Iowa is still too close to call as the candidates try to break through in New Hampshire, Mitt Romney votes to convict as Trump is acquitted, and the President’s State of the Union should be a wake up call for Democrats. Then Democratic presidential candidate Pete Buttigieg talks to Dan about his post-Iowa strategy.

Show notes

Iowa

NYT : New results in from Iowa. Same leaders.

RealClear Politics : Takeaways From the Early Iowa Caucus Results

Politico : The biggest problem for Democrats wasn’t the vote count

NYT : Live: Iowa Caucus Results 2020

FiveThirtyEight : Latest From Iowa: Buttigieg Still Leads On Delegates, Sanders On Votes, But It’s Close

Bloomberg : Buttigieg Bets on Friends-and-Family Tactic to Win Iowa Caucuses

CNN : Buttigieg to focus on converting Trump voters for final week in Iowa

NYMag : The Iowa Caucus Results Suggest We’re in for a Long, Strange Primary

BuzzFeed : Bernie Sanders’ Iowa Surge Is Settling Into A Surreal Anticlimax

NBC : Iowa caucuses turnout: Entrance poll shows dip in first-timers

NYMag : The Iowa Caucus Results Suggest We’re in for a Long, Strange Primary

NYMag : Elizabeth Warren’s Tough Road Ahead

NYT : Biden and Warren Seek Revival, With Two Very Different Strategies

Politico : First head rolls after Biden’s weak Iowa finish

FiveThirtyEight : Our Post-Iowa Primary Forecast Is Up, And Biden’s Chances Are Down

Slate : How Pete Beat Joe

WSJ : How Iowa Slipped Away From Joe Biden

NBC : After Iowa ‘gut punch,’ Biden sharpens criticism of Sanders and Buttigieg

BuzzFeed : Joe Biden Argued He’s The One Who Can Win. What Happens After He Blew It In Iowa?

Medium : A note to supporters of ACRONYM

Politico : The Death of Iowa (2/04)

Politico : Bloomberg feasts on Iowa chaos

Impeachment

NYT : Romney, Defying the Party He Once Personified, Votes to Convict Trump

Politico : Red state Democrats stick with party to convict Trump

CNN : Democrat Doug Jones facing reelection headwinds as he votes to convict Trump

WaPo : Sen. Jones says he will vote to convict Trump, drawing criticism from GOP rivals

Roll Call : Doug Jones, facing ‘lose-lose’ situation, opts to convict Trump

New Yorker : HOW DOUG JONES REACHED HIS DECISION ON THE IMPEACHMENT VOTE

AZ Central : Sen. Kyrsten Sinema says she will vote to convict President Trump on impeachment charges

NYT : How Impeachment Puts Doug Jones in a No-Win Situation in Alabama

PBS News : Romney’s surprise vote is Democrats’ impeachment silver lining

WaPo : No senator ever voted to remove a president of his party from office. Until Mitt Romney.

Politico : Romney will vote to convict, denying Trump unanimous Republican support

The Atlantic : How Mitt Romney Decided Trump Is Guilty

Axios : Romney explained impeachment vote in note to colleagues

WaPo : ‘The president is guilty’: Mitt Romney’s speech on his vote to convict Trump, annotated

CNN : RNC chairwoman disagrees with her uncle Mitt Romney on impeachment vote

WaPo : McConnell declines to say whether Romney should be expelled from GOP

The Hill : GOP senators reject punishing Romney for impeachment vote

SOTU