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storyyeller More like giant cherries from Appleloosa Since: Jan, 2001 Relationship Status: RelationshipOutOfBoundsException: 1
More like giant cherries
#110601: Feb 1st 2016 at 8:25:00 PM

Am I seeing those numbers correctly, and less than 1,300 Democrat voters caucused in Iowa?

No, those are State Delegate Equivalents, a magical number which is largely correlated with actual votes received based on a complicated system. Nobody keeps track of the actual vote totals in a caucus.

edited 1st Feb '16 8:26:20 PM by storyyeller

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FFShinra Since: Jan, 2001
#110602: Feb 1st 2016 at 8:26:20 PM

Cruz victory speech. Appropriately attrocious.

LeGarcon Blowout soon fellow Stalker from Skadovsk Since: Aug, 2013 Relationship Status: Gay for Big Boss
Blowout soon fellow Stalker
#110603: Feb 1st 2016 at 8:27:50 PM

Care to paraphrase it? I wandered off and ate leftoever pizza.

Has Trump imploded yet?

Oh really when?
FFShinra Since: Jan, 2001
#110604: Feb 1st 2016 at 8:31:34 PM

Trump was boring.

Cruz speech basically boiled down to They Called Me Mad! and how he's gonna stay uber conservative even in the general election and how he is gonna root out the liberals and how eeeeevul they are, yadda yadda. Surprisingly short.

Rationalinsanity from Halifax, Canada Since: Aug, 2010 Relationship Status: It's complicated
#110605: Feb 1st 2016 at 8:35:03 PM

So he's still the unelectable asshole fanatic we all know and hate?

...Thank God Walker dropped out early. That could have been scary.

edited 1st Feb '16 8:35:14 PM by Rationalinsanity

Politics is the skilled use of blunt objects.
Eschaton Since: Jul, 2010
#110606: Feb 1st 2016 at 8:38:38 PM

Clinton is also gave a speech, and she's really pushing that she's a progressive, on a level I never really noticed before.

I seriously wonder what this election would have looked like without Sanders (and Trump, though I think someone of his caliber was more inevitable).

[down]There's less than a percent difference between Clinton and Sanders, and that's a death-knell?. I bet you won't be first to think that, but if Clinton was down by the same amount, I highly doubt anyone would make the same claim.

edited 1st Feb '16 8:45:35 PM by Eschaton

daird Since: Jul, 2014
#110607: Feb 1st 2016 at 8:40:04 PM

[up][up] Welcome to the cesspool that is the 2012 candidate roster. Sanders was the only one who even looked reasonable, and his campaign just died.

Forward, boys! For God's sake, forward!
LeGarcon Blowout soon fellow Stalker from Skadovsk Since: Aug, 2013 Relationship Status: Gay for Big Boss
Blowout soon fellow Stalker
#110608: Feb 1st 2016 at 8:42:38 PM

So has Clinton won or not?

Oh really when?
TheyCallMeTomu Since: Jan, 2001 Relationship Status: Anime is my true love
#110609: Feb 1st 2016 at 8:43:03 PM

Pfft, Clinton and Sanders were neck and neck in Iowa, and it's a proportional state rather than winner take all. I'm sure he's not dead yet.

FFShinra Since: Jan, 2001
#110610: Feb 1st 2016 at 8:43:21 PM

[up][up][up]Not so sure. Clinton may have declared too early.

edited 1st Feb '16 8:43:32 PM by FFShinra

TheyCallMeTomu Since: Jan, 2001 Relationship Status: Anime is my true love
#110611: Feb 1st 2016 at 8:43:41 PM

The margin is so close, either way they get the same number of delegates.

Ekuran Since: Feb, 2010 Relationship Status: watch?v=dQw4w9WgXcQ
Silasw A procrastination in of itself from A handcart to hell (4 Score & 7 Years Ago) Relationship Status: And they all lived happily ever after <3
A procrastination in of itself
#110614: Feb 1st 2016 at 8:45:20 PM

Both Clinton and Sanders are refusing to call it.

And I don't see Rand ever dropping, I see him doing like his dad and staying till the end even when he's lost.

