Top Items:
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 …
Discussion:
Des Moines Register, The Hill, Althouse, WTVR-TV, Washington Free Beacon, Taylor Marsh, Common Dreams, ThinkProgress, The Slot, FOX6Now.com, Florida Politics and fox8.com
RELATED:
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 …
Discussion:
LifeNews.com
Ed O'Keefe / Washington Post:
Here's what to expect in the New Hampshire Republican primary — BOW, N.H. — The Republican presidential campaign's focus on Iowa is over, so the spotlight on ethanol and evangelicals is out. — Now begins an eight-day sprint in New Hampshire that in many ways will be entirely different …
Discussion:
American Power
Brian Stelter / CNNMoney:
Did Trump's debate snub hurt him? Fox News commentators say it did — When Donald Trump lost to Ted Cruz in the Iowa caucuses Monday night, Fox News commentators were quick to suggest that Trump's decision to skip Fox's debate had something to do with it. — Entrance poll surveys of Iowa voters supported the theory.
Discussion:
Slantpoint and TVNewser
Emily Shapiro / ABC News:
Ted Cruz Projected to Win Iowa GOP Caucuses, Trump Second
Ted Cruz Projected to Win Iowa GOP Caucuses, Trump Second
Discussion:
Fox News, WCTX-TV, The Right Scoop, Scared Monkeys, Townhall.com, Business Insider and Washington Post
Maggie Haberman / New York Times:
2nd-Place Finish Pierces Donald Trump's Mystique, but Another Chance Comes Quickly
2nd-Place Finish Pierces Donald Trump's Mystique, but Another Chance Comes Quickly
Discussion:
Washington Post
Nora Kelly / The Atlantic:
Live Coverage of the Iowa Caucuses
Live Coverage of the Iowa Caucuses
Discussion:
FishbowlDC, more at Mediagazer »
Allegra Kirkland / Talking Points Memo:
Cruz Calls On Democrats To Support His Campaign In Iowa Victory Speech
Cruz Calls On Democrats To Support His Campaign In Iowa Victory Speech
Discussion:
The Week
W. James Antle III / Washington Examiner:
Cruz rally interrupted by yelling, vomiting man
Cruz rally interrupted by yelling, vomiting man
Discussion:
The Moderate Voice, Raw Story, Mediaite, Death and Taxes and Towleroad
Shane Goldmacher / Politico:
Iowa sends New Hampshire a three-man race
Iowa sends New Hampshire a three-man race
Discussion:
Washington Post, Political Wire and YouGov US Opinion Center News
Mark Hensch / The Hill:
Steve King: Trump wooed Palin with ‘assets and resources’
Steve King: Trump wooed Palin with ‘assets and resources’
Discussion:
Politico, Talking Points Memo, The Gateway Pundit and Raw Story
Jason Noble / Des Moines Register:
Sometimes, Iowa Democrats award caucus delegates with a coin flip — In a couple Democratic caucus precincts Monday, a delegate was awarded with a coin toss. — It happened in precinct 2-4 in Ames, where supporters of candidates Bernie Sanders and Hillary Clinton disputed the results …
RELATED:
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 …
Discussion:
USA Today, The Other McCain, Advocate and The Week
Nick Gass / Politico:
Clinton ekes out win in Iowa against Sanders — Hillary Clinton narrowly defeated Bernie Sanders in the Iowa caucuses, according to results announced by the state Democratic Party early Tuesday morning — a dramatic finish to a race so close that the Associated Press declined to call …
Nate Cohn / New York Times:
Why ‘Virtual Tie’ in Iowa Is Better for Clinton Than Sanders — Bernie Sanders is right: The Iowa Democratic caucuses were a “virtual tie,” especially after you consider that the results aren't even actual vote tallies, but state delegate equivalents subject to all kinds of messy rounding rules and potential geographic biases.
Discussion:
Balloon Juice, Florida Politics, Des Moines Register and The Week
Paul Mirengoff / Power Line:
How badly is Bernie burned?
Patrick Healy / New York Times:
Little Separates Bernie Sanders and Hillary Clinton in Tight Race in Iowa
Little Separates Bernie Sanders and Hillary Clinton in Tight Race in Iowa
Discussion:
PinkNews
Sasha Issenberg / Bloomberg Business:
How Ted Cruz Engineered His Iowa Triumph — A meticulous, technologically advanced, highly individualized groundgame—and legalized fireworks—trumped a certain outsider candidate. — At just about 9 p.m. local time, the leadership of Ted Cruz's presidential campaign moved like a phalanx through …
Discussion:
Politico
RELATED:
Steven Shepard / Politico:
How pollsters got Iowa wrong
How pollsters got Iowa wrong
Discussion:
FiveThirtyEight, Washington Post, Fox News, Raw Story and Slantpoint
Hunter Walker / Yahoo Politics:
Martin O'Malley is suspending his presidential campaign
Martin O'Malley is suspending his presidential campaign
Discussion:
Politico, ABC News, The Hill and Outside the Beltway
Jim Hoft / The Gateway Pundit:
BREAKING=> Carson Accuses Cruz Camp of Foul Play - Told Voters Carson Was Dropping Out — SCANDAL- — Dr. Ben Carson accused the Cruz camp of foul play in the Iowa Caucuses today. — Carson said the Cruz camp told voters Carson was dropping out and to support Ted Cruz. … Fortune reported:
Discussion:
John Hawkins' Right Wing News, Talking Points Memo and Politico
RELATED:
Andrea Gonzales / ABC News:
Ben Carson's Campaign Announces He's Traveling ‘Home’ for ‘Fresh Clothes’ Amid Iowa Caucuses
Ben Carson's Campaign Announces He's Traveling ‘Home’ for ‘Fresh Clothes’ Amid Iowa Caucuses
Discussion:
Hot Air, Patterico's Pontifications and Associated Press
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 …
Discussion:
Scared Monkeys
RELATED:
Lisa Hagen / The Hill:
Huckabee suspends campaign
Huckabee suspends campaign
Discussion:
The Gateway Pundit, CNN, ABC News and Political Wire
New York Post:
How long can Hillary Clinton hide in a parallel universe? — Hillary Clinton's defense of her seemingly criminal mishandling of the nation's secrets now looks to be pretty much, I live in a parallel universe. — The latest: She insists the e-mail story is still in the news only because some …
RELATED:
John R. Schindler / The New York Observer:
BREAKING: Hillary Clinton Put Spies' Lives at Risk
BREAKING: Hillary Clinton Put Spies' Lives at Risk
Discussion:
Samizdata, The Week, The Hill, The Stream, Questions and Observations, The Last Tradition, The Daily Caller, Washington Examiner, Front Page Magazine, Blazing Cat Fur, Fox News, Washington Free Beacon, The Federalist, Maggie's Farm, neo-neocon, Scared Monkeys, Power Line, Washington Times, The Right Scoop, John Hawkins' Right Wing News, Viking Pundit, Mediaite and Hot Air
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 …
Discussion:
Political Insider blog, Talking Points Memo, New York Times and Washington Times
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 …
Julián Aguilar / The Texas Tribune:
As Feds Plan to Cut Border Monitoring, Texas Officials Ask Why … Gov. Greg Abbott and U.S. Rep. Henry Cuellar, a Laredo Democrat, pressed the U.S. Department of Homeland Security on Monday to explain why the agency plans to reduce its aerial surveillance on the Texas-Mexico border.
Discussion:
Office Of The Governor and John Hawkins' Right Wing News
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 …
Discussion:
CNN, The Moderate Voice, Mediaite, National Review, Joe.My.God. and Daily Kos