On MSNBC’s Morning Joe, former 2016 presidential candidate Senator Lindsey Graham (R-SC) talks with Mike Barnicle about last night’s Republican winner in Iowa, Senator Ted Cruz (R-TX). “If Ted Cruz were to win the nomination, what would be your estimate of his chances in the fall against any Democrat?,” asks Mike. Listen to Senator Graham’s unenthusiastic response here and what he has to say of his preferred candidate, former Governor Jeb Bush, who finished sixth in the Iowa caucus.
Live from Des Moines, Iowa, on a special broadcast of MSNBC’s Morning Joe, the panel discusses the influencing factors in the close race between Democratic presidential candidates Hillary Clinton and Bernie Sanders. “The $20 million from over 700,000 individuals is stunning!,” says Mike of Senator Bernie Sanders’ (I-VT) campaign fundraising momentum in January alone. Watch the discussion here and listen to Mike’s comments on serious pending developments surrounding former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton’s email controversy.
Republican presidential frontrunner Donald Trump phones into a live broadcast of MSNBC’s Morning Joe from Des Moines, Iowa, and talks with Mike Barnicle about the “surprising” thing he has learned about himself and the people of the United States during his run for the White House. Hear what he has to say here.
Live from Des Moines, Iowa, Mike Barnicle and Morning Joe panel discuss likely scenarios ahead of tonight’s caucuses. “What happens if Ted Cruz’s people in the caucus can wean away Ben Carson supporters?,” asks Mike of the GOP presidential race in Iowa, which the latest poll has Donald Trump leading Senator Ted Cruz by five points. Watch the conversation here and listen to the various roads to possible victory for Senator Ted Cruz (R-TX). Only on MSNBC.
In his latest column for The Daily Beast, Mike Barnicle profiles a pocket of diversity in Des Moines, Iowa, leading up to today’s caucuses there. “For weeks now and nearly every day as people finally begin to vote, the one common thread that has united Republicans has been the fear that immigrants are destroying the country, standing in the way of America’s own children from landing lucrative positions like cleaning offices, emptying hospital bed pans, toweling off a Lexus at the car wash, mowing lawns and picking up lunch trays at Panera Bread,” writes Mike. Read Mike’s column on one Catholic community in Iowa that, despite the latest political rhetoric, continues to shine a beacon of hope for the American immigrant experience here.
https://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2016/02/01/iowa-s-history-of-welcoming-refugees.html
