2016 Postmortem
In reply to the discussion: "What we can’t stomach is even the whiff of impropriety or error" Des Moines Register. [View all]CoffeeCat
(24,411 posts)Andy McGuire, the chairperson of the Iowa Democratic Party, is the person who is unilaterally preventing any examination of the caucus results. Here are some facts about Andy McGuire:
McGuires license plate on her Buick Enclave says HRC 2016, as in Hillary Rodham Clinton. (Source: Clinton makes just one excruciating Iowa mention, Des Moines Register, 6/11/14)
McGuire was co-chair of Hillary Clintons 2008 campaign in Iowa
McGuire had Hillary Clinton fundraisers in her home. In 2007, the New York Times reported, On Friday night, Mrs. Clinton had dinner in Des Moines at the home of a leading Democrat, Andrea McGuire, and was joined by several other influential party members: Mr. Boswell; the state Senate Democratic leader, Michael Gronstal; and Bonnie Campbell, the former state attorney general, among others. (Clinton, in Iowa, Vows to Renew the Promise of America, New York Times, 1/28/07)
In 2007, McGuire served on Hillary Clintons National Council of Civic Leaders as well as the Womens Leadership Council for Team Hillary in Iowa.
https://caffeinatedthoughts.com/2015/04/some-fun-facts-about-the-new-iowa-democratic-party-chair/
http://www.bleedingheartland.com/2015/01/17/three-pros-and-three-cons-of-andy-mcguire-as-iowa-democratic-party-chair-updated/