--- title: Morning Must Reads: January 25 description: Morning Must Reads: January 25 canonical: https://time.com/4192254/one-week-until-iowa/ author: Zeke Miller article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2016-01-25T13:39:17.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-02-22T14:24:10.008Z article:section: Politics og:title: Morning Must Reads: January 25 og:description: Morning Must Reads: January 25 og:url: https://time.com/4192254/one-week-until-iowa/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blteb1504b25dc186eb/69887a70524fc08740df66e0/donald-trump-iowa-caucus-campaign-election.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 3500 og:image:height: 1969 og:image:alt: U.S. Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump speaks at a campaign event in Muscatine og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Morning Must Reads: January 25 twitter:description: Morning Must Reads: January 25 twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blteb1504b25dc186eb/69887a70524fc08740df66e0/donald-trump-iowa-caucus-campaign-election.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # One Week Until Iowa > Sponsored content. 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Jim Young—Reuters by [Zeke Miller](https://time.com/author/zeke-j-miller/) ## Zeke Miller Jan 25, 2016 1:39 PM UTC The Iowa caucuses are one week away. In case this presidential cycle wasn’t weird enough, former New York City Mayor **Michael Bloomberg** is contemplating a third-party run should **Bernie Sanders** and **Donald Trump** or **Ted Cruz** be the nominees. But Bloomberg won’t have the luxury of waiting until the nominations are set, with ballot-access requirements necessitating a decision in March. About three-times as rich as Trump, Bloomberg would have to spend a considerable portion of his fortune to challenge the two-party system as an independent. But a note of skepticism: he’s contemplated this every four years for at least the last eight. **Donald Trump** is campaigning like he means it in Iowa, where he hopes to unseat Cruz at the top of the caucuses. Trump attended church on Sunday and is staying at hotels in the state, rather than continuing his past practice of flying in before and departing immediately after on his private jet. Trump is now hoping for a 1-2 punch in Iowa and New Hampshire to set himself on the path to the nomination. But Trump is betting on a large universe of first-time caucus-goers to boost him to the top slot in the state, a bet that can be affected by weather and other factors. **Jeb Bush** is finding his voice on the campaign trail, even if he loses it on the debate stage. Cruz makes a false statement about insurance in Texas. And **Ben Carson** writes off his own ad. Iowa Democrats are struggling to complete preparations for the caucuses, potentially jeopardizing the state’s first-in-the-nation status. **Martin O’Malley** highlights Sanders’ socialism and mulls why he’s struggling to catch fire. And **President Obama** weighs in on the Democratic race. Here are your must-reads: **Must Reads** [Michael Bloomberg Mulling Presidential Run as Independent ](http://time.com/4191502/michael-bloomberg-presidential-run/)TIME’s Michael Scherer on the quadrennial tradition [Martin O’Malley Says He Is Optimistic About Iowa Despite Long Odds ](http://time.com/4191712/martin-omalley-iowa-hillary-clinton-bernie-sanders/)A hopeful outlook for a campaign that has yet to show spark \[TIME\] [Iowa Democrats Scramble to Prepare for Caucus ](http://time.com/4191706/iowa-caucus-democrats-preparation/)Missing caucus chairs and shifting locations send campaigns scrambling and putting the state’s first-in-then-nation status in doubt \[TIME\] [Behind Donald Trump’s Attack Strategy ](http://www.wsj.com/articles/behind-donald-trumps-attack-strategy-1453685141)A behind-the-scenes look at how the GOP front-runner personally drives his pointed attacks \[Wall Street Journal\] [Obama on Iowa, Clinton, Sanders and 2016 ](http://www.politico.com/story/2016/01/obama-iowa-2016-sanders-off-message-218166)The president offers his most expansive comments yet on the race to succeed him in the White House \[Politico\] **Sound Off** “The way I read what he said is if I didn’t get the nomination, he