Nobody has finished outside of the Top 3 in Iowa and gotten the GOP nomination. McCain had 13 pct, and eventually got the nod in 2008. GHW Bush had 19 pct in 1988.
Nobody has won the GOP nomination without finishing in the Top 2 in NH.
1,811 posted on 02/01/2016 6:54:48 PM PST by Teacher317
(We have now sunk to a depth at which restatement of the obvious is the first duty of intelligent men)