Hillary got a delegate from an Iowa precinct where no one voted for her?

Well, no one ever claimed the Clinton's won't play dirty...

Via Des Moines Register:

Keane Schwarz is certain he knows the outcome of the vote in his precinct: He was the lone caucus goer in Woodbury County No. 43.

But the Iowa Democratic Party’s final results state that Hillary Clinton won one county delegate and Bernie Sanders received zero.

“I voted for Bernie,” Schwarz, 36, of Oto, told The Des Moines Register. “It was really suspicious … I’m actually pretty irate about it.”

Some complaints that Iowa Democrats have shared with the Register about discrepancies in caucus results appear to be valid. Others stem from confusion over how the math-heavy delegate-awarding system works in the Democrats’ caucus process.
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Why I am glad Trump didn't win Iowa (They have a crummy record of picking the GOP winner)

Iowa picked Santorum in 2012 and Huckabee in 2008. 

4. The caucuses have a poor track record of predicting the Republican nominee

In stark contrast, the Iowa Republican caucuses have a remarkably poor track record.
Since 1980, Iowa Republicans have accurately predicted the GOP nominee only twice: Bob Dole in 1996 and George W. Bush in 2000. In every other caucus, Iowa Republicans chose candidates that flopped outside Iowa.
Why are Iowa Republicans so far out of step with the rest of the country?
The answer is that Iowa Republicans are much more culturally conservative than the national average. Iowa GOP voters have consistently chosen polarizing, socially conservative presidential candidates over more electable establishment candidates.
For example, in 2008, the far-right social conservative candidate Mike Huckabee beat John McCain in Iowa. In 2012,  Rick Santorum, a Republican even more conservative than Huckabee, defeated Mitt Romney. But neither Huckabee nor Santorum received a lasting boost from winning Iowa, and both campaigns fell far short of winning the GOP nomination.

Chairwoman of the Congressional Black Caucus: Dems lost midterms because of racist southern whites...

When you have no acceptable excuses, play the race card...

Via Breitbart:

The Chairwoman of the Congressional Black Caucus said Democrats got walloped in the midterm elections because white Southern voters are racists.
“We lost because of ideological differences within the Democratic Party and with our Administration. We lost because our party has, to some extent, lost white Southerners due in part to the race of our President,” Rep. Marcia Fudge (D-OH) said, according to theCleveland Plain Dealer.
Fudge’s remarks echo those of Sen. Mary Landrieu (D-LA), the Democrat who is in a runoff with Republican Bill Cassidy in Louisiana. Landrieu blamed racism for Obama’s low approval ratings when asked why President Obama has “a hard time in Louisiana.”
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Congressional Black Caucus Chair: Republicans Are “Evil and Mean” (Video)

Some of that new civility Obama brought to Washington...



The Cleveland Plains Dealer reported:

Congressional Black Caucus chair Marcia Fudge had harsh words on Thursday night for GOP colleagues on the House Agriculture Committee who she says “literally do not believe there is poverty in this country.”
In a George Washington University panel discussion on poverty hosted by PBS’s Tavis Smiley, Fudge expressed her disappointment with colleagues who voted to cut food stamps by $16.5 billion over the next 10 years.
“These same people believe if you do not work, you are lazy,” Fudge told the symposium, which was aired on C-SPAN. “These same people believe that if your children don’t get a good education, something is wrong with you. These are the craziest people I have seen in my life. Just absolute nuts. They don’t understand that the government’s job is to take care of its people.”
The Warrensville Heights Democrat, who just started a two-year term as chair of the Black Caucus, said that if such people continue to get elected to Congress, “we are never going anywhere as a country.”
“Because we deal with nuts, every single day,” said Fudge. “These people are evil and mean. They care nothing about anybody but themselves. And so, if you think you are going to have anything bipartisan, you need to think again. It is not happening.”