might consider it. Well, I’m going to relieve him of that and get the nomination so he doesn’t have to.” — Hillary Clinton to NBC on the prospect of a Michael Bloomberg campaign “I could stand in the middle of Fifth Avenue and shoot somebody and I wouldn’t lose voters.” —Donald Trump at an Iowa rally on Saturday BONUS: “If he shot somebody, he’ll probably be convicted of a first-degree felony and sent to prison. Felons probably can’t run for president. I’m just saying.” — Jeb Bush responding to Trump’s comment in New Hampshire **Bits and Bites** [Bush Defends Super PAC’s Negative Ads](http://time.com/4191574/jeb-bush-right-rise-super-pac-ads/) \[TIME\] [Ben Carson ‘Horrified’ By His Own Campaign Ad](http://time.com/4191428/ben-carson-rap-advertisement-radio/) \[TIME\] [Bush Goes Shopping for Boots—and a Trump Dig](http://time.com/4190616/bush-goes-shopping-for-boots-and-a-trump-dig/) \[TIME\] [Donald Trump Means Business in Iowa: Night in Motel, and a Day in Church](http://www.nytimes.com/2016/01/25/us/politics/donald-trump-in-iowa-sleeping-over-attending-church-getting-serious.html?em%5Fpos=medium&emc=edit%5Fcn%5F20160125&nl=first-draft&nl%5Fart=2&nlid=55003713&ref=headline&te=1) \[New York Times\] [Inside the Political Ad War You Haven’t Heard About](http://time.com/4190109/donald-trump-bernie-sanders-hillary-clinton-jeb-bush-radio-ad/) \[TIME\] [Bernie Sanders Is ‘Confident’ He’d Beat Michael Bloomberg](http://time.com/4191912/bernie-sanders-michael-bloomberg/) \[TIME\] [Ben Carson Cites Mom’s Influence in Surviving Campaign Meltdown](http://time.com/4191116/ben-carson-campaign-meltdown-mother/) \[TIME\] [Ted Cruz Ridiculously Says Blue Cross Blue Shield ‘Cancelled’ All Individual Health Plans in Texas](http://www.politifact.com/texas/statements/2016/jan/22/ted-cruz/ted-cruz-ridiculously-says-blue-cross-blue-shield-/) \[Politifact\] [Meet the New Hampshire Newspaper Publisher Who’s at War With Donald Trump](https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/meet-the-new-hampshire-newspaper-publisher-whos-at-war-with-donald-trump/2016/01/21/f18bf2d8-bf2e-11e5-bcda-62a36b394160%5Fstory.html) \[Washington Post\] [David Axelrod: The Obama Theory of Trump](http://www.nytimes.com/2016/01/25/opinion/campaign-stops/the-obama-theory-of-trump.html?%5Fr=0) \[New York Times\] [Jeb Bush on the Stump Sounds Different From the TV Version](http://www.nytimes.com/2016/01/25/us/politics/jeb-bush-on-the-stump-sounds-different-from-the-tv-version.html?em%5Fpos=medium&emc=edit%5Fcn%5F20160125&nl=first-draft&nl%5Fart=4&nlid=55003713&ref=headline&te=1) \[New York Times\] [Welcome to Camp Cruz — a Little Bit of ‘Real World’ on the Trail in Iowa](https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/welcome-to-camp-cruz--a-little-bit-of-real-world-on-the-trail-in-iowa/2016/01/24/7c17c812-c076-11e5-bcda-62a36b394160%5Fstory.html) \[Washington Post\] ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4192254/one-week-until-iowa/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4192254/one-week-until-iowa/"},"headline":"One Week Until Iowa","datePublished":"2016-01-25T13:39:17.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-22T14:24:10.008Z","description":"Morning Must Reads: January 25","url":"https://time.com/4192254/one-week-until-iowa/","keywords":["Morning Must Reads"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blteb1504b25dc186eb/69887a70524fc08740df66e0/donald-trump-iowa-caucus-campaign-election.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Zeke Miller","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/zeke-j-miller/"}],"articleSection":"Politics","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blteb1504b25dc186eb/69887a70524fc08740df66e0/donald-trump-iowa-caucus-campaign-election.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"U.S. Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump speaks at a campaign event in Muscatine","caption":"Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump speaks at a campaign event in Muscatine, Iowa on Jan. 24, 2016.","creditText":"Jim Young—Reuters","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/politics/","name":"Politics"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4192254/one-week-until-iowa/","name":"One Week Until Iowa"}}]}] ```