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this is To the Point. In the state of Iowa, the show must go on.

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Monday's Iowa caucuses may seem like an anticlimax after this week's surreal TV drama, which is more about public

perception than political power.

Never before has a supposed frontrunner put on his own event to upstage a debate between

his opponents while cable news channels are taking sides.

The GOP threatens to upstage the Democrats who are also sharply divided.

We'll look for the significance behind the sound and fury for both political parties in Iowa and beyond when attention will turn to New Hampshire.

Today's talking points, Syrian peace talks are beginning on very shaky ground.

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Hello again, Warman Alney, back with To the Poet.

Three days before the Iowa caucuses, the presidential nomination campaign is more chaotic than ever.

With Donald Trump staging his own show instead of debating opponents,

we'll hear what's at stake for Republicans and for Democrats and what's only the first stop

in what could be a long road to both parties' nominations. Today's talking point, the first Syrian

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