For the first test of the 2020 election, the Iowa caucus flunked out of school, after massive reporting delays led to a vacuum in results. The party has yet to declare a winner, and with New Hampshire looming, those in the lead lost any real media and fundraising boost they would have gotten from a clear victory.

In this episode, Adam Reilly and Peter Kadzis pick through the failures of the Iowa caucus and reset the equilibrium ahead of New Hampshire, with Boston Globe columnist Joan Vennochi.

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