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February 12, 2020
Pod Save America
“New Hampshire feels the Bern.”

In This Episode

Bernie Sanders wins a narrow but crucial victory in New Hampshire, the rest of the candidates compete to be the Bernie alternative, and Donald Trump’s Tuesday massacre reminds us of the stakes in November.

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Show notes

New Hampshire Primary 

  • NPR: New Hampshire Primary- Live Result and Analysis
  • NYT: 2020 Delegate Count and Primary Calendar
  • NYT: Bernie Sanders Scores Narrow Victory in New Hampshire Primary
  • Politico: Sanders scores the win, Klobuchar causes frenzy: The latest from N.H.
  • FiveThirtyEight: What Went Down In The New Hampshire Primary
  • NPR: Democratic Turnout Nears 2008 Record
  • WaPo: New Hampshire Democratic primary exit poll results and analysis 
  • WaPo: New Hampshire voters waited until last minute to choose a Democratic candidate, preliminary exit poll results show 
  • Daily Beast: Bernie Sanders Takes N.H., Can’t Shake Pete Buttigieg and Amy Klobuchar
  • NYT: Bernie Sanders Scores Narrow Victory in New Hampshire Primary
  • FiveThirtyEight: What Went Down In The New Hampshire Primary
  • Buzzfeed News: Bernie Sanders Won The New Hampshire Primary In A Show Of Staying Power For His Movement
  • NBC News: New Hampshire exit polls: Sanders won with the young, liberal and financially insecure 
  • Daily Beast: Bernie Sanders Has Built The Most Powerful Machine In Democratic Politics—And It May Be Unstoppable
  • NYT: Bernie Sanders Scores Narrow Victory in New Hampshire Primary
  • FiveThirtyEight: What Went Down In The New Hampshire Primary 
  • Buzzfeed News: Bernie Sanders Won The New Hampshire Primary In A Show Of Staying Power For His Movement
  • NBC News: New Hampshire exit polls: Sanders won with the young, liberal and financially insecure
  • Daily Beast: Bernie Sanders Has Built The Most Powerful Machine In Democratic Politics—And It May Be Unstoppable
  • The Intercept: WITH NEW HAMPSHIRE BEHIND HIM, SANDERS LOOKS TO NEVADA WORKERS AS VEGAS UNION BOSSES RALLY AGAINST HIM
  • Guardian – New Hampshire primary: five key takeaways
  • FiveThirtyEight – 28 Scenarios For What Things Could Look Like After New Hampshire 

Buttigieg

  • CBS News: New Hampshire primary exit poll: Who supported Bernie Sanders, Pete Buttigieg and Amy Klobuchar
  • WaPo: Buttigieg’s New Hampshire performance hinges on Goldilocks appeal, exit poll finds
  • WaPo: Buttigieg camp confident, but some worry about ‘Klobucharge’
  • ABC News: Strong liberals lift Sanders, Buttigieg keeps a broad base as NH centrists bring Klobuchar into contention 
  • Politico: Buttigieg says early success will boost his support among voters of color 
  • Politico: Buttigieg launches digital ad buy in Super Tuesday states

Klobuchar

  • CBS News: What Amy Klobuchar is going to do next
  • CNN: Klobuchar will add staff in Super Tuesday states, aide says
  • WaPo: With a third-place finish, Klobuchar bursts to the center of the Democratic presidential race
  • Vox: Amy Klobuchar is on the rise in New Hampshire — but does she have a path forward?
  • NYT: Amy Klobuchar Is Pressed on ‘The View’ Over Her Record as a Prosecutor
  • Buzzfeed News: Amy Klobuchar Is Promising Iowa Voters Electability — But Has Almost No Black Support

Warren

  • The Hill: Warren concedes New Hampshire, vows to continue campaign
  • NYT: Elizabeth Warren Is Running Her Race. The Real One May Be Passing Her By
  • HuffPo: Elizabeth Warren’s Campaign Moves Ad Buys From South Carolina to Nevada
  • NYT: Elizabeth Warren, in New Memo, Outlines Her Path and Rivals’ Flaws
  • Politico: Warren sticks to her strategy even as second loss looms

Biden

  • Wapo: Biden looks to S.C. to revive faltering campaign, but success there is no longer seen as certain
  • Bloomberg – Biden Hightails It From New Hampshire Before Fifth-Place Finish
  • Mother Jones – Joe Biden Had a Bad Night in New Hampshire. His Supporters There Hope Their State Doesn’t Matter.
  • Slate – Biden’s Inevitable Electability Is at the Bottom of a Crater in New Hampshire 
  • BuzzFeed – Joe Biden’s New Hampshire Party Was… Well, Look For Yourself
  • Politico: Biden super PAC warns of ‘doomsday scenario’
  • USA Today – Analysis: Joe Biden insists he still has a path to the nomination. Others have trouble seeing it
  • NYT: Biden Braces for a Rough New Hampshire Vote, Setting Expectations Low 
  • WaPo: After a ‘gut punch’ in Iowa, a surreal feeling surrounds Biden’s campaign
  • NYT: Joe Biden Shakes Up Campaign Leadership, Elevating Anita Dunn 

Yang, Bennet, Patrick 

  • The Atlantic – Andrew Yang Is Dropping Out. Here’s Why.
  • NYT: Andrew Yang Ends Campaign: ‘It’s Clear From the Numbers We’re Not Going to Win’ –  “… Speaking to supporters inside a ballroom as New Hampshire’s primary results were com
  • BuzzFeed – Andrew Yang Is Dropping Out. He Thinks His Campaign Has Two Big Legacies
  • NYT: Michael Bennet Drops Out of the 2020 Presidential Race
  • AP: Bennet ends 2020 bid after poor showing in New Hampshire
  • Bloomberg: Michael Bennet Drops 2020 Bid, Squeezed in Party’s Tilt to Left
  • Reuters: Former Massachusetts Governor Patrick to end 2020 presidential bid
  • Boston Globe – After poor N.H. showing, Patrick to make ‘some decisions’ about campaign’s future

Bloomberg

  • NYT: Bloomberg’s Blunt Defense of Stop-and-Frisk Policy Draws Scrutiny 
  • LA Times – Bloomberg faces new backlash over 2015 remarks defending police targeting of black and Latino men
  • Politico: Trump says he’d rather run against Bloomberg than Sanders

Trump’s Tuesday Massacre

  • NYT: Prosecutors Quit Roger Stone Case After Justice Dept. Intervenes on Sentencing
  • WaPo: Prosecutors quit amid escalating Justice Dept. fight over Roger Stone’s prison term
  • Vox: Prosecutors resign from Roger Stone’s case after DOJ interference in sentencing
  • WaPo:  Trump withdraws Treasury nomination of former U.S. attorney for D.C. Jessie K. Liu after criticism of her oversight of Mueller prosecutions
  • Politico: Trump says military may consider disciplinary action against Vindman 
  • NYT: Trump’s War Against ‘the Deep State’ Enters a New Stage
  • CNN: Trump reshapes American justice as Democrats fracture
  • Lawfare – The President Tweets and the Justice Department Complies
  • Mother Jones – It’s Another Tuesday Afternoon Massacre at the Department of Justice
  • Slate: Trump’s Friday Night Massacre Was Only the Beginning
  • The Atlantic – This Is What an Unleashed Trump Looks Like
  • WaPo: Time for Democrats to get much tougher with William Barr 
  • Politico: Harris asks Graham to bring in Barr over Stone sentencing
  • Politico: Democrats struggle to counter a post-impeachment Trump