Tim Albrecht

If Trump continues winning, disappointed party elites will need to reconcile with supporting the party nominee.

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If Trump continues winning, disappointed party elites will need to reconcile with supporting the party nominee, ultimately, the party has always rallied come convention time and that will be a healing moment moving forward.

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It is to be hoped that Osram will be spared this fate.

Every campaign has a mom and Joni plays that role well, she is the most positive, outspoken, friendly person you'll ever meet and she is definitely the epitome of the campaign mom. She makes everybody feel better and makes sure everybody's fed. You know her by her signature woohoo. You always know where Joni is. Her enthusiasm is infectious, and she without question is the top 'get' in terms of volunteers.

You cannot overstate the importance of having a Joni Scotter in every county, if not as many precincts as you can find somebody. The Joni Scotters of the world are the lifeblood of the Iowa caucus organization. Iowa is special because you can't simply come here, purchase a bunch of TV ads, and expect that to help you win alone. Now certainly, that's a part, but there's nothing that can replace organization. Anybody in this state will tell you if you have the choice between TV ads only or organization only, they would take organization without question. There is no way to measure the value of a solid organization working in Iowa's 99 counties.

Digitally, everybody leaves a footprint, so you’re able to identify those most likely to caucus and support Jeb Bush.

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What we're doing is we're doing phone calling, we're doing mail drops and we're doing door knocks, we are contacting everybody who is a possible Jeb supporter and we're going to make sure they turn out on caucus night.

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This will be a much-celebrated victory after a year and a half of bad headlines, the question is, will a lone victory be enough or will Chris Christie be able to parlay this into something bigger.

Mike Huckabee is the caucus front-runner. He won it in 2008. He still has a lot of goodwill. Mike Huckabee has a turnkey operation here.

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Iowans value a person who tells it like it is and doesn't change their message for the crowd they're addressing. So far Christie is passing that test.

If that doesn't prepare you for the craziness in Washington, D.C., I don't know what would.

This will serve as sort of the unofficial kickoff to the Iowa caucus season for 2016, it's a great first look at how potential candidates stack up against each other.