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Iowa Democratic Party officials are hunkered down in their war room tonight, with presidential campaigns in the dark over the delay in the reporting of caucus results. Officials from two Democratic campaigns tell CNN they were told the app to tabulate results had crashed.

Could it be sitting Democrats in the House of Representatives haven’t rushed to push for Rep. Anthony Weiner’s (R-NY) resignation because they need him to absorb a redistricting blow? Some sources seem to think so: New York will lose two seats when the U.S. House gets reconfigured to reflect population shifts recorded in the 2010 U.S. census. The state’s redistricting will be decided by the New York State Assembly in Albany, the capital, with the expected result being an overhaul that would cut a Republican seat upstate and a Democratic seat downstate. …Before the news about Weiner’s scandal broke, it...

Anthony Weiner was one of the most entertaining politicians on Twitter, but after he inadvertently sent out the crotch shot seen around the world, his career could very well be over. Meghan McCain wonders if politicians should be on Twitter at all, weighing the pros and cons of the most impulsive form of social networking. Plus, why her mom didn't want her to follow Weiner on Twitter. A few days after Anthony Weiner tried to send a 21-year-old college student a picture of his wiener he also Tweeted me, but it’s not what you think. I remember seeing Congressman Weiner’s...

Do the DUmmies have ANY moral standards at all? Sometimes you wonder. But the news today--reported in this THREAD, "Weiner’s Wife Is PREGNANT"--have even the Undergrounders shaking their head. Many of them are ready to throw their Weiner under the bus! So let us drop in on the Weiner Roast, in Red Hot Red, while the commentary of your humble guest correspondent, Charles Henrickson, nominating Anthony Weiner to succeed John Edwards as Father of the Year, is in the [brackets]: Weiner’s Wife Is PREGNANT [Well, at least it works!] But none of it relates to his voting record. [As...

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Pennsylvania Democratic Rep. Allyson Schwartz, a leader of the party's House campaign committee, called Wednesday for Rep. Anthony Weiner to resign after he admitted he sent lewd photos to women and talked dirty with them via Twitter and Facebook. Weiner's behavior was so offensive he has lost the ability to command respect from his constituents and brought dishonor to the House, Schwartz said. "As Americans we have the right to expect better behavior from members of Congresss, leaders of our country," Schwartz said in an interview. "I don't think we should accept it."