Democrats Prove No One Has to Hack an Election to Create Chaos
The phone app used for the Iowa caucuses.TNS/via Zuma The traveling road show has moved on from Iowa, and the campaigns and most of the media circus that go with them have set up shop in New Hampshire. Still, the full results of the Iowa caucuses are not yet known. Numbers have been posted in…
The Story of the Ukraine Scandal Begins With Documents Dumped in a River
When Ukrainian President Viktor Yanukovych fled in 2014, journalists salvaged thousands of waterlogged documents that exposed the extent of his government’s corruption.Mikhail Pochuyev/Zuma On a chilly morning in February 2014, a group of journalists stood on a dock inside the abandoned estate of Ukrainian President Viktor Yanukovych and saw an astonishing sight. Loose papers and…
Trump Campaign Baselessly Suggests Iowa Caucuses Are “Rigged”
Yuri Gripas/CNP/Zuma With Iowa caucus results stalled as the state’s Democratic party performs “quality control” and addresses “inconsistencies,” Republicans are already alleging that the election is rigged. There is, of course, no evidence of that. Brad Parscale, President Donald Trump’s campaign manager, took to Twitter Monday night to speculate that “quality control” meant “rigged,” echoing Trump’s…
How Pete Buttigieg Found Support in Iowa’s Formerly Anti-LGBT Communities
Pete Buttigieg greets the crowd Hotel Winneshiek in Decorah, Iowa.Andrew Harnik/AP Pete Buttigieg doesn’t often remind people that he’s running a historic presidential campaign. The 38-year-old former mayor of South Bend, Indiana, has emphasized an easy-to-like persona: a nice–guy Midwesterner with middle of the road policies and a bit of Obama-style hope and change rhetoric.…
After the Boos, Bernie Sanders Takes a Softer Approach
Sen. Bernie Sanders in Indianola, Iowa.Pablo Martinez Monsivais Bernie Sanders’ allies railed against the DNC and corporate Democrats out to get him, and Vampire Weekend was in Iowa to open up for the senator. That was what I saw reporting from the state four years ago as caucus-goers faced choosing between Sanders and Hillary Clinton. And over…
It’s the Home Stretch in Iowa. But Where Are All the Candidates?
Sue Ogrocki/AP Bernie Sanders’ town hall in Creston, Iowa, on Friday afternoon had most of the trappings of the hectic homestretch of a presidential campaign. At a community college auditorium an hour southwest of Des Moines, volunteers handed out cards with information about caucus sites, and a local field organizer gave a hard-sell about picking…