Mission Accomplished – Chaos in Iowa Caucuses Helps and Hurts All The Right Candidates…

[livingston]

From the DNC Club’s perspective there were three strategic needs surrounding the Iowa caucuses: (1) Hide the collapse of Joe Biden; (2) Diminish the win by Bernie Sanders; and (3) cover-up a less than enthusiastic voter turnout. Given the nature of very public primary races, this three-pronged challenge seemed almost impossible.

Almost.
If everything just seemed to collapse, go wrong, and become a mess; and if the end of the night outcomes could be delayed and undetermined; well, in that scenario the objective would be considered ‘mission accomplished‘ on all three points.

That exact scenario just coincidentally happened.

Despite the media proclaiming Biden was leading the field for the past six months during the impeachment narrative, Joe Biden likely came in fourth or fifth. He may not have gained any delegates in Iowa. No-one will pay attention to that now… and few will question how the “media polling” could have gotten it so wrong. [Tip: they lie]

Simultaneously, Bernie Sanders didn’t stand on stage, declare victory, and receive the praise earned in 2020 that was robbed from him in 2016. No results means no grand victory and momentum. Oh, it’ll probably be declared sometime today that Bernie Sanders won, but, meh, doesn’t deliver the same electoral value. [DNC Club smiling here]

Mission Accomplished - Chaos in Iowa Caucuses Helps and Hurts All The Right Candidates... - The Last Refuge

From the DNC Club’s perspective there were three strategic needs surrounding the Iowa caucuses: (1) Hide the collapse of Joe Biden; (2) Diminish the win by Bernie Sanders; and (3) cover-up a less than enthusiastic voter turnout. Given the nature of very public primary races, this three-pronged...

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[livingston]

From the comments section folks ....
Newhere says:
February 4, 2020 at 5:07 am

Clinton and Bloomberg are longtime friends. Steyer is a Podesta friend/Clinton ally. Clinton’s people are on the convention committee (including Podesta).
Bloomberg’s campaign, like Biden’s, is a proxy, just in a different way. He’s already pledged to spend the money, whomever the nominee will be, and I think it’s because he’s never planned to be the one. That Clinton getting in (or winning) seems so, utterly fantastical does not make it less true: the play here is Clinton.
In a planted Op-Ed in The Hill, she’s already been floated as VEEP to add “gravitas” to the ticket, and was quoted as being excited to jump on board with whomever gets the nomination (really? Clinton excited to run as #2? No one buys it … it’s seeding the concept.)
Chaos is also the best, if not the necessary state-of-play for Clinton to parachute in. First as VEEP — a stabilizing force. Then it’s just a re-shuffle to put her at the top of the ticket. VEEP probably then goes to Warren, thinking it placates the “progressive” wing (it won’t).
Bloomberg has no real pitch on the democrat side (neither did Biden) and he has the feel of a pop-up candidate. His “constituency” is pure donor class and astroturf. Hillary has a narrow band of dead-enders and a pitch: I beat Trump once in the popular vote, I can do it again, and I’m eager to settle the score.
What really matters is she still owns the party. That’s how she got her people on the convention committee, which only matters if there’s going to be a need to control it. She’ll take it in broad daylight, with Bernie people (and others) eyes wide open. Clintons and the DNC don’t care. That’s what narrative engineering is for.
I’ve been telling my family this for months. After tonight, I finally won a convert. And she’s PISSED. A long way to go yet, but this might turn out to be that moment that once you see, you can’t unsee.

Mission Accomplished - Chaos in Iowa Caucuses Helps and Hurts All The Right Candidates... - The Last Refuge

From the DNC Club’s perspective there were three strategic needs surrounding the Iowa caucuses: (1) Hide the collapse of Joe Biden; (2) Diminish the win by Bernie Sanders; and (3) cover-up a less than enthusiastic voter turnout. Given the nature of very public primary races, this three-pronged...

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This statement could be very true folks...

 

[spat]

If only they had a bit more diversity in their IT staff I'm sure it would have all worked fine. /sarc

When you base your personnel decisions on how many oppression points candidates can tally instead of how many accomplishments they have don't be surprised when your results are also diverse (as in not all successful).


"The app may not have done any of the things we needed it to do, but have you seen how underprivileged our developers were ? Consequently we're going to count this as a success despite the product not working at all"

 

[Bigfoot]

2 words come to mind...

Corrupt Bastards.

