WaPo’s Balz on Trump Remaining the GOP Frontrunner: This Is the Most Unusual Campaign

BALZ: "You know, this is the most unusual campaign we've ever been through, for all the obvious reasons that we're talking about already, in addition to the fact that the former president is under indictment, 91 felony counts against him. I mean, there is so much that's going on in this country that has nothing to do with what's actually being done and said on the campaign trail. So, it's a question of, how much of that is actually breaking through? I don't think that the traditional kind of campaigning is having as much effect. Now, if you look at where things are in the Republican race, yes, Nikki Haley has — has risen. She's risen in Iowa. She’s risen in New Hampshire. But she has to get through Iowa in a substantial way. If the former president comes through with a very big victory in Iowa and does the same in New Hampshire, that race is pretty much over. And I think that the anticipation is that, might there be a surprise in Iowa? Yes, it's possible. But I don't think anybody's betting on that. And that's why the president and the former president are doing what they're doing right now."