memeorandum: GOP senators: Anyone but Cruz (Alexander Bolton/The Hill)

7:40 AM ET, January 25, 2016

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Katie Glueck / Politico:

Rick Perry endorses Ted Cruz — Former Texas Gov. Rick Perry is endorsing Ted Cruz in the Republican presidential primary, Perry told POLITICO in an interview Sunday night. — Perry, who also sought the GOP nomination before dropping out in September, said he now sees the race as one that is between Cruz …

Discussion: AOL, The Week, NBC News and Associated Press

Alexander Bolton / The Hill:

GOP senators: Anyone but Cruz — Jittery Republican senators think Donald Trump would actually give them a better chance of keeping their Senate majority if he were the party's presidential nominee instead of Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas). — With the Iowa caucuses, the first contest …

Discussion: ABC News and Politico

Jenna Johnson / Washington Post:

Guess which divisive Republican is now campaigning as a political uniter? — SIOUX CENTER, Iowa — In the final minutes of a campaign rally here, after an hour-long speech full of his signature bluster and bomb-throwing, Republican front-runner Donald Trump made his closing pitch to Iowa voters.

Discussion: Political Wire

Monica Langley / Wall Street Journal:

Behind Donald Trump's Attack Strategy — A behind-the-scenes look at how the GOP front-runner personally drives his pointed attacks — NASHUA, N.H.— Donald Trump made his decision to start skewering Sen. Ted Cruz as his private jet was approaching here earlier this month.

Discussion: New York Times, Los Angeles Times, Des Moines Register and Politico

Byron York / Washington Examiner:

GOP fear and loathing in New Hampshire — NASHUA, N.H. — On Friday and Saturday, the New Hampshire Republican Party held its final big event before the February 9 GOP primary. The First-in-the-Nation Presidential Town Hall, at the Nashua Radisson, attracted the local officials, activists …

Discussion: Balloon Juice and The Last Refuge

Wesley Muller / Sun Herald:

Father and son die in shootout at Pearl River County gun shop — wmuller@sunherald.com Twitter: WesleySMuller — PICAYUNE — A father and son were killed in a shootout with another man and his son at a gun store Saturday in Pearl River County's Henleyfield community.

Discussion: WLOX-TV and Associated Press

Pamela Geller:

VIDEO: Muslim Migrant Who BEAT, SPAT ON Mother with Children in Sweden is Being Deported to ...... Denmark — A couple of days ago, I ran video of a Muslim migrant in Sweden who beat and spit on a mother with her children. The video caused such an uproar, the now “Most Hated Man in Sweden” is being deported — to Denmark.

Discussion: John Hawkins' Right Wing News and Jihad Watch

Dana Blanton / Fox News:

Fox News Poll: Trump gains in Iowa, still dominates in New Hampshire — With just over a week until the first 2016 election contest, Donald Trump takes the lead in Iowa — and maintains his big advantage in New Hampshire. — That's according to the latest round of Fox News state polls …

Discussion: Politico, Political Wire, CBS News, Bloomberg Business, Hot Air, The Last Tradition, Taylor Marsh, Weekly Standard and AOL

Paul Sperry / New York Post:

Hillary's team copied intel off top-secret server to email — The FBI is investigating whether members of Hillary Clinton's inner circle “cut and pasted” material from the government's classified network so that it could be sent to her private e-mail address, former State Department security officials say.

Discussion: Politics Informer, MichelleMalkin.com and Power Line

Tony Barboza / Los Angeles Times:

Fast-acting methane from Aliso Canyon leak is boosting global warming — Pilot and UC Davis scientist Stephen Conley points out the air intakes on his pollution-detecting plane that measure methane emissions from the Aliso Canyon leak. (Joe Proudman / UC Davis)

Discussion: The Week, 89.3 KPCC, NPR and KTLA

Colin Wilhelm / Politico:

Trump would ‘love’ a third-party Bloomberg bid — Donald Trump said Sunday he'd “love it” if former New York mayor and fellow billionaire Michael Bloomberg entered the presidential race as a third-party candidate. — “He's very opposite on me with guns and he's opposite on pro-life …

Discussion: Political Wire

ABC News:
‘This Week’ Transcript: Jeb Bush and Sen. Bernie Sanders

Discussion: Associated Press, The Week, The Hill and Politico

Ross Douthat / New York Times:

The Way to Stop Trump — THIS is, of course, a pointless column. The Republican presidential race is over, as you may have heard. Donald Trump has the nomination wrapped up — in the most luxurious, velveteen packaging you've ever seen. You've seen his polling lead: It's yuge.

Discussion: Politico, RedState, No More Mister Nice Blog, The Liberty Zone and CNN

Kevin D. Williamson / National Review:

Our Post-Literate Politics — My friends and colleagues have said in National Review's recently published symposium almost everything that there is to be said on the matter of Donald Trump, the vicious demagogue who currently leads the Republican presidential pack in national polls.

Discussion: American Prospect, American Spectator, American Thinker, Slantpoint and New York Times