Iowa: Cruz’s to lose? Ted Cruz, in the midst of a six-day, 28-stop stumping tour of the Buckeye State, is “amassing an energized and growing coalition of Christian activists and anti-establishment Republicans,” reports the New York Times. Only “a groundswell of first-time or infrequent voters turning out” for Trump could keep Cruz from winning the February 1 primary, says the Times ……. Virginia: Trump backers sue GOP. In response to the recently imposed requirement that GOP primary voters affirm that they are Republicans, three partisans of Donald Trump have brought suit contending the loyalty pledge discourages minorities and the poor from voting in the GOP contest. The plaintiffs, three African-American pastors who support Trump, contend the pledge amounts to a literacy test, reports the Washington Post …….Alabama: Moore says halt same-sex marriages. State Supreme Court Chief Justice Roy Moore, long a strong social conservative, has issued an order to counties to stop issuing licenses to same-sex couples. Moore contends that the Supreme Court decision last year legalizing such nuptials does not apply to Alabama. Stay tuned …….
