Get Ready for a Month of Mudslinging

New York Times: “The series of skirmishes that flared last week offered a preview of the more focused and intensive assaults that will come with the new year, as a volatile race featuring 12 candidates and divergent fronts in Iowa and New Hampshire turns even more combative and complex.”

“Supporters of Senator Marco Rubio, Senator Ted Cruz, Jeb Bush, Rick Santorum and Mike Huckabee are poised to unleash a wave of ferocious attacks this month, according to Republicans familiar with their planning, plunging the muddled contest into a multidimensional war in the weeks leading up to the Feb. 1 Iowa caucuses.”

First Read: “Happy New Year and welcome to Thunderdome. The presidential candidates are holding a whopping 28 campaign events today alone.”