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Bernie Sanders
In reply to the discussion: !!!The Official Bernie Sanders Iowa Caucus Thread!!! [View all]ybbor
(1,746 posts)572. Brian Williams just said something...
Paraphrasing here, regarding her declaring victory and she may not win, not exactly quote, but "and this from the one who was supposed to be enjoying a coronation "
Hmm...
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you know we got good kids um young voters when the hair color is a bit wicked
PatrynXX
Feb 2016
#331
It will start slow, then finish great. I love all the berners in the world right now.
roguevalley
Feb 2016
#138
Thank you, that is encouraging. I needed some perspective (never been through a primary before)
JonLeibowitz
Feb 2016
#33
Yep I'm only 23, so this is my first shot at a primary. Been interested in politics for ages
JonLeibowitz
Feb 2016
#49
It's not winner take all, so the fact that it will be close is a YUGE win for Bernie already.
cui bono
Feb 2016
#23
"reportedly CNN is reporting" -- Thanks, I needed a chuckle. Best of luck to us all tonight.
JonLeibowitz
Feb 2016
#29
High turnout means new voters. New voters means upstarts do better than establishment
Feeling the Bern
Feb 2016
#65
Des Moines turnout is HUGE! MSNBC reporting HUGE turnout North, South, East &West!
in_cog_ni_to
Feb 2016
#32
Coralville...HUGE DEM TURNOUT... astonishing numbers showing up! Their words, not mine...CNN
in_cog_ni_to
Feb 2016
#70
But but but she has Katy Perry and Demi Lovato! Don't you know that we young people are sheeple?
JonLeibowitz
Feb 2016
#56
Sitting in my caucus site now - Hillary people totally outnumbered Bernie
bullwinkle428
Feb 2016
#61
The turnout bit sounds great, fingers crossed that it's spread out enough
Erich Bloodaxe BSN
Feb 2016
#87
Weird thing is, over at Daily Kos, the liveblog seems to be full of people who think all the good
Erich Bloodaxe BSN
Feb 2016
#96
MSNBC says it's a huge turnout and then promptly became the Trump network again.
Fawke Em
Feb 2016
#97
Man, if Bernie absolutely slaughters her in BOTH Iowa and New Hampshire, a lot of people are going
Erich Bloodaxe BSN
Feb 2016
#112
It is not incorrect to end a sentence with a preposition, because in reality those are not
tblue37
Feb 2016
#147
Remember what CoffeeCat said earlier, those first votes in are from red, rural HRC precincts.
monmouth4
Feb 2016
#131
This is gut wrenching. They are voting on our future and it feels like a friggen football game. nt
Live and Learn
Feb 2016
#154
Yeah, it's depressing. I'm bracing myself for the worst and hoping to be pleasantly surprised. eom.
white_wolf
Feb 2016
#159
even if the final is that close, it's a win. She doesn't look inevitable to me
wordpix
Feb 2016
#228
yes. each block is a county with multiple precincts. as precincts report, the numbers change
magical thyme
Feb 2016
#220
also, the small rural precincts report first and tend to be more conservative
magical thyme
Feb 2016
#229
Iowa City, 6 delegates for Bernie, 0 for Hillary, didn't make the 15%? nt
Erich Bloodaxe BSN
Feb 2016
#206
It really irritated me to assume that the mom delegates would automatically
roguevalley
Feb 2016
#261
hopefully someone in his campaign knows exactly where and how many
questionseverything
Feb 2016
#632
Remember, those counties with colleges/universities will bring Bernie over the top..n/t
monmouth4
Feb 2016
#268
It looks as if MOM will suspend his campaign. Let's hope he sends his votes to Bernie per CNN...n/t
monmouth4
Feb 2016
#304
ABC is reporting many Bernie supporters left after 1st vote thinking count was over
tomm2thumbs
Feb 2016
#284
Iowa Starting Line Surprising flips out west: Sanders wins Harrison county with 55%
cal04
Feb 2016
#300
Could it be the college-town precincts are coming in right about now?
californiabernin
Feb 2016
#338
Exactly! John on Bernie Tv said they've had problems with it for the last 4 days! so they use it
in_cog_ni_to
Feb 2016
#359
With 75% of precincts reporting in the Democratic Iowa Caucus... Clinton 50.4% Sanders 49.0% O'Mall
cal04
Feb 2016
#345
I keep switching 'cause I don't care about Cruz/Trump. Poor Hill, what a night, eh?...n/t
monmouth4
Feb 2016
#355
You bet! 1% difference now, and they say that there are significant sites not yet fully
FailureToCommunicate
Feb 2016
#412
My pleasure! It was a blast talking with Iowa caucus goers on the phone tonight.
JudyM
Feb 2016
#481
Damn right it does, and that is what is most important right now! This is just round one! n/t
californiabernin
Feb 2016
#531
But wait, she already declared victory! (hmm, his could be a little, shall we say, awkward?)
californiabernin
Feb 2016
#551
Oh how I love it..Bernie will speak in a half hour and declare victory from CNN..
monmouth4
Feb 2016
#578
This is really pretty amazing. Congratulations to everyone for all the hard work!
fishwax
Feb 2016
#590
Maybe he stayed in to take votes from Hillary and then hand them over to Bernie?
passiveporcupine
Feb 2016
#625
Whatever the end result, it will put Bernie in a GREAT position going forward! n/t
californiabernin
Feb 2016
#605
I think we're down to the precincts that had crazy huge turnouts and started way
winter is coming
Feb 2016
#680
Won't be listening to a victory speech when the contest isn't even over yet. nt
retrowire
Feb 2016
#658
PULLLEAZE the thought of that makes me more nauseous than thinking of CRUZ! nt
LiberalElite
Feb 2016
#660
How awful of her campaign....the populous couties are still counting. What a disgrace.
ViseGrip
Feb 2016
#698
Hillary's self declared victory, followed by her speech, is nothing short of bizarre
merrily
Feb 2016
#678
election night Bush claimed victory and convince a good portion of the nation and media.
Gore1FL
Feb 2016
#800
I recall, but it worked out well for Bush for a lot of reasons that don't apply
merrily
Feb 2016
#802
I think there's a good chance she'll be declaring herself a democratic socialist tomorrow. (N/T)
Old Crow
Feb 2016
#707
Win, lose or draw, the big winner in Iowa tonight was Bernie Sanders. No question.
merrily
Feb 2016
#724
Rounded to nearest percentage point: It's 50%-50% with 6% of the precincts not reporting.
Old Crow
Feb 2016
#750
They were tied before that one delegate so Bernie should be up one I think?
bkkyosemite
Feb 2016
#782
Wish Jimmy Carter's election watchers were going to be monitoring this whole process . . .
snot
Feb 2016
#789