Monday, December 21, 2015

First Read: Status Quo Heading into the Holidays

 
First Read is a morning briefing from Meet the Press and the NBC Political Unit on the day's most important political stories and why they matter.
 
Status quo heading into the holidays

After two debates in the past week, several new controversies, and even a new "Saturday Night Live" episode lampooning it all, both the Republican and Democratic presidential races are unchanged heading into the holiday doldrums. On the Republican side, Donald Trump remains the overall frontrunner; Ted Cruz has a clear path to victory in Iowa; and Marco Rubio is still trying to break through in an early state. On the Democratic side, Hillary Clinton is in firm control; Bernie Sanders, though, is still making it very interesting in both Iowa and (especially) New Hampshire; and Martin O'Malley has still been unable to break through. So it's the status quo heading into the Christmas and New Year's holidays -- and before the four-week sprint into the Iowa caucuses that will begin on Jan.3. 

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Source: NBC News

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