Why Bernie Almost Certainly Won the Popular Vote in Iowa
As it stands, Hillary Clinton and Bernie Sanders appear to both have earned approximately the same number of State Delegate Equivalents or SDEs in the Iowa Caucus. However, where things gets tricky...
View ArticleSuperdelegates tallied together; Is it too much to ask...
Long story short, Is it too much to ask of Clinton supporters, regardless of what the mainstream media might be doing, to not conflate elected delegates with super-delegates? Objectively speaking,...
View ArticleTrump Lost - But Is Cruz Even Worse?
Yesterdays caucus in Iowa provided more than a few surprises. Looking at the poll numbers before yesterdays vote, the republicans were bracing for a Trump win. They weren’t alone, Donald Trump fully...
View ArticleOk. Lets all just take a breath and kill "Coingate" right now.
A coin toss did not determine Iowa.First the tosses pick county delegates, not state delegates county delegates are not nearly as valuable.In addition:The state party doesn’t track all of the coin...
View ArticleTed Cruz: To God be the Glory, a response
I got an e-mail from DailyKos telling me that I should write a passionate yet respectful blog. This may be a long one.I am passionate but it is hard to be respectful when you see a fruitless man...
View ArticleAm I the only one that thinks Hillary actually sees Iowa as a victory, even...
There's no doubt that tying, or even coming close to it (as I'm not sure if the delegates will divide evenly), is a victory for Bernie Sanders. Given Hillary's decade of being perceived as...
View ArticleIt isn't over in Iowa. Sanders campaign looks to flip some Clinton delegates
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View ArticleNot by the hair of my chinny chin chin!
Six coin tosses. That’s what it took to decide the winner in the Iowa Caucus Democratic race. Everyone is saying that the Iowa caucus has never been this close. Perhaps in the past, everyone (well...
View ArticleTie Goes to the Newcomer
So the most well known brand name figure in American politics, Hillary Clinton, went up against a candidate who was unknown 9 months ago, yet she could not beat him with even a few points of breathing...
View ArticleMy Donation to Bernie $27; Donation to DNC Nil
This presidential election cycle, going forward, I’ve decided to change my campaign contributions. At least until I see some balance. I’ve heard the discussions of states funneling money to the DNC,...
View ArticleWho Won The Iowa Caucus? Spoiler Alert: We Did.
And not just in a trite, democracy-in-action-is-a-beautiful-thing kind of way. We all won. Bernie Sanders went into a one of his most favorable states and ended up in a dead heat with Clinton, losing...
View ArticleMelissa Harris-Perry narrowly escaped being attacked last night at an...
MSNBC host and Wake Forest University professor Melissa Harris-Perry recounts a story on why she survived an attempted attack from a White Nationalist at a caucus site in Des Moines, Iowa last night....
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Top Comments: Groundhog Day 2016 Edition
As it is Groundhog Day, but also at Maison Brillig the obscure Day of K1 Leaves For France On Friday, I hope it’s OK if I recycle a bit of previously researched material from Groundhog Days Past, but...
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Palin said she hasn't talked to Trump yet about being his running mate!
OMG…..What an awful thought…..maybe Trump gets the nomination and picks Palin for his running mate! Please, please, please keep her out of politics with her penchant for so much word salad.She being...
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The GOP's Only Hope, Isn't Qualified To Be President Either
(TheInquisitr) - It's weird to think that Donald J. Trump didn't make it out on top of the Iowa caucus. I would have preferred him to win, over Ted Cruz.But of the three, there's already some support...
View ArticleHow POC Hillary Voters Helped Push Bernie to a 21-23 Win/Tie/"Loss" at the...
The first rule of the Iowa Caucus is that, unfortunately, there is an Iowa Caucus.But look on the bright side, I’ve figured out the whole delegate allocation thing for you. It’s crazy complicated and...
View ArticleDear DNC: Want to know why people stop voting? Look no further than the Iowa...
There are many reasons people, both young and old, either stop voting or never do. Some of them we probably cannot change (the electoral college), but others we can. Like the way the Democratic Party...
View ArticleThe Atlantic says Bernie won coin tosses, too
This is a collection of thoughts as we go forward through the primary. For those who’d still like more information, this piece dug deeper than what I’ve seen elsewhere:The Atlantic: Was the Iowa Caucus...
View ArticleFallout Boys: Trump calls for a Re-do of the Iowa vote & Sanders'...
Unless you’ve been living under a rock or hunkered down in a cave for the last fort-eight hours you know of the “results,” from the ‘first-in-the-nation’ caucus vote out of Iowa on Monday night....
View ArticleDemocracy Bernie Bro Style
So you say the Democratic Party is corrupt and the system is broken. You tell me it’s the institution and the establishment and the 1% and that the Democratic Party is filled with shills and the system...
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