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Have We Seen the Last Iowa Caucus?
The Iowa Democratic Party is in disarray after its debacle Monday night. They had four years to prepare for their first-in-the-nation Caucuses; as the night draws to a close they have no results, no explanation for their failure, and no excuses.
The results of the Republican caucuses came in fast, showing Trump the overwhelming winner. After hours of silence, the Democrats said they are delaying any results. “We found inconsistencies in the reporting of three sets of results,” communications director Mandy McClure said. “In addition to the tech systems being used to tabulate results, we are also using photos of results and a paper trail to validate that all results match and ensure that we have confidence and accuracy in the numbers we report.”
This, after bragging about how ready they were for this pivotal night.
In preparation for one of the most consequential elections of our lifetimes, we have taken historic steps to ensure a secure, accessible, and transparent caucus process. #IACaucus https://t.co/XY61GJ9AAD
— Iowa Democrats (@iowademocrats) February 3, 2020
We have staff on the ground working to help protect the integrity of our democratic process. And we’re doing everything we can to make sure Iowans’ voices are heard and the caucuses are secure. https://t.co/UJSQGQoiPA
— The Democrats (@TheDemocrats) February 3, 2020
Their website claimed the results would be posted after 7 p.m. CT. Below the declaration, a long line of zeroes. During an emergency phone call with the campaigns, one participant shouted, “This is an unbelievable explanation.” Another person added, “I think he speaks for all of us.”
Joe Biden’s general counsel quickly sent a letter to the state’s party leaders. “The app that was intended to relay Caucus results to the Party failed; the Party’s back-up telephonic reporting system likewise has failed,” she wrote. “Now, we understand that caucus chairs are attempting to — and, in many cases, failing to — report results telephonically to the party. These acute failures are occurring statewide.”
It’s past time for Iowa to end its bizarre, arbitrary, and confusing voting rules. After tonight, the national parties will demand it.
Published in Elections, Politics
Wow. And they put the young guy in the room up to the deception. It’s some freaky Orwellian times.
I’m inclined to believe that was a failure, not the intended outcome. Stuff happens.
It seems like a pretty good assumption that the fix was in again. “If you’re not cheating, you’re not trying.” If the right candidate didn’t win, or of serious doubt was not cast on the process if the wrong candidate won, it’s not a failure.
Our electoral college system is bizarre, arbitrary, and confusing. Let’s keep it.
The picture is beginning to come together. Kevin Williamson is praising Bloomberg with a faint damn:
Ace of Spades:
And sure, he’s doing that LBO of the Democrats to push them farther to the Left, and sure, he bought the impeachment, and sure, he bought Virginia’s flip…
With all of 18 days to get it done, well that should be interesting.
This in:
Buttigieg Leads in Iowa With 26.9% of Delegates With 62% Precincts Reporting
Sanders second at 25.1. Warren 81.3, Biden 15.6
“This was a coding error in one of the pieces on the backend, but the raw data, the data that has come in, is secure.”
Represented by the Law Firm of Dewey, Cheatham, and Howe.
Ah yes….
http://i.imgur.com/pEQIg5N.png
The Babylon Bee “reports” that “Surprise Candidate Hiltasha Clintonov Declared Winner of Iowa Caucuses.” The report also includes, “In an unrelated development, all the other candidates have turned up dead.”
Caucuses in general seem archaic and outdated.
in other words, jury duty/deliberation
I find it odd you think the problem here was the caucuses. Iowa somehow managed for several decades before this mess.
Maybe that’s the problem. The left doesn’t believe in driving any more.
They need to check with Uber! and Lyft!
And we know how fond the left is of Abort…
And they can’t feed themselves either, without Door Dash, etc.
the two points are not mutually exclusive.
and i never said that was the problem.
please don’t try to read my mind – you obviously suck at it
Roberto,
Wouldn’t it be interesting if a large quantity of Bernie ballots is discovered only partially destroyed? The app failure would provide plenty of time for separating out those Bernie ballots. Just a thought.
Regards,
Jim
The various loyalties around that notorious software are starting to make it look as though the Hillary camp is backing Buttigieg. For now.
If Steve Bannon is right about Bloomberg, that would suggest that after the Democrat convention, he will have engineered a Clinton-Buttigieg ticket, probably with the promise made that Hillary will be a one term president.
Too much water. Not enough hose.
This isn’t a difficult task.
Our Constitution seems outdated and archaic. We should keep it.
the constitution is not outdated, it may be old but not outdated.
The Constitution is not outdated and archaic, but it seems like it is. Just as you said caucuses seem outdated and archaic. They may seem to be that, but they aren’t that.
caucuses are outdated
Today is February 6, 2020 and we still have caucuses. This proves they are not outdated.
If caucuses are not outdated, why does NH have a primary? why do most states have a primary?
which states have caucuses: Iowa, Michigan, Utah, Wisconsin?
the problem with caucuses is they lack transparency and have zany arcane rules.
the comparison to the constitution is flawed because there is nothing in the constitution that mentions ‘caucus’ or ‘primary’.
terrible argument
why do most states have primaries?
what is the point of a caucus if you can’t determine the winner