- Sanders campaign to ask for ‘partial recanvass’ of Iowa results
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With just one day to go until the New Hampshire primary, the New York Times is out with a new report on why and how the Iowa caucuses became such a debacle:
As the smartphone app for reporting the results of the Iowa Democratic caucuses began failing last Monday night, party officials instructed precinct leaders to move to Plan B: calling the results into caucus headquarters, where dozens of volunteers would enter the figures into a secure system.
But when many of those volunteers tried to log on to their computers, they made an unsettling discovery. They needed smartphones to retrieve a code, but they had been told not to bring their phones into the “boiler room” in Des Moines.
The White House is also releasing its annual budget plan today, and the proposal is already giving Democrats plenty of ammo for the presidential election.
The Washington Post reports:
The White House is proposing a $4.8 trillion election-year budget Monday that would slash major domestic and safety net programs, setting up a stark contrast with President Trump’s rivals as voting gets under way in the Democratic presidential primary.
The budget would cut Medicaid and the Children’s Health Insurance Program and also wring savings from Medicare despite Trump’s repeated promises to safeguard Medicare and Social Security.
The Democratic nominee will expand and improve Medicare, Trump will cut Medicare in order to allow Amazon to keep paying less in Federal taxes than you pay for your Amazon Prime subscription. https://t.co/ZPsAlKBIv6
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Source: Elections - theguardian.com
