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RIGHT NOW"> WITH BREAKING NEWS. FIRST, IF I GIVE A HUGE BLOW TO IOWA’S IDENTITY, A DEMOCRATIC NATIONAL COMMITTEE HAS TAKEN THE FIRST STEP IN REMOVING IOWA FROM ITS FIRST IN THE NATION SPOT IN THE PRESIDENTIAL PRIMARY. CALENDAR. WE HAVE FULL TEAM COVERAGE ON THE STATEWIDE IMPLICATIONS. WE GO FIRST WITH ����vlog CHIEF POLITICAL REPORTER. AMANDA ROOKER LIVE IN D.C. MOMENTS AGO, SHE SPOKE WITH THE ONLY IOWAN ON THE PANEL AND GOT HIS RAW REACTION. YOU ONLY SEE IT HERE ON ����vlog. AMANDA. SCOTT I’M HERE IN D.C. THIS IS THE ROOM WHERE HISTORY WAS MADE. TONIGHT, A GROUP OF NATIONAL DEMOCRATS DECIDED TO APPROVE A PLAN TO DROP IOWA FROM ITS FIRST IN THE NATION SPOT, A SPOT THAT IOWA DEMOCRATS HAVE HELD FOR 50 YEARS. NOW, YOU’LL SEE ON THIS MAP RIGHT HERE THIS IS THE PLAN THAT THESE NATIONAL DEMOCRATS APPROVED. SOUTH CAROLINA WILL INSTEAD TAKE THE FIRST IN THE NATION SPOT. THEN NEVADA AND NEW HAMPSHIRE WILL GO ON THE SAME DAY. THEN GEORGIA, THEN MICHIGAN, SOMETHING THAT IOWA DEMOCRATS ARE UPSET ABOUT, AS YOU’LL NOTICE THAT MIDDLE AMERICA DOES NOT HAVE A LOT OF REPRESENTATION ON THAT MAP. SCOTT BRENNAN, HE’S THE ONLY IOWAN ON THE DNC RULES AND BYLAWS COMMITTEE, WENT AS FAR TO SAY THAT DEMOCRATS VOTING IOWA MEANS THAT THEY’RE LEAVING MIDDLE AMERICA AND RURAL IOWA BEHIND. AND THAT’S HARSH CRITICISM, BUT IT’S NOT THE BIGGEST NEWS THAT BRENNAN HAD TO SHARE TONIGHT. HE SAYS HE CONFIRMED TO ME HE BELIEVES THAT PRESIDENT BIDEN’S LETTER, HIS PLAN IS A CLEAR INDICATION THAT HE PLANS TO RUN FOR PRESIDENT AGAIN IN 2024. NOW, PRESIDENT BIDEN HAS NOT MADE ANY OFFICIAL INDICATION OF HIS 2024 PLANS, BUT BRENNAN BELIEVES BECAUSE IN 2020, PRESIDENT BIDEN DID POORLY IN IOWA. A PRESIDENT OR SCOTT BRENNAN BELIEVES THAT THIS IS A CLEAR INDICATION THAT PRESIDENT BIDEN PLANS TO RUN AGAIN IN 2020. BIDEN DID POORLY IN IOWA. HE DID POORLY IN NEW HAMPSHIRE, BUT HE WON BIG IN SOUTH CAROLINA. AND MANY BELIEVE THAT PROPELLED HIM TO WINNING THE NOMINATION. SCOTT BRENNAN SAYS BIDEN PICKING SOUTH CAROLINA TO GO FIRST IS A CLEAR POINT THAT BIDEN PLANS TO RUN AGAIN IN 2024. I’M STILL DISAPPOINTED. YOU KNOW, OBVIOUSLY, YOU KNOW, THAT’S THE PRESIDENT GOT WHAT HE WANTED. IT’S HIS SCHEDULE. YOU KNOW, IT’S AN INDICATION THIS LETTER WAS A STATEMENT OF PRINCIPLES INDICATING THAT HE’S RUNNING FOR REELECTION AND THIS VERY TRUNCATED CALENDAR WITH THREE SMALL STATES. I THINK IT’S A DISASTER, BUT IT’S OKAY FOR SOMEONE WHO’S RUNNING FOR REELECTION. WHAT WHAT HAPPENS NOW? I MEAN, LEGALLY, WHAT WHAT POSITION DOES THIS PUT