memeorandum: Ted Cruz Counters Donald Trump With Targeted Approach in Iowa (New York Times)

9:10 PM ET, January 31, 2016

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Ryan Lizza / New Yorker:

Ted Cruz's Iowa Mailers Are More Fraudulent Than Everyone Thinks — Ted Cruz's Presidential campaign prides itself on being data-centric and on integrating insights from political science into its tactics. In 2008, academics at Yale published an influential paper showing …

Discussion: The Last Refuge, TIME, Mother Jones, Business Insider, electionlawblog.org and Fox News

Tim Alberta / National Review:

The ‘Magic Number’ That Could Decide Trump vs. Cruz in Iowa

New York Times:
Ted Cruz Counters Donald Trump With Targeted Approach in Iowa

Discussion: The Hill and electionlawblog.org

Associated Press:
Turnout Is Name of the Game in Monday's Iowa Caucuses

Discussion: Politico, ABC News and The Stream

Jennifer Shutt / Politico: Trump: Not essential that I win Iowa

David Edwards / Raw Story:

Fox host shreds Ted Cruz over Obamacare falsehoods: ‘More people have jobs and health insurance’ — DON'T MISS STORIES. FOLLOW RAW STORY! — Fox News host Chris Wallace cornered Republican presidential candidate Ted Cruz on Sunday about his claim that President Barack Obama's health care reform law had cost jobs.

Discussion: ACASignups.net and Hullabaloo

Bradford Richardson / The Hill:

Trump: Cruz is a ‘total liar’ — Republican primary front-runner Donald Trump on Sunday blasted GOP presidential rival Ted Cruz as a “total liar.” — “Look, Ted Cruz is a total liar,” Trump said on ABC's “This Week,” responding to an ad accusing the billionaire businessman of supporting ObamaCare.

Jennifer Shutt / Politico:
Rubio tamps down expectations

Discussion: The Hill

Jim Hoft / The Gateway Pundit:

WTH? Band Sings Racist, America-Hating Song at Bernie Sanders Iowa Rally (VIDEO) — This is the kind of music they play at a Bernie Sanders Socialist rally. — Vampire Weekend, the uber popular band, played before Bernie Sanders spoke last night at the University of Iowa — making the rally really more of a concert with a speech.

Discussion: Little Green Footballs

Chris Cillizza / Washington Post:

Bernie Sanders's latest eye-popping crowd in Iowa — With just 48 hours left before Iowans head to their caucuses, Bernie Sanders held a massive rally in Iowa City on Saturday night. — Here's what it looked like: … Here's another view: … That is a massive amount of people. Now, two caveats:

Discussion: JustOneMinute, Mediaite, Common Dreams, New York Times, Mashable and Bloomberg Business

Associated Press:
In Final Iowa Blitz, an Outraged Clinton Channels Sanders

Discussion: Politico and ABC News

Joe Battenfeld / Boston Herald:

Franklin Pierce-Herald Poll: Rivals need Iowa win to catch Trump, Sanders in N.H. — GOP presidential challengers Ted Cruz and Marco Rubio and Democrat Hillary Clinton desperately need breakthroughs in Iowa tomorrow to overcome expanding leads held by Donald Trump and Bernie Sanders in New Hampshire …

Discussion: The Last Refuge and Political Wire

George Packer / New Yorker:
Living on the Edge — It's upon us. About one half …

Discussion: The Moderate Voice

ABC News:
‘This Week’ Transcript: Hillary Clinton, Sen. Bernie Sanders and Donald Trump

Discussion: Associated Press

Janie Velencia / The Huffington Post:
Donald Trump And Hillary Clinton Lead Iowa Caucus Poll

Discussion: RedState, Bloomberg Business, FiveThirtyEight, Weekly Standard, Daily Kos, Slantpoint, Prairie Weather and Taylor Marsh

Johnmorenoktla / KTLA:

Ohio Seminary Student Arrested at San Diego Airport, Allegedly Sought Sex With Infants — WARNING: This article contains descriptions of an alleged crime whose details may be disturbing to some readers. — A 23-year-old Ohio man was arrested by federal agents in San Diego on Friday …

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Trip Gabriel / New York Times:

Donald Trump Field Organizer Accuses Campaign of Sex Discrimination — DAVENPORT, Iowa — A former paid organizer for Donald J. Trump who was fired this month has accused his presidential campaign of sex discrimination. — Elizabeth Mae Davidson, 26, who was the Trump campaign's field organizer …

Discussion: Raw Story, The Hinterland Gazette, The Moderate Voice, Talking Points Memo, The Right Scoop and Gothamist

Jennifer Shutt / Politico:

Trump hopes for reversal on same-sex-marriage — Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump said Sunday that he disagrees with the Supreme Court's decision to legalize same-sex marriage and hopes that it could be changed in the future. — “It has been ruled upon. It has been there.

Discussion: Human Rights Campaign, Raw Story, Advocate and Joe.My.God.

Associated Press:
Trump, wife attend services the last Sunday before caucuses

Discussion: RedState and The Daily Caller

Dan Balz / Washington Post:
The big Iowa test: Can Trump and Sanders turn enthusiasm into votes?

Discussion: New York Times, Hot Air, Politico and FiveThirtyEight

Olaf Ekberg / The American Mirror:

OMG: NAACP leader uses F-word to apologize for using T-word after N-word meeting — The NAACP's mission of political correctness and equality careened off the rails this week when a local president complimented a TV reporters breasts during an interview. — Don Harris, the president …

Discussion: RedState

MSNBC:

MSNBC to host New Hampshire Democratic debate — MSNBC announced Sunday that it will hold a Democratic presidential debate Thursday, Feb. 4, in New Hampshire ahead of the first-in-the-nation primary. — The debate will take place at the University of New Hampshire in Durham at 9 p.m. Eastern …

Discussion: Politico and Slantpoint

Rebekah Metzler / CNN:
Dem candidates to attend New Hampshire town hall

Discussion: Talking Points Memo and Mediaite

Maureen Callahan / New York Post:

Trader exposes sexist horrors of the Wall Street ‘frat house’ — When Maureen Sherry resigned from Bear Stearns after 10 years, she was given a going-away party, a sizable check — and a nondisclosure agreement. — “The legal department gave me this document to sign,” she says …

Discussion: Gothamist

Paul Sperry / New York Post:

‘This was all planned’: Former IG says Hillary, State Dept. are lying — The State Department is lying when it says it didn't know until it was too late that Hillary Clinton was improperly using personal e-mails and a private server to conduct official business — because it never set …

Discussion: Power Line

Quentin Fottrell / MarketWatch:

This is the atheist capital of America — If you don't believe in God, you might want to move to the Pacific Northwest. — Portland, Ore., is No. 1 on the list of metropolitan areas with the most religiously unaffiliated residents (42%), according to the nonpartisan and nonprofit Public …