“And the Bunny nails it!” ~ Gabrael “If the UN can get through a day without everyone strangling everyone else so can we.” ~ Cyran
FFShinra Since: Jan, 2001
#110615: Feb 1st 2016 at 8:47:19 PM

He can't. He has to eventually focus on keeping his Senate seat.

Fighteer Lost in Space from The Time Vortex (Time Abyss) Relationship Status: TV Tropes ruined my love life
Lost in Space
#110616: Feb 1st 2016 at 8:51:31 PM

Half of Iowa is a resounding moral victory for Sanders.

Her speech was pretty rousing. Sanders looks a bit strung out.

edited 1st Feb '16 8:51:56 PM by Fighteer

"It's Occam's Shuriken! If the answer is elusive, never rule out ninjas!"
Silasw A procrastination in of itself from A handcart to hell (4 Score & 7 Years Ago) Relationship Status: And they all lived happily ever after <3
A procrastination in of itself
#110617: Feb 1st 2016 at 8:52:29 PM

Sanders is calling it a tie it seems.

“And the Bunny nails it!” ~ Gabrael “If the UN can get through a day without everyone strangling everyone else so can we.” ~ Cyran
FFShinra Since: Jan, 2001
#110618: Feb 1st 2016 at 8:53:00 PM

It is, for all intents and purposes.

TheWanderer Student of Story from Somewhere in New England (Time Abyss) Relationship Status: Wishfully thinking
Student of Story
#110619: Feb 1st 2016 at 8:53:47 PM

...Thank God Walker dropped out early. That could have been scary.

I swear I still don't get it. I know Walker is a lightweight empty suit animated by nothing but thinly disguised contempt for all life and the money of the rich, but he was SO much the boy of the Koch brothers and similar company that I'm still surprised he dropped out so early. I could even see him wanting to drop out but being flogged by them to stay in solely because he was such a valuable tool to them. (And a tool in general, but that's another story...)

But the toxic morass of having him in with Trump and Cruz at this point is definitely shudder inducing.

| Wandering, but not lost. | If people bring so much courage to this world...◊ |
Fighteer Lost in Space from The Time Vortex (Time Abyss) Relationship Status: TV Tropes ruined my love life
Lost in Space
#110620: Feb 1st 2016 at 8:55:16 PM

Walker must not have wanted to fight with the big boys in the playground.

"It's Occam's Shuriken! If the answer is elusive, never rule out ninjas!"
ILoveDogs Since: May, 2010
#110621: Feb 1st 2016 at 8:56:18 PM

He went mad from the constant input and monitoring from the steel device the Koches implanted behind his ear.

Fighteer Lost in Space from The Time Vortex (Time Abyss) Relationship Status: TV Tropes ruined my love life
daird Since: Jul, 2014
#110623: Feb 1st 2016 at 8:58:19 PM

Remember, folks, Hillary has a gigantic lead in superdelegates, and Iowa was one of Sanders' top three states. Sure, New Hampshire's another big Bernie haven, but the second the campaign swings south, Hillary is going to put her heavy leads in Dixie to work and finish this thing off. Mark my words, by St. Patrick's Day, the Dems won't have a campaign as much as a coronation tour.

Forward, boys! For God's sake, forward!
Fighteer Lost in Space from The Time Vortex (Time Abyss) Relationship Status: TV Tropes ruined my love life
Lost in Space
#110624: Feb 1st 2016 at 8:59:26 PM

[up] I'm not sure if you are happy or sad about that prospect, but Sanders has yet to unleash the funds he's amassed. He's far from out, and he's got one hell of a populist message. That message needs to be heard.

edited 1st Feb '16 8:59:40 PM by Fighteer

"It's Occam's Shuriken! If the answer is elusive, never rule out ninjas!"
Silasw A procrastination in of itself from A handcart to hell (4 Score & 7 Years Ago) Relationship Status: And they all lived happily ever after <3
A procrastination in of itself
#110625: Feb 1st 2016 at 9:00:20 PM

Hey if Sanders keeps doing well he should drag Hillary to the left a fair bit, that's good enough for me.

edited 1st Feb '16 9:00:35 PM by Silasw

“And the Bunny nails it!” ~ Gabrael “If the UN can get through a day without everyone strangling everyone else so can we.” ~ Cyran

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