IOWA IN YOU IN A BIT OF A LIMBO. I MEAN, WE HAVE A STATE LAW THAT SAYS THAT WE WILL GO FIRST. AND SO WE’LL HAVE TO ASSESS OUR OPTIONS. NEW HAMPSHIRE’S ALREADY INDICATED THAT, YOU KNOW, THIS CALENDAR WILL NOT STAND FOR THEM AND WE’LL SEE WHAT ELSE HAPPENS. THEY’RE GOING TO BE PEOPLE. THERE’S JUST GOING TO BE JOCKEYING. I MEAN, THE DELEGATE SELECTION PLANS AREN’T DO TO BE CONSIDERED UNTIL THE MIDDLE OF NEXT YEAR. AND WE’RE GOING TO BE REALLY CLOSE TO AN ELECTION AND WE’LL STILL BE HASHING ALL THIS OUT. I KNOW YOU SAID THAT THIS FEELS LIKE AN INDICATION THAT BIDEN IS GOING TO RUN. IS THAT BASED ON SOUTH CAROLINA AND HIS PERFORMANCE IN SOUTH CAROLINA? ABSOLUTELY. IT IS CLEAR. I MEAN, YOU KNOW, IF YOU WANT TO MAKE SURE YOU DO NOT GET A CHALLENGE, YOU START IN SOUTH CAROLINA. NOW, WE HAVE HAD NO WORD FROM PRESIDENT BIDEN ON HIS OFFICIAL PLANS TO RUN IN 2024, BUT THAT IS WHAT BRENNAN HAD TO SAY ABOUT THE NEW CALENDAR TONIGHT. WE ALSO HEARD FROM DNC CHAIR, DNC CHAIR JAIME HARRISON TONIGHT. HE SAID THAT IT WAS TIME FOR CHANGE. IOWA HAS HELD THE FIRST IN THE NATION SPOT FOR 50 YEARS, BUT CHAIR HARRISON SAID IT’S TIME FOR PROGRESS. IT’S TIME TO PRIORITIZE DIVERSITY. BUT THAT CHANGED. NOT WITHOUT SOME KIND WORDS FOR SCOTT BRENNAN AND IOWA DEMOCRATIC PARTY CHAIR ROSS WILBURN. IOWA WAS A CRUCIAL PART IN TERMS OF HOW WE DID THE SELECTION PROCESS. THINGS HAVE JUST CHANGE. YOU HAVE SOME OF THE BEST REPRESENTATIVES TO THE DNC THAT I’VE EVER MET IN ANY STATE. NOW, THERE ARE STILL A LOT OF BIG QUESTIONS LEFT TONIGHT, NAMELY, WHAT IS IOWA GOING TO DO? ARE THEY GOING TO GO WITH NATIONAL DEMOCRATS AND FALL IN LINE OR ARE THEY GOING TO FOLLOW STATE LAW AND STILL HOLD THEIR FIRST IN THE NATION CAUCUSES? WELL, WE ASKED SCOTT BRENNAN, THE ONLY IOWAN ON THE DNC RULES AND BYLAWS COMMITTEE, WHAT HAPPENS NEXT. WE’LL HEAR MORE FROM HIM IN JUST A COUPLE OF MINUTES. I’M LIVE HERE IN WASHINGTON, D.C., AMANDA ROOKER ����vlog 8 NEWS IOWA’S NEWS LEADER. MY STORY MADE IN THAT ROOM TONIGHT. THANK YOU, AMANDA. THE IOWA SECRETARY OF STATE’S OFFICE COORDINATES ELECTIONS. PAUL PATE RELEASED A STATEMENT TODAY SAYING HE’S DISAPPOINTED IN THE DNC DECISION TO QUOTE, APPARENTLY ABANDON IOWA. HE SAYS HE AGREES WITH PARTY CHAIR ROSS WILBURN STATEMENT TO FOLLOW IOWA LAW REQUIRING OUR CAUCUS TO BE HELD BEFORE ANY OTHER PRESIDENTIAL NOMINATING CONTEST. NOW, ����vlog POLITICAL ANALYST DENNIS GOLDFORD JOINS US NOW. DENNIS, IT IS GOOD TO SEE YOU. I HAVE A MILLION QUESTIONS FOR YOU. WE DON’T HAVE TIME FOR THAT. SO THE FIRST ONE I’M GOING TO ASK IS YOU’VE SAID FOR A LONG