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…
Tom Steyer Takes Credit for Impeachment
Tom Steyer in Knoxville, IowaJack Kurtz/ZUMA With less than a week to go before the Iowa caucuses, four Democratic presidential contenders are stuck in the Senate chamber in Washington, DC, for Donald Trump’s trial. But there’s one candidate who’s free to traverse the Hawkeye State and brag about his role in impeachment. “Those eight-and-a-half million people pulled Washington,…
Elizabeth Warren Just Released Her Plan to Reduce Gun Violence—by 80 Percent
Justin Sullivan/Getty The deadly shootings last week in Dayton, Ohio, and El Paso, Texas, catapulted gun violence to the forefront of the Democratic presidential primary. Now Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) has laid out a detailed plan to combat the problem. The proposals, which Warren says will reduce deaths from gun violence by 80 percent, were…