2016 Postmortem

AZ Progressive

(3,411 posts) Tue Feb 2, 2016, 03:39 PM Feb 2016

Hillary's Iowa Caucus victory*

* after maneuvering using O'Malley to take Bernie delegates away, winning an impossible six coin tosses in a row, and throwing the full weight of the Democratic Party establishment and her media friends against Bernie.

The Clinton team has trained caucus chairs to shift some supporters to O’Malley if the conditions are advantageous in order to deprive Sanders of an extra delegate. Precinct campaigns are using a custom campaign app that does the caucus math for the volunteers. News of the app was first reported Saturday by BuzzFeed News, but precinct leaders have been trained for weeks in the tactic, according to Clinton campaign officials.

- http://time.com/4201806/hillary-clinton-martin-omalley-bernie-sanders-iowa/

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Hillary's Iowa Caucus victory* (Original Post) AZ Progressive Feb 2016 OP

She can claim she won all she wants. NT deathrind Feb 2016 #1

Just like W* got elected president, Hillary* won IA. nt thereismore Feb 2016 #2

After all that she won by 0.2% . Autumn Feb 2016 #3

And Howler Feb 2016 #5

She really SHOULD run as a Republican. Binkie The Clown Feb 2016 #4

I hear ya, but she represents the old Scoop Jackson wing of the KingCharlemagne Feb 2016 #6

That is one deadly asterisk! - nt KingCharlemagne Feb 2016 #7

deathrind

(1,786 posts)

1. She can claim she won all she wants. NT

Reply to AZ Progressive (Original post)

Tue Feb 2, 2016, 03:41 PM

Feb 2016

thereismore

(13,326 posts)

2. Just like W* got elected president, Hillary* won IA. nt

Reply to AZ Progressive (Original post)

Tue Feb 2, 2016, 03:47 PM

Feb 2016

Autumn

(45,120 posts)

3. After all that she won by 0.2% .

Reply to AZ Progressive (Original post)

Tue Feb 2, 2016, 03:47 PM

Feb 2016

0.2% and 6 coin tosses.

Howler

(4,225 posts)

5. And

Reply to Autumn (Reply #3)

Tue Feb 2, 2016, 03:51 PM

Feb 2016

Managed to make the iowa caucas look like a hick amature hour unless of course you were watching the returns on cspan. Then it just made the caucas look corrupt.

Binkie The Clown

(7,911 posts)

4. She really SHOULD run as a Republican.

Reply to AZ Progressive (Original post)

Tue Feb 2, 2016, 03:50 PM

Feb 2016

She supports their polices and uses their tactics, and heaven knows the Republicans could use a good candidate right about now.

I can see it now: Clinton/Rubio vs Sanders/Warren (or Sanders/O'Malley)

KingCharlemagne

(7,908 posts)

6. I hear ya, but she represents the old Scoop Jackson wing of the

Reply to Binkie The Clown (Reply #4)

Tue Feb 2, 2016, 03:56 PM

Feb 2016

Democratic Party (or, going back a few more years, the John Connally wing) whereas Sanders represents the McGovernMuskie wing (or, again, going back a few more years, the Ralph Yarborough wing).

FWIW: JFK travelled to Dallas in November 1963 in order to mediate a dispute between Connally and Yarborough.

KingCharlemagne

(7,908 posts)

7. That is one deadly asterisk! - nt

Reply to AZ Progressive (Original post)

Tue Feb 2, 2016, 03:57 PM

Feb 2016

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