2016 Postmortem
In reply to the discussion: Hillary playing tricks in Polk County! [View all]CoffeeCat
(24,411 posts)Last edited Sun Mar 13, 2016, 03:11 AM - Edit history (2)
Started out 60 delegates ahead, based on the initial Iowa Caucus results.
So even though the delegate count is split 114--Hillary Clinton LOST support since Feb 1 when the Iowa caucuses happened.
Bernie's enthusiastic and loyal supporters showed up in spades. We didn't lose support as Clinton did. It will be interesting to see how other Iowa County Conventions fared today.
Some Hillary people defected and some didn't show. Not a good sign for her. Sander's supporters have never been stronger. Clinton's support took a dive.
The Bernie Chair explained that Clinton camp accused the Sander's camp of allowing Un-credentialed alternate delegates to participate. That was the Clinton rationale for the first recount. That's why we all had to leave the auditorium and wait in atrium. Each alternate had to have their credentials inspected individually. They vetted all alternates. There were around 100.
ALL ALTERNATES WERE VETTED AND FOUND TO HAVE APPROPRIATE CREDENTIALS. The initial accusations from the Clinton camp were UNFOUNDED. NOT ONE ALTERNATE HAD A PROBLEM WITH THEIR CREDENTIALS!
After those alternates passed by the vetting process, the Hillary chair instructed them that they were free to go. They should not have left.
Despite these shenanigans, the unnecessary vetting and the fact that Bernie's count decreased from 532 down to 503--we still ended up tying her in delegates earned that will go to the next step. To the district/state convention.
They played these cheating games because they were panicked. Clinton lost support and delegates since the caucus date. Polk county is the largest county in Iowa. This was a big deal.
503 Democrats today experienced firsthand just how low the Clinton camp is. People were furious and many took to the microphone to express their disgust, sadness, outrage and true feeling about what happened here today. The damage is great and most likely irreversible. The fury, tears, and disappointment experienced in this auditorium (and expressed all day at the microphone) today was very, very real.
Again, all 500+ Bernie delegates voted UNANIMOUSLY to ask the Clinton Chair to resign, as several Bernie party officials saw him telling Bernie alternate delegates to leave.
I'm heading home now. After 11hours. Thank you for reading and listening and for your kind messssges and support.