary clinton has a man problem. men dismiss her, dislike her, they do not want her to be president of the united states, let alone commander in chief to the point

it's a reason for ted cruz and maybe even marco rubio to take heart. >> kelly ann conway, you've been busy over the last several days in places like missouri, and north carolina. there's a lot of focus on florida. >> cruz has engaged in delegate collection. that's how you win the nomination. even in states with proportional delegates, he trails by 90. you can make it up in a matter of a couple contests. it looks like rubio is running for senator of florida and kasich for governor of ohio. they hold those positions. they've been stuck in their home states. while that's been going on, cruz has been traveling around investing a great ground game. we've been giving ground cover on the radio and tv and with our volunteers. cruz yesterday, rally of thousands of people in the rain in missouri and illinois. in missouri it's fascinating. you can actually use the popular vote in missouri and win a lot of delegates because it goes by congressional district. >> that's true. ted cruz isn't in the story right now, but he is second, and he is viable. he has some advantages. his home state of texas w

kelly ann conway, very good having you.nks for taking the time. >> all the best. >> can i get real quickly what's going on in kentucky? >> we do want to pull this up. you can see very, very close which is why as you have been referencing, probably donald trump is waiting to speak. you can see here 81% of the results are in and it really has been neck and neck. donald trump, 35%, senator cruz, 31%. so trump obviously here in purple. you have been making the point about the coal miners seeming to go for trump versus cruz. louisville, more or less called for donald trump. more than about a million people involved, of course, in the state in the voting process, the caucus process. we have talked about the fact that in kentucky, if you wanted to participate today, it is a six-hour event. you have to stay there. normally that would benefit somebody like senator cruz over trump but you can see for yourselves, donald trump clearly in the lead on that. some of the other things i want to point out. a 5% threshold. in other words, eve

next guest keeps promising to come back on our show and she always keeps the promise, kelly m conway, -- kelly anne i want to pick up with you what we left off with chairman matt schlapp. in your obviously biased view, what does donald trump not coming here say to the conservative movement? asi'm not biased as much informed. i know what matt said is true, we work with these candidates trying to get everyone to agree to a certain format. trump.oo bad for donald they react as much to messages as messenger. if he came here and talked about how americans are getting killed with isis and kill without economy, mr. trump would have had a good reception here. he is clearly not afraid to take tough questions. he took him coming from all sides. -- took him coming from all sides. he took some personal and salacious insults as of late marco rubio. it can be a free to facing audience. when he gets to the airport he can just leave here early in the morning. you just basically ruled out all the possible explanations, what explanation could you give you go -- give-and-go -- could you give? kellyanne: there are the

kelly and conway is back again. ♪ mark: we are back. joining us is the president of the ted cruz super pac keep the promise, kelly ann conway. you for joining us. kelly: no problem. mark: how would you appraise ted cruz's current chances of becoming the nominee kelly: they are great. we started with 17 candidates. we are down to three, maybe 2.5. there are two possible ways for this to go for senator cruz. he could win outright. planb-plus is to go into a contested convention having aggravated a number of delegates across a swath of states, heading into the convention as the odds on favorite as there are many people who would like to stop mr. trump from being the nominee. mark: how does the super pac lan on spending his resources over the next month on making ted cruz the nominee? tv ads? kelly: all of that. wisconsin is a important state in the midwest. because we have these contests coming so fast and furiously, we have missed the vigor of the retail politicking that we saw across iowa, south carolina, new hampshire. wisconsin seems to be a similar test. in our super pac, we put down about $800,000 for wisconsin. tv, radio

republican pollster kelly ann conway. and jamie weinstein, senior editor for the daily caller.me just begin with you, because you must be thrilled that trump is heading to your state tomorrow, prioritizing kansas, and i'm just wondering, did you have any conversation with him before his camp announced he wouldn't attend c-pac this weekend? >> i did have some conversation with his campaign, not with mr. trump directly. i understand how important that conference is. so mr. trump's coming to wichita to speak an hour before the caucus begins. one of the interesting things about kansas, many people may not know, is in the past two election cycles, caucusgoers have voted against the front-runner when the front-runner has been an establishment candidate. so they went for santorum over romney last time and in '08 huckabee over mccain. even though in both cases the front-runner pretty much wrapped it up at that point. it will be interesting what happens tomorrow. because now the front runner is an anti-establishment candidate. and i think kansas is very much up for grabs and the trump c

john: our next guest keeps promising to come back on our show and she always keeps the promise, kelly anne conwaye of ted cruz' super pacs. i want to pick up with you what we left off with chairman matt schlapp. donald trump not coming here. in your obviously biased view, what does donald trump not coming here say to the conservative movement? >> i'm not biased as much as informed. i am also on the board of acu. i know what matt said is true, we work with these candidates trying to get everyone to agree to a certain format. it is too bad for donald trump. thatis an audience reacts as much to messages as messenger. if he came here and talked about how americans are getting killed with isis and kill without economy, mr. trump would have had a good reception here. he is clearly not afraid to take tough questions. he stood on the debate stage for 2 hours and took fire from all sides. he took some personal and salacious insults as of late marco rubio. scheduling conflict -- the man doesn't -- he can just leave early in the morning and get to kansas. john: you just basically ruled out all the possible

