Ted Cruz made Iowa a boom-or-bust state — and with the pressure on, he performed, overcoming Donald Trump’s criticism of his Canadian birth and his overall demeanor and pulling out a victory. Monday night’s Iowa caucuses also produced a clear leader among establishment-type Republicans, with Marco Rubio surging into the GOP’s top tier. But the Democratic race is clear as mud, with results still trickling in and Hillary Clinton and Bernie Sanders locked in a near tie.
Chicago Sun-Times Columnist and ABC 7 Political Analyst Laura Washington believes that the result of the 2016 race may end up being un-electable candidates on both sides. (Listen here)
CNBC Senior Contributor Larry Kudlow joined John with reaction to the Republican caucus in Iowa. (Listen here)
Donald Trump told a group of supporters to knock the crap out of anyone they see preparing to throw a tomato at him. He said he’ll pay the legal fees, and also threw in there that the courts agree with him.
Adele is telling Donald Trump to stop using her music on the campaign trail. She’s actually gone so far as to say that she hasn’t given any politicians permission to use her music. First Mike Huckabee, now Donald Trump. Adele doesn’t car whose toes she steps on.
No matter who wins the Presidential election in 2016, the fact that there is no incumbent could be bad news for the economy if history is any indication. Jonathan Hoenig the President of Capitalist Pig Asset Management joined John with reaction to the struggling stock market and the results of the Iowa Caucuses. (Listen here)
The Double Door music venue is scheduled to be closed, after their landlord decided not to renew their lease. But they are not going down without a fight. Chicago Tribune Music Critic Greg Kot joined John Howell to talk about the history of the Double Door and the chances that they will be able to stay open. (Listen here)
A middle school in Wisconsin is dealing with some angry parents and social media outrage after they decided to name their new fitness center the “White Pride Fitness Room.” The school got a $10,000 donation from the local credit union, and a $15,000 donation from the family of a famous graduate of the school. The school decided to name the new fitness room after both the graduate and the bank. Hence the “Roger T. White – Pride Fitness Room as Presented by RCU” was born. One of the people on the naming committee remarked to the local paper that the name was kind of a mouthful and said it would probably be called the “White Pride Fitness Room” for short.
A guy in Sweden decided it was a good idea to have a chip implanted in his hand. It allows him to get through airport security with just the wave of his hand. Cool or 1984-level creepy?