Republican officials shut down a caucus meeting in Missouri and threatened to jail the attendees (video)

Republican officials shut down a caucus meeting and threatened to jail the attendees if they did not immediately leave the building.This occurred at the St. Charles County, MO GOP Caucus. A police helicopter was called in. The Nazis GOP officials in charge didn't want the caucus filmed. Perhaps they wanted to steal some more delegates for Romney like what happened at this Georgia GOP caucus. 



Can the GOP establishment really be this stupid? Are they trying to anger enough Republicans to force a third party candidate?

Rick Santorum scores triple win, but no delegates

Rick Santorum wins caucuses in Minnesota, Colorado and Missouri.

The Republican presidential contest is a two-man race no more.

Rick Santorum proved that the 2012 primary election still has a few surprises left, after he went three for three in Tuesday’s contests and once again shook up the GOP nomination battle.

Santorum, in perhaps the biggest upset of the night, was declared the winner of the Colorado caucuses -- a contest Mitt Romney had been leading in recent polls and won in the 2008 race. The former Pennsylvania senator also won the Minnesota caucuses and the non-binding Missouri GOP primary.

Unfortunately, no delegates are at stake.

A cynic might say that tonight’s Republican contests in Minnesota, Colorado and Missouri deserve an asterisk. In Minnesota and Colorado, which will hold caucuses, voters will pick their preferred presidential candidate in a nonbinding straw poll, while picking delegates to county and regional conventions in a separate vote. In Missouri, no delegates are on the line at all; the state will hold a separate caucus for that purpose on March 17.

Did Rick Santorum really win the GOP Iowa Caucus?

Reportedly, there was a 20-vote discrepancy in Romney's favor at one precinct.

DES MOINES, Iowa — Caucus night was chaotic in many places, with hundreds of voters, candidates showing up and the throngs of media who followed. The world’s eyes were on Iowa. But in the quiet town of Moulton, Appanoose County, a caucus of 50 people may just blow up the results.

Edward True, 28, of Moulton, said he helped count the votes and jotted the results down on a piece of paper to post to his Facebook page. He said when he checked to make sure the Republican Party of Iowa got the count right, he said he was shocked to find they hadn’t.

“When Mitt Romney won Iowa by eight votes and I’ve got a 20-vote discrepancy here, that right there says Rick Santorum won Iowa,” True said. “Not Mitt Romney.”

True said at his 53-person caucus at the Garrett Memorial Library, Romney received two votes. According to the Iowa Republican Party’s website, True’s precinct cast 22 votes for Romney.

“This is huge,” True said. “It essentially changes who won.”

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Image of The Day: Nate Silver Iowa Caucus Projection Shocker

Nate Silver gives Ron Paul a 52% chance of victory.

Priceless: GOP Congressman-elect Allen West Plans to Join Congressional Black Caucus (audio)

I can't wait to hear his reports on their closed door meetings.

The CBC discussion starts at about 4:25 in the video.

House Tea Party Caucus Formed

Great news. The Tea Party has a caucus in the House. No democrats have joined so far.




Here is a list of members via CNN’s Political Ticker:

Michelle Bachman of Minnesota (founder of the caucus) Todd Akin of Missouri Roscoe Bartlett of Maryland Joe Barton of Texas Gus Bilirakis of Florida Paul Broun of Georgia Michael Burgess of Texas Dan Burton of Indiana John Carter of Texas (Republican Conference secretary) John Culberson of Texas John Fleming of Louisiana Trent Franks of Arizona Phil Gingrey of Georgia Louie Gohmert of Texas Peter Hoekstra of Michigan Walter Jones of North Carolina Steve King of Iowa Doug Lamborn of Colorado Cynthia Lummis of Wyoming Gary Miller of California Gerry Moran of Kansas Mike Pence of Indiana (Republican Conference chairman) Tom Price of Georgia Pete Sessions of Texas (National Republican Congressional Committee chairman) Lamar Smith of Texas Cliff Stearns of Florida Todd Tiahrt of Kansas Joe Wilson of South Carolina