Politico‘s Michael Calderone sizes-up the network news anchors who have descended on Iowa.
• About Katie Couric, her EP Rick Kaplan says: “She’s gone through the process of being in Iowa and New Hampshire and interviewing all the candidates. There’s every bit as much that goes into the discipline of doing it in the morning than doing it in the evening.”
• George Stephanopoulos: “I just think we’re giving it the attention it deserves — which is a lot. We’re doing it across all our broadcasts, and all our platforms. And we’re going to do that straight through November.”
• Brian Williams, just after finishing Nightly News and before heading to cover two campaign events: “I can’t be here and not be in a sweaty gym. A sweaty gym in Iowa, in the winter, is what you come here for.”