Senator Cruz and I sat down and did a really, really fun discussion about Iowa, New Hampshire, South Carolina, moving into Super Tuesday, especially with Ron DeSantis dropping out.

So what does history have to say about those states picking who's going to actually be the president?

And what does it look like now moving forward with Donald Trump against Nicky Haley. Here is our deep dive, especially as you're getting ready to see what happens in New Hampshire.

Its verdict with Senator Ted Cruz.

You know, I think it's interesting if you look at the history of the primaries and I want to do a little bit of a deep dive into these early state primaries

The role that they have played and so let's start with Iowa the Iowa caucuses have played a very significant role.

Let's start on the Democrat side.

And go back to 1976, 1976, the Democrat winner of the Iowa caucus.

Do you know who it was?

I don't.

It was the governor of Georgia, an unknown candidate by the name of Jimmy Carter.

Really?

And the Iowa caucuses basically propelled Jimmy Carter to become president of the United States and he went and he worked it he worked it on the ground

there 99 counties in Iowa he went and did grassroots events after grassroots event and Jimmy Carter's victory in the Iowa

Caucus was pivotal without that, he doesn't become president.

You then look 1984, so 1980, Carter's, the incumbents of the

caucus doesn't matter.

84 is the next open presidential race.

The winner of it was Walter Mondale, 49%. So Mondale, Jimmy

Carter's VP wins a big victory in the Iowa caucus, goes on to be the nominee and

lose the general election.

1988. on to be the nominee and lose the general election.

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