Sanders: “Are you guys ready for a radical idea? Well, so is America.” #IowaCaucus
— Vox (@voxdotcom) February 2, 2016
The Iowa caucuses were last night and everybody emerged victorious. No, seriously.Every candidate had some sort of victory on Monday night.
Senator Bernie Sanders voice sounded as if he ran his vocal chords through a shredder during his speech.
It wasn’t quite lightening in a bottle yet it provided the feeling that his campaign was running on hope and power instead of–well–instead of inevitability.
Sanders didn’t technically win Iowa as Clinton claimed that distinction.
AP calls of (eventual) delegates:
Cruz 8, Trump 7, Rubio 6, Carson 2, Paul 1
Clinton 22, Sanders 21
— Jared Rizzi (@JaredRizzi) February 2, 2016
Clinton, on the other hand, kind of gave Sanders a brush off. While she said that she looked forward to debating Sanders in the near future, she kept her eyes trained towards the general election.
“I know that we may have differences of opinion about how best to achieve our goals. But I believe we have a very clear idea that the Democratic Party and this campaign stands for what is best in America. And we have to be united. When it is all said and done, we have to be united. A Republican vision and candidates that would drive us apart and divide us. That is not who we are, my friends, I follow their candidates very closely, I understand what they’re appealing to, and I intend to stand against it. I will not — I will not let their decisiveness, their efforts to rip away the progress that we’ve made be successful.”
Probably should note that Hillary said that she breathed a “big sigh of relief” after the results proved a likely victory for her.
Florida Senator Marco Rubio came in third behind Donald Trump and Ted Cruz. Let him tell it, he won the night and has the momentum even though he didn’t actually win.
A top Rubio backer, @SenCoryGardner, says his rivals should drop out https://t.co/33Hz9LOQMx
— Ben Smith (@BuzzFeedBen) February 2, 2016
Donald Trump was surprisingly grateful and appeasing in defeat. Polls have consistently shown that Trump was the man to beat on the Republican side. He has been nothing short of haughty on the campaign trail as his arrogance was founded upon high poll numbers.
Gracious in defeat, @realDonaldTrump concedes Iowa https://t.co/vlB40NvxzT | AP Photo pic.twitter.com/Vyo54zdQgx
— POLITICO (@politico) February 2, 2016
Ted Cruz, the man who wants to carpet bomb ISIS, was the victor for Republicans. Nothing noteworthy outside of his surprise victory. Well, he did have a never ending victory speech that even Fox News cut away from. Outside of that… yep.
The inside story of how Ted Cruz won Iowa https://t.co/x8haZ79ES1 pic.twitter.com/XhKDtWmiUC
— Washington Post (@washingtonpost) February 2, 2016
But part of the night belonged to the gifted hands of Dr. Ben Carson. As his campaign burned to death on a crispy Iowa night, rumors began to swirl that he would soon suspend his campaign and head home. On the contrary said Caron’s communications guru, Larry Ross.
Carson statement: Ben is not suspending his campaign, he just “needs to go home and get a fresh set of clothes.” pic.twitter.com/juvgvOpRrl — Jessica Taylor (@JessicaTaylor) February 2, 2016
Carson’s campaign isn’t over because the good doctor just needed to go refresh his clothing options. For the night’s best moment to make your head explode, apparently Iowa Democrats decide delegates by flipping a coin.
A coin flip literally decided some of the Democratic #IowaCaucus winners https://t.co/Pwy5DvGToN — Jessica Taylor (@JessicaTaylor) February 2, 2016
That last tweet certainly proves that we know nothing in the end. For all of the hand wringing, delegates were given away by a coin toss. But on to New Hampshire!
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