TIME NOW, IOWA HAS HAD A TARGET ON ITS BACK FOR 50 YEARS SINCE IT’S BEEN FIRST. SO WHY THE CHANGE NOW? WELL, FOR EIGHT STATES OVER THE YEARS HAVE DISLIKED THE POSITION IOWA HOLDS. BUT UNTIL THEY COULD AGREE ON SOMETHING TO REPLACE THE SYSTEM IN PLACE BY BY INERTIA, SO TO SPEAK, IT REMAINS THE STATUS QUO REMAINS. BUT I THINK THAT 2020 AND THE MESS WITH THE COUNTING OF THE BALLOTS, IT’S NOT THAT THEY SAID, WELL, GEE IS A PROBLEM. WE NEED TO LOOK AT THIS. I THINK FOR ALL THE OTHER STATES, IT WAS THE LAST STRAW. THEY WANTED SOME CHANGE. GOTCHA. AND YOU’VE STUDIED CAUCUSES FOR A VERY LONG TIME. WHAT ARE THEY USEFUL FOR? WHAT ARE THEY NOT USEFUL FOR? WELL, THEY’RE NOT GREAT PREDICTORS OF WHO THE PRESIDENT WILL BE OUTSIDE OF JIMMY CARTER AND GEORGE W BUSH IN 2000. BARACK OBAMA IN 2008, AND CONTESTED CAUCUSES. THOSE ARE THE ONLY TIMES AN ACTUAL CAUCUS WINNER HAS GONE ON TO WIN THE PRESIDENCY. THEY HAVE A LITTLE MORE SUCCESS IN PREDICTING THE PARTY NOMINEE, BUT STILL NOT MUCH MORE THAN 50% OF THE TIME. WHAT THE CAUCUSES DO WELL IS FORCE CANDIDATES TO TREAT VOTERS AS REAL LIVE HUMAN BEINGS INSTEAD OF USING THEM AS CAMPAIGN PROPS FOR PHOTO OPS. YOU CAN GO TO ANY CORNER CAFE DURING CAUCUS SEASON AND SEE ACTUAL CANDIDATES TALKING TO REAL PEOPLE AND THAT’S A GOOD THING. I ONLY HAVE SECONDS LEFT, BUT AS WE MENTIONED, TODAY’S VOTE NOT A DONE DEAL. EXACTLY. IS THERE ANY WAY THE FULL DNC DIFFERS FROM THIS TONIGHT? NO, THAT’S THE QUICK ANSWER. ALL RIGHT, DENNIS, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR JOINING US. NOW, THIS DECISION NOT ONLY HAS FINANCIAL IMPLICATIONS, BUT ALSO CULTURAL IMPLICATIONS. ����vlog KAYLA JAMES IS LIVE NEAR DOWNTOWN DES MOINES, WHERE SHE SPOKE WITH PEOPLE WHO SAY THEY’RE NOT SHOCKED. KAYLA. YOU HAVE GOT ONE LADY EVEN TELLING US SHE SAW THIS COMING FOR A WHILE NOW. BUT WHILE EXPECTED I WOULD SAY IT’S STILL DISAPPOINTING AFTER A DECADES OF HAVING THAT FIRST IN THE NATION STATE IS PEOPLE I SPOKE WITH, THEY SHARED THEIR CAUCUS EXPERIENCE SAYING IT’S SOMETHING THE FIRST NATIONWIDE THAT WILL DEFINITELY BE MISSED IN A WAY. SOME SAY IT MADE THEM FEEL CLOSER TO CANDIDATES WHO WOULD SPEND MONTHS CAMPAIGNING ACROSS THE STATE. THE CONCERN IS THEY WON’T HAVE THAT OPPORTUNITY ANYMORE, ESPECIALLY IN MORE RURAL COMMUNITIES WHERE YOU WON’T GET LIKE ALL OF THE POTENTIAL CANDIDATES HERE MEETING, LIKE WITH THE SMALL TOWNS LIKE MARSHALLTOWN AND BERNIE CAME WHEN I WAS STILL IN HIGH SCHOOL. I DON’T SEE LIKE IF HE RUNS AGAIN, I DON’T KNOW IF HE WOULD STILL VISIT BECAUSE THEY’D BE SO LATE DOWN THE LINE. I BELIEVE