Supporters of Ron Desantis, Nikki Haley, Vivek Ramaswamy, and Donald Trump are braving the extreme weather to pick their extreme candidate for president.
Trump's cult followers are the most likely to turn out even if they have to hitch rides on snow ploughs. I suspect that data will prove that out in the aftermath of the event.
According to the latest polls Nikki Haley supporters loath Trump and if she's NOT the party's candidate they will vote for Joe Biden.
The driving message among the four candidates is FEAR.
Fear that whites are being marginalized in America because of immigrants and people of color.
Fear of gender equity.
Fear of the LGBTQ community.
Fear of Trump. The other candidates fear him so much they make assholes of themselves defending his indefensible actions while meekly running against him.
The whole event has the feeling of being predetermined. If the polls are right 69% of Republicans want Trump to return to the scene of the crime - The White House.
You get the feeling that the sideshow candidates - everyone but Trump - don't stand a snowball's chance in hell to win in frozen Iowa.
I've watched reporters follow around the candidates for the last week, attending their mini-rallies and asking them questions they never really answered.
It was chilling to hear candidates spread conspiracies and lies through their chattering teeth. If any of the candidates had an actual platform for governing, they hid it well.
Two things that seem the most unreal...
1) Elderly Trump supporters braving sub-zero temperatures to elect a twice-impeached former president with 91 felony charges in four jurisdictions, including a coup attempt, making that kind of effort to restore the most corrupt man in American history.
2) Despite the serious court cases coming against Trump he continues to drag the Republican party around like a dirty dish rag.
As it stands, the only candidate that really stands a chance of beating Trump is Nikki Haley, but she's going against Cult Followers who'll walk on coals, or ice, to support their master.
