Iowa Republicans to call caucus result split decision

Reuters via Yahoo News ^ | 19 Jan 2012 | Reuters

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WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Iowa Republican Party will certify this month's presidential caucuses as a split decision between former Massachusetts governor Mitt Romney and former Pennsylvania senator Rick Santorum, citing missing data from eight precincts, the Des Moines Register reported on Thursday.

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"It's a split decision," the newspaper said, citing a party official in the state. There are too many holes in the certified total from the caucuses to know for certain who won, it said.

When Romney was declared the winner, it was a "squeaker." When Santorum comes out the winner, the process "has holes."

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This past November, there was a school levy on the ballot in my area. On election night, it was up by 20 votes. After the recount, it lost by 34. We didn’t decide to split the difference and allow them to raise our taxes by half of what they wanted.

[Truth29]

What a wimp out, amateur hour performance by the Iowa GOP. “Missing data” from eight locations?? This whole sorry affair stinks.

[Recovering_Democrat]

Smells like bullshit.

[US Navy Vet]

The Iowa “Republican Party” is a RINO, Rommney “bought and paid for” POS!

[traditional1]

Romney-the-RINO LOST in IOWA, but the State-Run-Media can't admit it, now will the Establishment Republican Elite (Romney-the-RINO is "The Chosen One").

[ScottinVA]

OK.. so when Mittens wins by 8, it`s a “victory.” Santorum wins the recount and it`s a “split decision.” Really, GOP???

[Happy Rain]

Speculations now are superfluous—the GOP RINO elite establishment and the DNC are in cahoots to FORCE WILLARD DOWN OUR THROATS!!!

I like Santorum better but I may have to vote for Newt Saturday just to stop Mitt!

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I missed the other Santorum/Romney story already in breaking. This thread doesn’t need to be in that category.

[ScottinVA]

Ah, well... Iowa will be firmly in 0bama`s camp anyway come November. That pi$$-poor example of a state GOP is partly to blame.

[Democrat_media]

Santorum needs to quit and allow Gingrich to win. Santorum is just helping Romney.Santorum is wrong in supporting this horrible tyranny called SOPA . The SOPA bill allows government to censor and destroy the Internet.

Santorum is no conservative.

[nhwingut]

So when Romney was ahead by 8 votes, he was the winner.

Now with Santorum winning by 34 votes, it’s a tie.

LOL!

[rhombus]

citing missing data from eight precincts

Sounds pretty inept. With months of attention placed on Iowa, this happens? Thanks a lot Iowa.

[JSDude1]

Bad news for Mitt-Now he can’t claim “two wins” and big MO!

[FrankR]

What gives with all these "squeaker" elections where "additional votes" were found in someone's trunk?

The ballots should never leave the polling place without - at least - a preliminary count, in front of multiple witnesses.

The likes of the obama regime is killing the election process in America, and someone had better straighten it out before we become a full dictatorship, which may well happen if obama is re-elected.

[Berlin_Freeper]

What kind of banana republic is this?

[Pollster1]

I like Santorum better but I may have to vote for Newt Saturday just to stop Mitt!

That sounds like the advice my favorite non-candidate gave. While I prefer Newt (VERY reluctantly), I'd vote for Santorum if it would help stop Romney.

[AmericanInTokyo]

Corrupt bastards. They cannot say Mitt won both Iowa and New Hampshire anymore, but they sure as hell are going to deny the claim that Santorum can say he won Iowa. The Fix is so IN it STINKS.

[TornadoAlley3]

What is the delegate total now?

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What are the odds something like that happens with other states in Nov?