Iowa caucus 2024: GOP candidates make their final pitch
ESPECIALLY IF HE CAN GET OVER THAT 50% THRESHOLD, HE CAN SEND A MESSAGE OVER HIS GRIP ON THE REPUBLICAN PARTY. FOR THE FIRST REPUBLICAN PRIMARY CONTEST, THIS MORNING A FRIGID START. BUT NO SIGN ENTHUSIASM IS COOLING OFF FOR SUPPORTERS OF FORMER PRESIDENT TRUMP AS HE URGES THE CROWD TO CAUCUS NO MATTER WHAT. >> YOU CAN’T SIT HOME. IF YOU’RE SICK AS A DOG, YOU SAY, DARLING, I GOT TO GET BACK OUT. EVEN IF YOU VOTE AND THEN PASS AWAY, IT’S WORTH IT. >> Reporter: DESPITE FEWER VISITS TO IOWA THAN ANY OTHER REPUBLICAN, PASSING OUT PIZZA,
CRITICIZING HIS COMPETITORS AND MORE. >> THIS IS YOUR CHANCE TO SCORE THE ULTIMATE VICTORY OVER ALL THE LIARS, CHEATERS, THUGS, PERVERTS, THUGS. >> Reporter: MR. TRUMP 28 POINTS AHEAD OF THE GOP PACK. SOME SUPPORTERS BRAVING BELOW ZERO WINDCHILLS JUST FOR A CHANCE TO SEE HIM. >> IT’S TERRIBLE. I CAN’T FEEL MY LEGS. CAN’T FEEL ANYTHING. >> Reporter: THE RACE FOR SECOND PLACE IS HEATING UP. WITH FORMER UN AMBASSADOR NIKKI HALEY LEADING RON DeSANTIS FOR THE FIRST TIME HERE IN A STATE HE PREDICTED HE WOULD WIN. >> Reporter: WHAT IS YOUR LEVEL OF CONFIDENCE? >> WE’RE
GOING TO DO VERY WELL. I’M THE ONLY ONE THAT COULD POSSIBLY COMPETE WITH DONALD TRUMP IN A REPUBLICAN PRIMARY. SHE CANNOT WIN CONSERVATIVE OR POOR VOTERS. >> Reporter: HALF
THINK, MAKES A DIFFERENCE FOR ME. >> Reporter: SO THERE IS A WARNING SIGN AROUND NIKKI HALEY. ONLY 9% OF HER SUPPORTERS SAY THEY’RE EXTREMELY ENTHUSIASTIC ABOUT BACKING HER. WHO COMES IN SECOND PLACE? WHO CAN CARRY SOME OF THE MOMENTUM FROM IOWA INTO NEW HAMPSHIRE OR SOUTH CAROLINA? THE SECOND BIG QUESTION, HOW BIG IS HIS MARGIN? AND THEN THE THIRD WILD CARD, SAVANNAH, YOU KNOW THIS. IT IS ALWAYS COLD IN IOWA IN JANUARY. THAT IS NOT BREAKING NEWS. BUT THIS COLD, IT IS POTENTIALLY HISTORIC. THERE IS A REAL QUESTION OF
