Welcome to Trail Guide, your host through the wilds of the 2016 presidential campaign. It’s Monday, Jan. 11, and here’s what we’re talking about:
- The Republican debate stage for this week is set and Rand Paul and Carly Fiorina did not make the cut
- Iowa Gov. Terry Branstad weighs in on the Ted Cruz citizenship controversy
- Hillary Clinton continues to showcase divisions with Bernie Sanders on gun control, and has netted the endorsement of former Rep. Gabby Giffords, who was wounded in a 2011 mass shooting
- Tommy Chong is supporting Sanders’ bid for the Democratic presidential nomination