memeorandum: Wind, Sun and Fire (Paul Krugman/New York Times)

9:25 AM ET, February 1, 2016

Top Items:

Glenn Thrush / Politico:

How Clinton is plotting to go after Trump — DES MOINES, Iiowa — It's tunnel-vision time for Hillary Clinton as she battles Bernie Sanders here — but she's casting some serious side-eye in Donald Trump's direction. — After months of laughing off Trump — and assuming his ascent …

Nate Silver / FiveThirtyEight:

Hillary Clinton May Win Iowa After All — It would be entirely reasonable to presume that Bernie Sanders has momentum in Iowa. He's gained on Hillary Clinton in national polls. He keeps pulling further ahead of Clinton in New Hampshire. And he's made substantial gains in Iowa relative to his position late last year.

Discussion: TalkLeft and The Mahablog

John Wagner / Washington Post:
A more agitated Sanders tries to fend off attacks of nervous establishment

Discussion: Bangor Daily News and Prairie Weather

Glenn Thrush / Politico:
Defiant Martin O'Malley insists he won't play Iowa kingmaker

Discussion: Wall Street Journal, USA Today, Bloomberg Business, CNN, Iowa Starting Line, Balloon Juice, New York Times and Yahoo Politics

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

Discussion: RedState and The Daily Caller

Marisa Schultz / New York Post:
Trump winning over Latino Republicans, poll says

Discussion: The Gateway Pundit and Outside the Beltway

Chris Cillizza / Washington Post:
Bernie Sanders's latest eye-popping crowd in Iowa

Discussion: Taylor Marsh, Mediaite, JustOneMinute, The American Mirror, New York Times, Common Dreams and Mashable

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

Discussion: ABC News, WCTX-TV, Politico and Associated Press

Joe Battenfeld / Boston Herald:
Franklin Pierce-Herald Poll: Rivals need Iowa win to catch Trump, Sanders in N.H.

Discussion: CNN, No More Mister Nice Blog, The Last Refuge and Political Wire

Isaac Arnsdorf / Politico:
Sanders raised $20 million in January

Discussion: Yahoo Politics, New York Times and The Week

Alex Isenstadt / Politico:

GOP braces for a post-Iowa collision — DES MOINES, IOWA - The bruised and battered Republican Party establishment is bracing for a collision - with the candidates running under its banner. — With the GOP political class growing increasingly worried that insurgents Donald Trump and Ted Cruz …

Associated Press:

Bush Doing Whatever It Takes to Stay Relevant — Jeb Bush's supporters have spent $15 million on slickly produced ads to win over Iowa voters. Barely registering in the polls and increasingly desperate in the shadow of the Iowa caucuses, he's now trying a cost-free, personal tactic: hugs.

Discussion: ABC News, Politico, John Hawkins' Right Wing News, The Other McCain, The Resurgent, Florida Politics and BuzzFeed

Isaac Arnsdorf / Politico:

GOP candidates start limping in the money race — Jeb Bush's fundraising juggernaut has run out of steam, Ben Carson's money machine has cranked down, and Chris Christie and Rand Paul have just a little more than $1 million in each of their campaign bank accounts.

Discussion: The Week and Political Wire

CNN:

Hillary Clinton, Bernie Sanders, Marco Rubio are money race winners — (CNN)For all the complaints from Democrats about the amount of big money in politics, Hillary Clinton and Bernie Sanders have raised a staggering amount of cash. — Clinton's campaign raised $112 million in 2015 …

New York Times:

Rival Factions of Top Donors Get Behind Marco Rubio and Ted Cruz — The wealthy donors who have built a powerful shadow Republican Party of outside groups are rapidly cleaving into two mutually hostile and deep-pocketed factions, complicating efforts to deny the party's nomination to Donald J. Trump …

Discussion: Washington Post and Political Wire

Kenneth P. Vogel / Politico:
George Soros donates $8 million to boost Hillary

Discussion: Business Insider and Slantpoint

Associated Press:
Among GOP Rivals to Trump and Cruz, Rubio Has Most Cash

Discussion: Political Wire and ABC News

Philip Klein / Washington Examiner:

Iowa poll reveals a line of attack that could sink Trump — DES MOINES — The final poll ahead of Monday's caucuses showed Donald Trump rallying to a five-point lead over Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, with two days to go before voting, but it also revealed a line of attack that could sink Trump.

Discussion: Betsy's Page, Florida Politics, American Thinker, FiveThirtyEight, Fox News Insider, Politico and The Right Scoop

Mario Trujillo / The Hill:
Microsoft on the hot seat in Iowa

Discussion: Breitbart and Hot Air

Michael Warren / Weekly Standard:
Cruz Fighting For His Life in Iowa

Discussion: The Hill, RedState, Daily Kos, Hot Air and Politico

Paul Krugman / New York Times:

Wind, Sun and Fire — So what's really at stake in this year's election? Well, among other things, the fate of the planet. — Last year was the hottest on record, by a wide margin, which should — but won't — put an end to climate deniers' claims that global warming has stopped.

Joe Romm / ThinkProgress:

Why The Renewables Revolution Is Now Unstoppable — Once upon a time, people imagined that replacing fossil fuels with renewables like solar and wind would jeopardize the electric grid's reliability. Then along came some major countries who showed that it didn't, and that there really are no limits to renewable integration.

Discussion: MIT Technology Review and New York Times

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

Maeve Reston / CNN:
At Ted Cruz event, Phil Robertson calls gay marriage ‘evil’

Discussion: The Week, Towleroad and WTVR-TV

Bradford Richardson / The Hill:
Trump: Cruz is a ‘total liar’

Discussion: Politico and Lawyers, Guns & Money

Ben Schreckinger / Politico:

How Trump Did It — What they heard as they ate deli sandwiches around Donald Trump's hulking, wooden conference table sounded like the businessman's typical bravado. These 25 New York political operatives had come to ask him to run for governor. But Trump had another plan—a very specific plan—to run for president.

Joel Kotkin / Orange County Register:

Serfs up with California's new feudalism — Is California the most conservative state? — Now that I have your attention, just how would California qualify as a beacon of conservatism? It depends how you define the term. — Since the rise of Ronald Reagan, most conservatives …

Mary Beth Rogers / Salon:

Turning Texas blue?: 3 trends could undo the 20 years of Republican rule Texas has endured since the days of Ann Richards — It will take some doing, but if Democrats can capitalize on the GOP's weaknesses, there might be hope for Texas — Today Texas is the reddest of the red-hot states …