. >>> our next guest keeps promising to come back to our show, kelly ann conway, head of the super pacoins me now. kelly ann, great to see you. i wanted to pick up with. donald trump not coming here, what in your view, your biased view, what does that say to the conservative movement when donald trump -- >> i'm not biased so much as informed. i'm also on the board here. and i know what matt says is very true. we work with the candidates for months trying to get the right slot that works with their schedule and make everybody agree to a certain format and they all did. it's too bad for donald trump, because there an audience that seems to get excited and they act to messenger. if he talks about how america is getting killed with trade, isis, economy, he would have had a good reception here. he is clearly not afraid to take questions. he sat on the debate stage last night for two hours and took incoming for two hours. frankly, he has taken some i think unfortunate personal insults of late from one marco rubio. so it can't be frayed to face the audience. scheduling conflict. the man flies

omarosa and kelly ann conway. here we go.at did you think, what was your opinion of those photographs that were retweeted by donald trump? >> i have to tell you that my opinion of them means they are insignificant in the context of the terror attacks going on in brussels. we should be talking about substantial policy issues that are affecting american people, including homeland security, including making sure our borders are tough and safe. so talking about a retweet in the context of a terror attacks is petty. >> but we wouldn't be talking about it had the candidate not put it out there. if the candidate wanted to talk about what happened in brussels, the attacks happening all over europe, he would have tweeted something about the attacks in europe and -- >> he talked about those things. but they weren't picked up. >> yes, they were. we've seen him on a number of difference networks. >> let me just say this. >> let me say this. when the attacks happened he was on every network talking about it. we discussed how he'd bring wa

new york times national political reporter, alex burns, margaret hoover, and erol lewis, and kelly ann conway. great to see you all. a big day. super tuesday, part two. tell me, alex, set the stage for us. what's at stake? >> i think in the big picture, this is maybe the really last good opportunity for an anti-trump candidate to emerge before the primaries in ohio and florida. john kasich has staked his campaign in ohio. he needs to have a respectful performance tonight or get written off as a one state candidate, and i think cruz has had a strong couple days. a strong performance over the weekend in the series of caucuses. if he can put up good numbers in a state like mississippi or michigan which is not seen as necessarily a natural fit for someone like cruz, then the republicans will take another look at this guy who i think even kelly ann would admit is a pretty tough sell for them to get on board with. >> before we do that, i want you to look at the headlines for the democrats. what does it mean today? >> it means a chance to show if bernie sanders has any kind of end roads with groups

kelly-ann conway. a lot to ask you about. a lot of cruz supporters.he field needs to clear now for ted cruz to have a shot at donald trump. do you agree with that? does this field have to become one on one now? >> it does. the numbers bear that out, steve. first of all, senator rubio played in idaho and played in texas. had he not spent hundreds of thousands of dollars there and opened up offices and volunteers there, ted cruz could have gotten the 50% threshold and taken all of the delegates. why is that relevant? cruz got 44% in idaho. senator rubio failed to clear the threshold that would get him any delegates. so that's number one. number two, as ron said in your previous segment, the anti-trump or non-trump vote is a pretty solid vote but right now it's fractured among three people, predominantly cruz but rubio and kasich. do you want to be spoiler or do you want to be kang maker? these next couple of days are huge. rubio's best day and best leverage is today and next weekend. it's not next wednesday. >> you want rubio out before florida votes? >

kelly ann conway. they said there's still hope for a trump/cruz ticket. they said can that happen now with all this acrimony? i wouldn't doubt it in current politics. just like ben carson said after he dropped out. oh, yeah, donald said that stuff, but i didn't take it seriously. >> i agree with you. people say a lot of stuff. i think ted cruz is quite possible as a running mate for donald trump. some people talk about a trump/kasich ticket. i'm not sure john kasich would do that, but if it does, then we've answered the question. >> what happened to your word is your bond? >> oh, come on, man. this is politics. >> everyone just straight up lies and that's okay? >> he's pretending. >> no, i'm not pretending. i don't understand this. >> poor naive andrew is so confu confused. >> are you really that innocent, honey? >> yes, innocent and naive. it's terrible. >> joe? >> yeah, go ahead, john. >> andrew is play acting with us. don't take that. come on. >> absolutely. >> all right. different question. >> he's not even denying it. >> no, i am denying it. an open