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The Chuck ToddCast

Iowa Caucus "App-ocalypse" kicks off chaotic month: Jonathan Martin and Eugene Scott

The Chuck ToddCast

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Government, News

4.02.8K Ratings

🗓️ 5 February 2020

⏱️ 43 minutes

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Summary

Days after the Iowa caucuses, results are still ambiguous. But one thing is clear: the fallout will scramble the field of Democratic candidates as the New Hampshire primary approaches.

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0:00.0

Hello from Washington, I'm Chuck Todd and this is the Chuck Todd cast.

0:09.6

We are in the middle of one of, if not the busiest political news cycles anyone can remember

0:15.4

just to recap this week alone.

0:16.9

The Iowa Coxes were Monday.

0:18.5

The State of the Union, which had the feel of a campaign rally, the end of the impeachment

0:22.5

trial, and finally, oh, there's a New Hampshire primary that comes up in now six days.

0:28.4

And that was before the curve ball we got from the Iowa Democratic Party, which had

0:31.8

one of the probably all time worst election ID debacles in primary history.

0:36.4

I think now the Chicago Tribune starts to feel good about itself.

0:39.8

As of this taping two and a half days after the caucuses took place, we still have over

0:44.2

a quarter of precincts left to report results.

0:48.4

Ladies and gentlemen, welcome to 2020.

0:50.5

The good news was that the Des Moines Register poll nailed it again.

0:53.8

No data.

0:54.8

So let's dive right into the chaos and what it means for the Democratic race.

0:57.9

I'm joined now by two of my favorite political correspondents these days, Jonathan Martin,

1:03.0

National Political Corp.

1:04.0

of the New York Times and Eugene Scott, political reporter for the Washington Post.

1:09.5

You guys, Eugene, how's your Iowa hangover?

1:12.4

That's a way I feel.

1:14.0

I feel like I have an Iowa hangover and I have a drink at thing.

1:16.8

You want to hear how intense my hangover was?

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