The only issue, jjotto, is whether this was a tainted election in Iowa. It was. It will be remembered as one.
They’ve had 2 in a row now if we consider the Santorum/Romney debacle from the last Iowa caucus.
The democrats also have a tainted caucus. Obama’s election was tainted.
The bottom line is that we need a better process of voting. But no one will listen to that.
Until this year, the Iowa GOP never awarded the presidential preference ‘winner’ with anything except bragging rights, so it was always done casually.
It’s ‘tainted’ in the sense that Bruce Jenner and Tony Stewart are guilty of murder; completely in FReepers minds.
Compare and contrast a Caucus with a Primary Election.