Join the Wide World of News community today at 2pm ET for a pop-up Zoom to preview the Iowa caucuses with Republican super strategist Dave Kochel.
You are all eligible to join this conversation TODAY using the link here.
We will talk about where things stand in advance of Monday’s big night: Trump, DeSantis, Haley, Ramaswamy, and Reynolds.
And of course, the weather.
As we say at Wide World of News, everybody talks about the weather, but only we do something about it.
Dave Kochel is to Iowa Republican politics what Meryl Streep is to acting.
Are there thespians who over decades have been, like Streep, outstanding in a variety of film roles?
Of course.
Just as there are other Hawkeye State political strategists who for years have demonstrated a rich understanding of the state’s metaphorical rhythms, byways, and highways.
But, just as there is only one Meryl Streep, only one best-in-class person who stands above all others, there is only one Dave Kochel.
Mr. Kochel will be all over cable news between now and Monday’s first-in-the-nation caucuses, but his appearance with us today will be different in several ways:
1. Dave will be taking your questions (along with mine).
2. The conversation will be longer than your normal cable news hit, allowing us to cover more ground in depth.
3. The conversation will be (dare I say it?!) more sophisticated and nuanced than your typical TV segment, the kind of conversation that Dave and I have had in private for years.
Dave has worked on many Iowa state races and many presidential campaigns, and he understands national politics as well as anyone I know.
And he has spent as much time over the last decade as anyone in the country thinking about the vivid connections between Donald Trump and the Republican Party.
Join Dave, me, and your WWoN colleagues at 2pm ET today for this pop-up conversation.
Again, the Zoom information is below:
Join Zoom Meeting at 2pm ET today (Tuesday)
https://us06web.zoom.us/j/87143331347?pwd=vS3d2vnd3ca1dIxsNwKwsPK5aBg0wg.1
Meeting ID: 871 4333 1347
Passcode: 567510
No RSVP required.
Mark