 

[spat]

From the comments section folks ....
Newhere says:
February 4, 2020 at 5:07 am

Clinton and Bloomberg are longtime friends. Steyer is a Podesta friend/Clinton ally. Clinton’s people are on the convention committee (including Podesta).
Bloomberg’s campaign, like Biden’s, is a proxy, just in a different way. He’s already pledged to spend the money, whomever the nominee will be, and I think it’s because he’s never planned to be the one. That Clinton getting in (or winning) seems so, utterly fantastical does not make it less true: the play here is Clinton.
In a planted Op-Ed in The Hill, she’s already been floated as VEEP to add “gravitas” to the ticket, and was quoted as being excited to jump on board with whomever gets the nomination (really? Clinton excited to run as #2? No one buys it … it’s seeding the concept.)
Chaos is also the best, if not the necessary state-of-play for Clinton to parachute in. First as VEEP — a stabilizing force. Then it’s just a re-shuffle to put her at the top of the ticket. VEEP probably then goes to Warren, thinking it placates the “progressive” wing (it won’t).
Bloomberg has no real pitch on the democrat side (neither did Biden) and he has the feel of a pop-up candidate. His “constituency” is pure donor class and astroturf. Hillary has a narrow band of dead-enders and a pitch: I beat Trump once in the popular vote, I can do it again, and I’m eager to settle the score.
What really matters is she still owns the party. That’s how she got her people on the convention committee, which only matters if there’s going to be a need to control it. She’ll take it in broad daylight, with Bernie people (and others) eyes wide open. Clintons and the DNC don’t care. That’s what narrative engineering is for.
I’ve been telling my family this for months. After tonight, I finally won a convert. And she’s PISSED. A long way to go yet, but this might turn out to be that moment that once you see, you can’t unsee.

Mission Accomplished - Chaos in Iowa Caucuses Helps and Hurts All The Right Candidates... - The Last Refuge

From the DNC Club’s perspective there were three strategic needs surrounding the Iowa caucuses: (1) Hide the collapse of Joe Biden; (2) Diminish the win by Bernie Sanders; and (3) cover-up a less than enthusiastic voter turnout. Given the nature of very public primary races, this three-pronged...

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This statement could be very true folks...

If Hillary is VP I give whoever is actually POTUS a lifespan measured in hours. If it's a 100 year old fossil she won't even have to fake a suicide, heart attack is much easier.

Maybe she really *does* want Bernie to win, just so she can be VP for 15 mins before his ticker "fails".

 

[kev74]

The "Everyone Gets A Trophy" movement has taken over the Iowa caucus.

Now they're all claiming victory.

I can't wait to see how the gulag-loving Bernie supporters react. They've got to have some kind of contingency plan for the drunk hag trying to steal the race again. The dem convention is shaping up to be a flaming shit-show of epic proportions!

 

[livingston]

Here’s how weird this system is. Bernie has the most for example in one district by a lot. So Biden who has enough to be viable, points extras over to other people to help them be viable to deny Bernie more delegates. So now even though Bernie started out with many more, he and other viable all only get one delegate.

Wow — another twist. Sanders won this precinct by 20 points but now 5 candidates will get 1 delegate each — Biden team amassed extra delegates, and then siphoned them to Klo & Warren. Bernie supporters are pissed “This is a joke.. waste of time.” Stormed out.
— Philip Klein (@philipaklein) February 4, 2020

Overnight Open Thread: Iowa Results – Biden Is Not Looking Good In Iowa, So Far…Update: Results Not In, ‘Quality Control’ Problems, ‘Inconsistencies’… | Weasel Zippers

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[kev74]

Surprise surprise surprise!!!

Caucus app blamed for Iowa vote chaos created by tech firm Shadow, Inc

Shadow, Inc was paid $60,000 by the Iowa Democratic Party for 'website development' which is thought to have been spent creating the app which left Monday's vote count in chaos.

www.dailymail.co.uk

 

[Jmac00]

two months ago I said "watch, Hillary will announce her candidacy for POTUS in January or February"

Last week I said "Hillary will announce shes running for POTUS on the Friday after the Iowa caucus"

time will tell

 

[livingston]

If Hillary is VP I give whoever is actually POTUS a lifespan measured in hours. If it's a 100 year old fossil she won't even have to fake a suicide, heart attack is much easier.

Maybe she really *does* want Bernie to win, just so she can be VP for 15 mins before his ticker "fails".

fake heart attack and on the advice from doctors need to resign from office ....

 

[livingston]

[Iowa’s Republican and Democratic Parties] and their app and web development vendors partnered last fall with Harvard’s Defending Digital Democracy Project to develop strategies and systems to protect results and deal with any misinformation that's reported on caucus night.

They worked with campaign experts Robby Mook and Matt Rhodes — as well as experts in cybersecurity, national security, technology and election administration — and simulated the different ways that things could go wrong on caucus night.

Mook, 2016 campaign manager for Hillary Clinton, and Rhodes, Mitt Romney's 2012 campaign manager, helped develop a public-service video to alert campaigns to the warning signs of hacking and misinformation.
Oh, come on.

Two failed campaign managers were consulted on how to improve the security and reliability of the Iowa caucuses? It is as if party leaders were begging for things to go wrong. Maybe Rhodes, sure.

