Schmidt: If You Win Iowa as a Republican, You’re More Likely To Be a Fox Host than Pres.

RUSH TRANSCRIPT: 
SCARBOROUGH: "Steve Schmidt, let’s talk about what Mark Halperin just said that Trump, at least as of this morning is ahead in 47, 48 states, he’s ahead in every national poll. Iowa was never a natural fit for him, a state where all these evangelicals went. But he went in and he is one of the guys that went in there and fought. He was obsessed with winning Iowa. We said on this program all along, why not celebrate the 49 states where you’re ahead that are a tighter fit. He didn’t. How does that impact him moving forward and is he still the candidate to beat in New Hampshire?"
SCHMIDT: "He is the candidate to beat in New Hampshire. He has a commanding lead. Look, Donald Trump has built his brand in this campaign on winning. He came into the state of Iowa, he performed well in the state of Iowa. No Republican has ever won both Iowa and New Hampshire. That tradition continues. You win the Iowa caucuses as a Republican, you’re much more likely to be a Fox News host than you are to be president of the United States. So we come to New Hampshire now. What Donald Trump has to do is watch the fight now between Ted Cruz and Marco Rubio. Rubio has to get into second place in the state of new Hampshire. Looking ahead to Nevada, Marco Rubio is in good shape there. You come down to South Carolina where I think we’re going to have this titanic struggle between Marco Rubio, Ted Cruz and Donald Trump, and I think that Marco Rubio doesn’t have to win in South Carolina. He just has to be the establishment alternative to whomever bests Donald Trump or Ted Cruz in that contest. If it’s trump beats Cruz or Cruz beats trump, you have essentially a two-way race. Carly Fiorina’s campaign is over. Ben Carson’s campaign is over. Rand Paul’s is over. John kasich, Jeb Bush, Chris Christie, make their last stand in New Hampshire. The day after New Hampshire we’re going to be in a three-person race."