Iowa Caucus Live Thread

2/1/16

[markomalley]

A search shows that nobody's opened up a live thread for tonight's caucuses. So here goes.

Predictions? For both the GOP and Dem nominations?

Eyewitness Accounts? See any funny business going on?

[SeaHawkFan]

Trump may win NH, but his alleged lead in SC will disappear soon. Once Trump has to start getting donations, and he will, his his claim that he doesn’t owe favors to anyone will doom his candidacy. You can bet your last dollar that he is not going to be spending a billion of his own money in this race, which is what it would take.

[mrsalty]

I agree and am ready for the real voting to begin. I guess the people that caucus in this state ride there horses to the presincts.<

[Jim W N]

I’m a Trump supporter, but congratulations to Cruz.

Don’t know what will happen and I hope Trumps wins the overall, but if Cruz wins let’s back him 100% to beat the Democratic Communist Party candidate.

[concerned about politics]

John King saying that 99% figure is of the “projected” vote, and that they don’t know how many more votes are coming in. This may not be over.

So Rubio could still beat Trump? The two are neck and neck.

[M Kehoe]

Go Cruz! The Cruz campaign is now a Player.

5.56mm

[BeadCounter]

And, Newsmax TV said NBC called it for Cruz, I’m not watching any of the big networks.

http://www.newsmax.com/

[11th_VA]

My wife says Palin endorsement hurt Trump ...

[txhurl]

How many attendees grand total at Trump’s Iowa rallies in January? Looks like they couldn’t make the caucus sites.

Man, the bookies were way off, too, DT was 1.29.

[Neu Pragmatist]

Really .. explain this :

https://theintercept.com/2015/12/18/beacon-global-strategies/

[Girlene]

Well, I’ve been a regular financial supporter of FR, but I have not made my quarterly donation yet. If FR is “someone’s exclusive province,” and “they decide” that for some illogical reason, I am not welcome, I will go and I will take my money with me. These idiotic comments from some Freepers are disgustingly childish and counterproductive. Some of you need to have your “mommies” wash out your mouths with soap! I have NEVER seen such shameful behavior on some freepers part EVER! The idea that to some of you, “others” are “assholes” because of their preference in candidates is just DISGRACEFUL!

Well I'm not going to disagree with you. I was merely responding to a poster who thought Trump supporters should leave. I was disagreeing with them.

[PaulZe]

Breckenridge was VP of the United states before the war. He ran as a Democrat for president in 1860...the election which Lincoln won thus beginning secession and ultimately the civil war. Breckenridge sided with the confederates even though his home state kentucky never left the union. He was a confederate General. I don’t believe he became secretary of war. Alexander Stevens was the vice president of the confederacy.

[Georgia Girl 2]

Yes in 7 days Trump will take NH and he had a good showing tonight so I feel pretty good about the whole thing.

[markomalley]

I don’t know. All I do know is that something doesn’t seem right.

Well, I would submit that you all (Trump supporters) need to figure it out and fast.

It's likely that Trump will run the rest of the board for the primaries. If that's the case, God bless.

But then we have the generals.

• If it is a "project chaos" type of scenario, then that needs to be fixed. Note that VA tried to fix the open primary thing that propelled McLame to victory in 2008. Now Trump supporters are trying to "fix" that. Think about it.
• If it is a "yuck factor" issue, then that will be a major weakness come general election time and that vulnerability needs to be remediated before general election time
• If it is voting fraud, well, we all will need to have a whole lot of observers named, trained, and appointed for each and every precinct come November

Not trying to cause a fight, but Trump people need to objectively look at the data and react intellectually, not emotionally.

[Bryanw92]

>>Are they banning people from FR period? That’s a new tactic here.

No. Just some d-bag who doesn’t believe in disagreement during the Primaries.

[mtrott]

Terry Brandstet head now exploding!!!

[US_MilitaryRules]

The left wouldn’t be at my dinner table.

[pollywog]

You got that right!!!!!!!!!!!

[Carry me back]

Most of the time reasoning things out by the Gop ,means doing wjat the people dont want done.

[WTFOVR]

Cruz, Trump AND Rubio - they all get 5 delegates. Carson gets 1 .... BUT they’re still counting votes - probably will not have the final tally till morn .... And then I suppose it needs to be certified by the IOWA SOS

[Yaelle]

manipulate the vote with their Rubio push. I thought that’s where we had really changed, that the country was seeing through these media creeps but alas, I was wrong.

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Agreed. That is the info coming through tonight. Our Constitution lost again. I have no problem with Ted Cruz winning. (As I write this, Wolfie Blitzed calls him the winner.) congrats to him and his supporters.

But I am VERY AFRAID about Rubio and his media / cabal support.