But Mook? This is the same person who dismissed Bill Clinton in 2016 after the former president raised concerns about Hillary Clinton’s weak showing with white and middle-class primary voters. Mook sidelined Bill Clinton as a tired has-been, insisting instead that Mook's own electoral model showed that young, Latino, and black voters were the key to winning 2016. That sure went well for Mook and his candidate.

Retracted: Iowa caucus disaster tied to Hillary Clinton’s former campaign manager

Editor’s note: The story “Iowa caucus disaster tied to Hillary Clinton’s former campaign manager” was written based on a report by the Des Moines Register that has subsequently been changed in a way that significantly affects our commentary. As a consequence, we have retracted this story.

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[livingston]

two months ago I said "watch, Hillary will announce her candidacy for POTUS in January or February"

Last week I said "Hillary will announce shes running for POTUS on the Friday after the Iowa caucus"

time will tell

We have not heard the last of that witch...She has been getting free air time that no one else could ever get...

 

[tirwin1]

I have maintained that clinton will become the nominee if there is no clear cut winner prior to the convention. With this debacle it looks like this scenario is becoming more plausible.

Best outcome would be for the die hard progressive bernie fans to split from the democrats and run bernie as an independent.

They honestly believe that trump "bought the election" and now think that bloombergs billions can buy it in 2020. I do not want that level of stupidity anywhere near the white house.

 

[Jmac00]

Guess what, The Nevada Caucus is Feb 22, they also paid Shadow inc for their 'app'

 

[Jmac00]

Tuesday's Iowa Caucus big winner ~~~ Pres. Trump

 

[MothMan]

The "Everyone Gets A Trophy" movement has taken over the Iowa caucus.

Now they're all claiming victory.

I can't wait to see how the gulag-loving Bernie supporters react. They've got to have some kind of contingency plan for the drunk hag trying to steal the race again. The dem convention is shaping up to be a flaming shit-show of epic proportions!

Going to watch as much as I can. Stocking up on beer, popcorn and nerf bricks as we speak.

 

[livingston]

The "Everyone Gets A Trophy" movement has taken over the Iowa caucus.

Now they're all claiming victory.

I can't wait to see how the gulag-loving Bernie supporters react. They've got to have some kind of contingency plan for the drunk hag trying to steal the race again. The dem convention is shaping up to be a flaming shit-show of epic proportions!

 

[Bustedknees]

Biden seems fairly relaxed .. He knows Hillary is putting the fix in..

 

[livingston]

Going to watch as much as I can. Stocking up on beer, popcorn and nerf bricks as we speak.

 

[nortatoga]

 

[Calculon]

Biden already said he’s VP needs to be able to be president because he’s old. With the hag as VP he can step down. He doesn’t really want to be President, just get elected to satisfy his ego then let the sea hag take over.

 

[kev74]

Biden already said he’s VP needs to be able to be president because he’s old. With the hag as VP he can step down. He doesn’t really want to be President, just get elected to satisfy his ego then let the sea hag take over.

Biden will drop out way before the election. He's barely going through the motions now, with many instances (on video) of loosing his temper with voters and journalists.

 

[livingston]

The Biden Purpose is Finished – Watch How Fast He Plummets…

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The Crossfire Hurricane hand-off to Weissmann using Mueller was the hoax known generally as Trump-Russia, or Coup 1.0. If you stand back and look at the totality of the ‘big picture’ behind the Trump-Ukraine impeachment coup it’s clear to see a 2.0 version. The Trump-Russia hoax (coup 1.0)...

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[GOPerfect]

It is a shame for the citizens of Iowa. These people take their caucuses very seriously. To have it nearly destroyed by the Dem party is horrendous. Does not make a difference Rep or Dem, they may lose their coveted spot as first in the nation.

 

[Robin]

Hard working folks them Iowan's, they earned everything they got.
Robin

 

[Blimey]

I don't think Biden is going anywhere yet. He's the RBG of the left. He's the new Clinton. They will keep dragging him up for months yet. And besides, he has a great many more young girls' hair to sniff before this is all said and done.

 

[dubleuhb]

This wasn't a screw up, they knew they weren't going to get the results they wanted.
How anyone can expect any honesty from these crooked POS is beyond me.

 

[Mosinitis]

Funny how Bloomberg skipped Iowa. I guess the image of a schmucky midget with a whiny voice licking big gay ice cream doesn't sell in Middle America.

 

[Jmac00]

all I can imagine is a bunch of idiots sitting around counting votes, re-counting, and re-counting until they get the results they want

 

[tirwin1]

It is a shame for the citizens of Iowa. These people take their caucuses very seriously. To have it nearly destroyed by the Dem party is horrendous. Does not make a difference Rep or Dem, they may lose their coveted spot as first in the nation.

They may take it seriously but I think it is a ridiculous way to vote. So much for the secret ballot. Given this year's nonsense they should definitely lose the spot as first in the nation.