THERE WILL BE A BUSINESS IMPACT. I BELIEVE THAT BECAUSE THE CANDIDATES WILL NOT BE COMING TO IOWA, THAT WILL AFFECT OUR LOCAL BUSINESSES. AND THE CONCERNS OF THAT LOCAL BUSINESS IMPACT IS DEFINITELY SOMETHING WE HEARD ABOUT FROM A LOT OF PEOPLE TODAY. LOOSELY, THE FIRST NATION DEMOCRATIC CAUCUS WILL BE A FINANCIAL BLOW TO IOWA AND BUSINESS ����vlog. REPORTER TODD MAGEL IS LIVE DOWNTOWN WITH MORE ON THAT. WELL, KAYLA, YOU KNOW, THE IOWA CAUCUSES HAVE BROUGHT NATIONAL ATTENTION FOR 50 YEARS TO THE STATE OF IOWA AND CERTAINLY PROBABLY HOUR A WINDFALL OF 8000S OF MILLIONS OF DOLLARS OVER THAT SAME PERIOD. NOW, THE REASON WE’RE HERE IS BECAUSE THE RAYGUN THE STORE IS BEHIND US. THEY SELL, OF COURSE, PERSONALIZED AND DIFFERENT KINDS OF T-SHIRTS HERE DOWNTOWN. THEY OPEN THEIR DOORS BACK JUST BEFORE THE 2008 CAUCUS IS. AND OWNER MIKE DRAPER SAYS THE ATTENTION REALLY GAVE HIS BUSINESS A HUGE BOOST. THE FACT IN THE DURING THE 2020 CAUCUSES THAT BROUGHT IN MORE THAN $11 MILLION TO DES MOINES. IT JUST ONE WEEK DURING THOSE 2020 CAUCUSES HERE IN THE METRO, THERE ARE NOW CONCERNS FROM RESTAURANT OWNERS, HOTEL OWNERS, OTHERS. IF THE STATE LOSES ITS FIRST IN THE NATION CAUCUSES. NOW, DRAPER SAYS WITH, OF COURSE, HIS USUAL SENSE OF HUMOR THAT LOSING THE CAUCUSES IS REALLY A BIG BLOW. OBVIOUSLY BUMMED OUT. IT’S KIND OF OUR ONLY SPECIAL INTEREST. WE DON’T HAVE ANY GOVERNMENT CONTRACTS AND SO THAT’S THE ONE THING THAT I THINK WE HAD THAT SEPARATES US FROM SOUTH DAKOTA. NOW, THAT AMWAY PARTNERSHIP ALSO COMMENTED TODAY, REMINDING US THAT THE IMPACT OF THE 2024 CAUCUSES COMING UP PROBABLY WILL BE JUST A BIT MUTED ANYWAY, BECAUSE AS WE MENTIONED, PRESIDENT BIDEN WILL PROBABLY RUN AND THE REPUBLICANS CERTAINLY WILL HAVE TO TAKE UP SOME SHARE OF THE IMPACT FROM THAT. WE’RE LIVE DOWNTOWN TODD MAGEL ����vlog 8 NEWS. IOWA’S NEWSLETTER KNOCKING MILLIONS OF DOLLARS. THANK YOU, TODD. WELL, THE IOWA REPUBLICANS ARE NOT HAPPY WITH THIS DECISION EITHER. THEY SAY NOTHING WILL CHANGE FOR THEIR CAUCUS AND THAT FOR THE DEMOCRATS, THIS ISN’T FAKE PARTIZAN ANGER. I’M REALLY MAD FOR MY STATE. I’M ANGRY FOR THE DEMOCRATS WHO IN 2020 GOING TO HAVE PROBLEMS. BUT IT WASN’T BECAUSE OF THE STATE DEMOCRATS. IT BECAUSE IT’S BECAUSE OF THE SAME NATIONAL PEOPLE THAT ARE GIVING THE MIDDLE FINGER TO OUR STATE AND ALL OF MIDWEST. ALL THE MIDWEST RIGHT NOW. AS FAR AS MY PERSPECTIVE, I MEAN, WE’RE GOING TO NOTHING CHANGES. I MEAN, IOWA’S GOING FIRST. THAT’S JEFF KAUFMANN, CHAIR OF THE IOWA REPUBLICAN PARTY. HE SAYS IOWA’S HISTORICAL RECORD OF CAUCUSES IS A CLEAR REASON WHY