GRETCHEN CARLSON (HOST): Time for some real talk with Alex Conant, communications director for Senator Marco Rubio's campaign. Great to have you back on The Real Story. I would understand why, as the communications director, you would underplay this recent surge because it's all about expectations for tonight, right?

ALEX CONANT: Well, we do have some momentum, absolutely in the last couple of days. We've seen some of the biggest rallies we've had in this whole campaign in the last 48 hours. We had over a thousand people here in Urbandale, which is just right outside of Des Moines two nights ago. Hundreds of people rallying around Marco yesterday. So we definitely feel some momentum. We fell good about tonight. But look at what we're up against. Donald Trump is the greatest showman on Earth. And Ted Cruz has built the greatest ground game we've ever seen and the greatest ground operation we've ever seen in Iowa. So I fully expect that Ted Cruz will win the caucuses tonight. Donald Trump will come in second. If Marco can come in a solid third place, we're really happy with that. That will give us some momentum headed into New Hampshire and beyond.

CARLSON: Wow. So see I think it's really -- we talked about having real talk here. I think that you're refreshingly honest. I mean you're representing Marco Rubio but you're basically saying look at this showman Trump and look at this amazing ground game, Ted Cruz.