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In reply to the discussion: "What we can’t stomach is even the whiff of impropriety or error" Des Moines Register. [View all]840high
(17,196 posts)47. Hillary would get a recount. No doubt about it.
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"What we can’t stomach is even the whiff of impropriety or error" Des Moines Register. [View all]
madfloridian
Feb 2016
OP
Here's the takeaway--if the IDP refuses to audit its own findings, then you have to wonder
TwilightGardener
Feb 2016
#1
Possibly. And an audit would reveal whether or not the mistakes favored one candidate. (nt)
jeff47
Feb 2016
#58
The head of Iowa Democratic Party is a Clinton supporter, fund-raiser and former campaign co-chair
CoffeeCat
Feb 2016
#36
What their campaign exactly said is: *There's no plan to look backwards* Tad Devine 2 Feb
JimDandy
Feb 2016
#64
By Tuesday the Iowa Party had already said they wouldn't be getting the raw data,
pnwmom
Feb 2016
#65
that state primaries are transparent is the biggest bunch of stink i have read today
questionseverything
Feb 2016
#82
This OP has the latest info, as of yesterday, that Sanders still wants the raw voter data
JimDandy
Feb 2016
#81
I wish I were. Someone here posted a pic of it a couple days ago, but I didn't bookmark it. - nt
KingCharlemagne
Feb 2016
#41
The story has changed multiple times, and then we were told it didn't even matter and wasn't
TwilightGardener
Feb 2016
#32
What about Sanders? After all, based on the facts above HE won six of seven coin tosses.
George II
Feb 2016
#44
Well, that the exact opposite we heard earlier. So which version do we trust?
madfloridian
Feb 2016
#74
I think it is probably an accurate statenent of the facts that the Iowa party is aware of.
Skinner
Feb 2016
#24
Exactly...McGuire could clear up all of these questions by providing the raw voter data. n/t
JimDandy
Feb 2016
#70
It seems pretty obvious that the system was likely gamed, and the actual results compromised.
NorthCarolina
Feb 2016
#7
This was Bernie's first caucus. This was the Combined-Clintons'..what--fourth?
TwilightGardener
Feb 2016
#11
The problem is, She has positioned her familiars at every key point in the process
Dragonfli
Feb 2016
#17
Her new problem is that after seeing it in '08 and yet again now, ppl are wising up
Dragonfli
Feb 2016
#28
so, you think the Leader of the Free World should be a street fightin' man? May I suggest:
Hiraeth
Feb 2016
#21
Oh, please. When tens of thousands of people and hundreds of counties are involved...
randome
Feb 2016
#22
Then there should be no problem with all parties laying their cards on the table. Easy enough then.
Ed Suspicious
Feb 2016
#54
This is exactly why the majority of Americans don't vote. They know the government and the electoral
liberal_at_heart
Feb 2016
#25
Maybe it's time for the primaries/caucuses to rotate. If we can't trust in the accuracy of the
A Simple Game
Feb 2016
#37
The absence of transparency and the absolutism of the party Chair suggests they don't really know
Ford_Prefect
Feb 2016
#38
The butt stupidest thing about this article is DNC delegates weren't even selected
Gman
Feb 2016
#46
Go talk to the Des Moines Register, tell them it's a "butt-stupid" article.
madfloridian
Feb 2016
#49
So a newspaper loudly lauded here a few days ago is now a "whiner"? Oh, my.
madfloridian
Feb 2016
#55
Do you know if any of the corporate media conglomerates; CNN, MSNBC, CBS, ABC etc. etc.
Uncle Joe
Feb 2016
#84
Wow! Read this from DKos by fladem who worked at the caucus. It's shocking.
madfloridian
Feb 2016
#85