On this week’s episode of Stay Tuned, “Iowa & The State of Disunion,” Preet answers your questions about:

• The future of the Iowa Caucuses
• Whether the House can re-open the impeachment inquiry into President Trump
• How elections should bear on impeachment
• Situations where the guilty are acquitted  

The guest this week is John Dickerson. He is a correspondent for 60 Minutes, contributing editor to The Atlantic, and an author. Dickerson is also a co-host of Slate’s Political Gabfest and Whistlestop podcasts.

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REFERENCES & SUPPLEMENTAL MATERIALS

THE Q&A

IOWA

• “Lessons Learned From The Iowa Caucuses, And Danger Signs Ahead,” National Public Radio, 2/5/20
• “‘A total mess’: Critics call for an end to Iowa’s first-in-the-nation status
• Iowa caucuses – reporting,” Vox, 2/4/20

IMPEACHMENT

• Double Jeopardy, Legal Information Institute
• Jury Nullification, Legal Information Institute
• “Alexander: Trump's Ukraine actions 'wrong,' 'inappropriate,' but not impeachable,” Politico, 2/1/20
• “Murkowski says she 'cannot vote to convict,' but calls Trump's actions 'shameful and wrong,'” CNN, 2/3/20
• “Rep. Jerry Nadler Says House Will Likely Subpoena John Bolton,” National Public Radio, 2/5/20

THE INTERVIEW

SOTU

• Trump’s 2020 State of the Union Address
• State of the Union Address, United States House of Representatives History, Art & Archives
• Trump’s 2019 State of the Union Address, 2/5/19
• “In dissonant State of the Union speech, Trump seeks unity while depicting ruin,” Washington Post, 2/5/19 
• Ezra Klein: “Why the media is so polarized — and how it polarizes us,” Vox, 1/28/20
• Dickerson: “The Hardest Job in the World,” The Atlantic, May 2018

BIPARTISANSHIP

• “Obama’s Call for Bipartisanship Failed. Why Do 2020 Dems Think They’ll Do Better?,” NY Mag, 3/1/19
• “Frenemies: A Love Story,” New York Times, 10/5/12
• “Nancy Pelosi, Icon of Female Power, Will Reclaim Role as Speaker and Seal a Place in History,” New York Times, 1/2/19

HOUSE OF TIP O’NEILL

• The Troubles of Tip O’Neill, New York Times, 8/16/91
• “After Two Decades, the 'Boll Weevils' Are Back, and Whistling Dixie,” Washington Post, 4/26/81
• Clip: “Speaker O'Neil's Words Taken Down,” C-SPAN, 5/15/84
• “Newt vs. Tip: Partisanship at Its Apogee?,” RealClearPolitics, 5/15/14
• “The House of Jim Wright,” Politico, 5/7/15
• “Lott Remarks on Thurmond Echoed 1980 Words,” Washington Post, 9/11/02

TRUMAN

• Listen: “Harry S. Truman’s Battles With the Bosses,” Whistlestop Podcast, 11/15/17
• “As Election Day nears, Trump borrows from Harry Truman’s playbook,” Washington Post, 11/5/18

POLITICAL “GAFFES”

• Clip: Joe Lieberman, “3-way tie for 3rd,” C-SPAN, 5/18/17
• Clip: “The Scream that doomed Howard Dean,” 2004
• Clip: “George H.W. Bush checks the time,” 1992
• “Dukakis and the Tank,” Politico, 11/17/13

POLITICAL SPEECHES

• Clip: Mario Cuomo 1984 Democratic National Convention Keynote Speech, C-SPAN, 7/16/84
• Clip: Ronald Reagan’s 1976 Presidential Endorsement Speech, C-SPAN, 8/19/76
• Clip: President Obama delivers Eulogy, Youtube, 6/26/15
• Clip: Senator Barack Obama 2004 Democratic National Convention Keynote Speech, 7/27/04
• Clip: Obama Speech in Manassas, Virginia, 11/3/08

IMPEACHMENT

• Clip: Rep. Adam Schiff Closing Argument, 2/3/20

THE BUTTON

• Clip: Governor Gretchen Whitmer’s Democratic Response to State of the Union Address, 2/4/20
• Clip: Marco Rubio's State of the Union Response, 2/12/13
• Clip: Jindal Delivers Republican Response, 2/25/09
• Clip: 30 Bobby Jindal Rock, 2/25/09
• “Jindal's Kenneth problem,” Politico, 3/7/09