First Read's Morning Clips: Down on Government

 

OFF TO THE RACES: Down on government

 

NBC's Elissa Nunez reports on a new Pew Research Center survey showing low trust in the federal government.

 

The Washington Post's Dave Weigel: "In more than two dozen interviews over the weekend in New Hampshire, South Carolina and Alabama, voters offered some clues as to why Paris has altered the consciousness so dramatically. They described feeling more afraid of the Islamic State, more horrified by the imagery of beheadings and other atrocities. They are uncomforted by Obama's leadership. And with the pain of the Iraq war still weighing on the nation, they are even listening to the people who say the United States must send troops to the Middle East to fight the Islamic State." 

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Source: NBC News