2016 Postmortem

Ken Burch

(50,254 posts) Tue Feb 2, 2016, 02:08 AM Feb 2016

The caucus is the most important thing the Iowa Democratic Party ever does.

How could they possibly leave 90 precincts UNSTAFFED on caucus night?

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The caucus is the most important thing the Iowa Democratic Party ever does. (Original Post) Ken Burch Feb 2016 OP

Maybe they were paid to leave them unstaffed. (I'm not naming names!). nt valerief Feb 2016 #1

Maybe someone can find the "smoking corncob" on that. Ken Burch Feb 2016 #2

It won't be done until it's too late to do anything about it. That's how politics works. valerief Feb 2016 #5

Hmm maybe in an email? DVRacer Feb 2016 #6

It's hard to get people to volunteer for administrative work. Recursion Feb 2016 #3

Answer: DWS. n/t brentspeak Feb 2016 #4

^^^^^That. Right there. What you said! ^^^^^^ n/t ebayfool Feb 2016 #7

polk went pretty heavy for clinton anyway, tk2kewl Feb 2016 #8

valerief

(53,235 posts)

1. Maybe they were paid to leave them unstaffed. (I'm not naming names!). nt

Reply to Ken Burch (Original post)

Tue Feb 2, 2016, 02:14 AM

Feb 2016

Ken Burch

(50,254 posts)

2. Maybe someone can find the "smoking corncob" on that.

Reply to valerief (Reply #1)

Tue Feb 2, 2016, 02:16 AM

Feb 2016

It would be a pivotal reveal if they did.

valerief

(53,235 posts)

5. It won't be done until it's too late to do anything about it. That's how politics works.

Reply to Ken Burch (Reply #2)

Tue Feb 2, 2016, 02:17 AM

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DVRacer

(707 posts)

6. Hmm maybe in an email?

Reply to Ken Burch (Reply #2)

Tue Feb 2, 2016, 02:18 AM

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Recursion

(56,582 posts)

3. It's hard to get people to volunteer for administrative work.

Reply to Ken Burch (Original post)

Tue Feb 2, 2016, 02:16 AM

Feb 2016

I did it in (city-level) DC for the DCDP for a while and got so tired of banging my head against that brick wall that I gave up.

brentspeak

(18,290 posts)

4. Answer: DWS. n/t

Reply to Ken Burch (Original post)

Tue Feb 2, 2016, 02:17 AM

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ebayfool

(3,411 posts)

7. ^^^^^That. Right there. What you said! ^^^^^^ n/t

Reply to brentspeak (Reply #4)

Tue Feb 2, 2016, 02:19 AM

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tk2kewl

(18,133 posts)

8. polk went pretty heavy for clinton anyway,

Reply to Ken Burch (Original post)

Tue Feb 2, 2016, 02:36 AM

Feb 2016

so this seems weird that the dnc would be making something out of it

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