memeorandum: Cruz Calls On Democrats To Support His Campaign In Iowa Victory Speech (Allegra Kirkland/Talking Points Memo)

1:55 AM ET, February 2, 2016

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W. James Antle III / Washington Examiner:

Cruz rally interrupted by yelling, vomiting man — DES MOINES — Ted Cruz didn't get far into his speech at his Iowa caucus eve rally before he got an unwelcome interruption. — “God bless Iowa,” Cruz began. “God bless you!” someone in the audience shouted back.

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Sara Jerde / Talking Points Memo:

Trump To Crowd: ‘Knock The Crap Out Of’ Tomato Throwers, I'll Cover Legal Fees — Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump told the crowd gathered at his campaign rally on Monday to “knock the crap” out of anybody who threw a tomato at him. — Trump said the event's security staff told …

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Stephen Collinson / CNN:

Iowa caucuses: Ted Cruz wins — (CNN)Texas Sen. Ted Cruz has won the Iowa Republican caucuses, according to a CNN projection, a huge victory for him and a bitter defeat for Donald Trump in the country's first presidential contest. — The victory for Cruz is the first time that the conventional laws …

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Allegra Kirkland / Talking Points Memo:
Cruz Calls On Democrats To Support His Campaign In Iowa Victory Speech

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Andrea Gonzales / ABC News:
Ben Carson's Campaign Announces He's Traveling ‘Home’ for ‘Fresh Clothes’ Amid Iowa Caucuses

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New York Times: Ted Cruz Wins Republican Caucuses in Iowa

BuzzFeed:
Live Updates: Ted Cruz Wins Iowa Republican Caucus, Democrats In Dead Heat

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Matthew Boyle / Breitbart:
Iowa Ground War: Ted Cruz's High-Tech Machine Versus Donald Trump's Secret Army

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Sabrina Siddiqui / Guardian: Marco Rubio hits back at Ted Cruz on immigration

Hillary Clinton / New York Times:

Iowa Caucus Results — Candidates Vote Pct. Delegates — Bernie Sanders Martin O'Malley — Other — Uncommitted — 34% reporting — Winners called by The Associated Press. — *The vote totals for the Iowa Democratic Party are State Delegate Equivalents …

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Jason Noble / Des Moines Register:
Sometimes, Iowa Democrats award caucus delegates with a coin flip

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Hunter Walker / Yahoo Politics:
Martin O'Malley is suspending his presidential campaign

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Associated Press:
Clinton, Sanders in Tight Battle for Iowa; O'Malley Out

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The Huffington Post:
Iowa Caucuses — Iowa residents will be the first in the nation to cast their ballots.

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Kyle Balluck / The Hill:
Quinnipiac poll: First-time caucusgoers boost Trump, Sanders in Iowa

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Sarah Pulliam Bailey / Washington Post:

Donald Trump accidentally put money in the Communion plate at a church in Iowa — Republican presidential contender Donald Trump has been looking for ways to reach out to evangelical voters before the GOP primaries. On Sunday, the businessman and his wife attended church services …

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Mark Hensch / The Hill:
Steve King: Trump wooed Palin with ‘assets and resources’

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Zack Ford / ThinkProgress:
Duck Dynasty Star Stumps For Ted Cruz: We Must ‘Rid The Earth’ Of Marriage Equality Supporters

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Dylan Byers / CNNMoney:
A Donald Trump victory could threaten Fox's hold on GOP primaries

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Sara Jerde / Talking Points Memo:
Palin: Steve King Must've Been ‘Huffing Ethanol’ To Say Trump Bought My Support

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Tal Kopan / CNN:

Iowa caucuses: Live updates — Welcome to the CNN live blog for the Iowa caucuses. — Throughout the day and evening, we're bringing you all the best moments, reporting and results as CNN Politics tracks the pulse of voters — and the fate of the candidates — in the first-in-the-nation voting state …

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Nora Kelly / The Atlantic:

Live Coverage of the Iowa Caucuses … Sanders sounded an awful lot like Ted Cruz just now. He said tonight's results send a message to the political establishment, the economic establishment, and “by the way, to the media establishment.” — Sanders: “I've lost more than one campaign.”

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Ben Kamisar / The Hill:

Iowa Democratic caucuses remain too close to call — Hillary Clinton is maintaining a thin lead in the Iowa caucuses as Monday's Democratic Iowa caucuses spilled into Tuesday without a winner. — With 95 percent of precincts reporting, Clinton 49.9 percent compared to Sanders's has 49.6 percent.

Alex Isenstadt / Politico:

Marco Rubio to score big endorsement from Tim Scott — DES MOINES — Marco Rubio is expected to secure the widely coveted endorsement of South Carolina Sen. Tim Scott on Tuesday, according to three sources. — Scott, the only black Republican is the U.S. Senate, will be Rubio's second …

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Politico: Rubio off to New Hampshire with wind at his back

Daniel Strauss / Politico:

Mike Huckabee suspends his 2016 campaign — Mike Huckabee suspended his bid for the Republican nomination, ending a second run that overshadowed by other candidates in the former Arkansas governor's social-conservative lane. — Huckabee's announcement concludes a campaign that was not nearly …

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Lisa Hagen / The Hill:

Huckabee suspends campaign — Mike Huckabee on Monday night suspended his presidential campaign after a finishing near the back of the Republican pack in Iowa.

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John R. Schindler / The New York Observer:

BREAKING: Hillary Clinton Put Spies' Lives at Risk — It's not the ‘nothing-burger’ Clinton allies have tried to portray — lives are literally at stake — For months you've read about EmailGate in this column. I've elaborated how Hillary Clinton, the apparent Democratic frontrunner …

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Fox News:
Official: Withheld Clinton emails contain ‘operational’ intel, put lives at risk

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Julian Hattem / The Hill:
Clinton didn't know how to access email by computer, says State official

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Daily Mail:

Shocking footage claims to show a group of migrant men ‘attacking two pensioners who stood up for a woman they were harassing on the Munich subway’ — Shocking footage has surfaced online appearing to show a group of young migrants attacking two German pensioners after they stood …

Jonathan Swan / The Hill:

Koch brothers network ready to oppose Trump — INDIAN WELLS, Calif. - Donald Trump is so fiercely opposed by the Koch brothers network that some donors believe the powerful group will intervene to stop the billionaire if it looks like he could win the Republican presidential nomination.

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Leigh Ann Caldwell / NBC News:
Koch Brothers' Network Considering Anti-Trump Campaign

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Sarah Larimer / Washington Post:

Woman stops Florida cop for speeding: ‘The reason I pulled you over today ...’ — When a South Florida woman noticed another driver who she thought was speeding, she followed the car and eventually confronted the man behind the wheel. — What makes this traffic stop notable, though, was that she had followed a police officer.

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Jason Noble / USA Today:

Bush's final rally interrupted by ‘seat fillers’ demanding to be paid — 1.2k Shares — A little flier showed up early Monday morning on social media. — A handful of Twitter users supporting various Republican presidential candidates tweeted a photo of slip of paper with a headline reading “$$$ Earn fast cash today!

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Nick Gass / Politico:

Poll: 25 percent of federal employees would quit under Trump presidency — About 1-in-4 federal employees would consider leaving their jobs if Donald Trump is elected president, according the results of a recent survey conducted by the Government Business Council.

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