Caucus Night Open Thread

Iowa takes its star turn tonight. And yes, the news about Rush is a bummer.

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[Jack is Back (Again)!]

I had to back seven pages of comments to rich her. Weird.

[Jack is Back (Again)!]

..?to reach here.....grrrrrrrrr.

[MissMarple2]

I got the results from a caucus in Ottumwa this afternoon.

Sanders 15 out of 16. The non-Sanders vote was for Warren.

[President-Elect Jim,SunnyvaleCA]

Go Bernie!
No money, but I've got my pride on the line predicting his win some days ago.

[Stephanie Nene Not Your Normal Granma]

Will mini Mike use a lift or a squatty potty?

[Extraneus]

If not already mentioned

Adam Schiff:

If Trump isn't removed he "could offer Alaska to the Russians in exchange for support in the next election or decide to move to Mar-a-Lago permanently and leave Jared Kushner to run the country, delegating to him the decision whether they go to war." pic.twitter.com/VBzkonqpmH

— Daily Caller (@DailyCaller) February 3, 2020

[Extraneus]

I believe that was part of his historic closing argument.

[D]

Jimmyinsunnyvale:
Have I told you lately you are one of my favorites.
Gus:
Didn’t mean to offend. I just figured you knew Hit and enjoyed past posts over the years.
Peter:
Agree to move on and focus on the caucus.

[MissMarple2]

Clare Malone
@ClareMalone

We can confirm the final results of the unreleased Iowa Poll:

Sanders 22%

Warren 18%

Buttigieg 16%

Biden 13%

[D]

Agree with JimmyinSunnyvale:
The night belongs to Bernie.

[President-Elect Jim,SunnyvaleCA]

Biden: just TOO easy of a target!

thanks, maryrose.

[D]

Ext:
Schiff is still writing screenplays and parodies.

[Texas Liberty Gal]

Biden being last is kind of a surprise isn’t it?

[D]

TLG:
Not to me.
You should see his numbers in New Hampshire.

[Captain Hate]

Not to me, TLG; the voters have been seeing the same thing we have. His entire campaign has been an embarrassment.

[Extraneus]

From what I've read, they absolutely love him. Not a hint of concern about his years-long lying to them. "Oh, but such a dashing rogue isn't often seen!"

They sure love their liars. I'd put money on him being their 2024 front-runner, at least for a while.

[Dave (in MA)]

MissMarple2 | February 03, 2020 at 07:32 PM
Any relation to Post?

[Dave (in MA)]

What sort of trouble can I start tonight?

[Another Bob]

C’mon Dave... ;)

[MissMarple2]

https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2020/02/03/john-kerry-denies-hes-mulling-presidential-bid-amid-purported-concerns-over-bernie-sanders/amp/

[PDinDetroit]

I believe that was part of his histrionic closing argument.

FIFY

I heard his closing, only bigger liar than Schiff is SATAN.

[Melinda]

Jeff Carlson
@themarketswork
Newly obtained 302s from Buzzfeed & CNN FOIA lawsuits - 298 pages total
buzzfeed.egnyte.com/dl/DJWAuLxWWj/

https://twitter.com/themarketswork/status/1224461824705228800

[Rick Gates has unreported HSBC wires from Cyprus? Do tell! Magic to my ears.]

[Melinda]

UAW moves to remove 8 after corruption conviction.

https://fcced.com/uaw-moves-expel-members-convicted-corruption-probe/

There be holdouts, of course.

[Melinda]

Schiff donors might be listed in that article.

[Melinda]

Shuri castle has been burned down.

https://www.nbcnews.com/news/world/fire-burns-down-structures-japan-s-historic-shuri-castle-n1074371

[Melinda]

Crud, that was on Halloween. Sorry.

[MissMarple2]

https://saraacarter.com/gop-investigationthousands-of-obama-admin-docs-under-review-regarding-ukraine-white-house-meetings/

GOP Investigation:Thousands Of Obama Admin Docs Under Review Regarding Ukraine White House Meetings

"The documents requested by Senator’s Ron Johnson, R-Wisconsin, and Chuck Grassley, R-Iowa, are significant as they directly concern meetings that senior Obama Administration and Ukrainian officials had at the White House in 2016. The documents are expected to be reviewed for classification purposes, as well as Executive privilege by lawyers for both President Obama and President Donald Trump, officials told SaraACarter.com."

[KevlarKid]

things are just plain weird ...

Bannon on Bloomberg's Ultimate Play

[Texas Liberty Gal]

Well I certainly didn't expect him to finish last!!!

[Jane]

Dave, I answere your iPad question on the last thread.

Are you the one who brought up Hit? How rude!

[henry]

RonJohn on the trail. Excellent. He is a business guy, like Trump an outsider. Plus he was an auditor.

[Melinda]

Steve Bannon on with Jason Miller:

https://pandemic.warroom.org/special-ep-10-war-room-pandemic-virus-economics-w-steve-moore/

There are more links, and they're all podcasts, sorry.

[Jane]

Ex,

Were you referring to Biden being loved? I think mr. Dementia is their primary option other than socialism. I think the leaders of the party are realizing it’s full of morons. Hell it’s led by Nancy Pelosi.

[MissMarple2]

Not a surprise, but still eminently satisfying. Results tabulated at the link.

Iowa landslide for Trump. lol pic.twitter.com/zNSvGBWtE8

— ᶜʰⁱˡˡ (@chiIIum) February 4, 2020

[clarice]

https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/washington-secrets/trump-expanding-base-of-black-hispanic-suburban-voters-has-51-approval

[Dave (in MA)]

Jane, hopefully the geniuses can do something for you.

[Porchlight]

The Trump results in Iowa count, even though the outcome was never in doubt. Several election models use strength of turnout in early primaries to project the winner in the general, notably the Helmut Norpoth model which was one of the few which called it for Trump in 2016 and also measures incumbent strength.

[Jane]

Amom,

Did you ever get in touch with Philbin’s Dad? If you do make sure you let him know so many of us are stunned by his excellence!

[Jane]

Dave,

NO GENIUSES lately!

[Narciso]

So whats new, and whats this kerfluffle about jeff.

[Porchlight]

I was sort of close - I had Bernie in first, then Buttigieg, then Biden.

[MissMarple2]

clarice,

Excellent news! I just couldn't believe a guy who hung around with Muhammed Ali and Jesse Jackson would be racist. Just a stupid theory.

Instead, he's reached out to the black community with opportunity zones and increased job chances. I am so pleased!

[MissMarple2]

Video at the link.

I’m speechless for the first time in my life.

The President & The First Lady invited me to sit at their table.

I used to be a foster child in need & to sit with @FLOTUS a women who cares for all children & @realDonaldTrump a man who fights for people of all colors was an honor. pic.twitter.com/BotbMR67kk

— Terrence K. Williams (@w_terrence) February 4, 2020

[MissMarple2]

https://www.foxnews.com/politics/virginia-senate-blocks-another-gun-bill

[Narciso]

How the chow in facebook jail clarice.

[Porchlight]

Biden appears to need his kiss recipient granddaughter to lead him around.

https://mobile.twitter.com/Breaking911/status/1224419270534356992

[Captain Hate]

Some of the Horde are talking about dire reports coming out of China regarding the coronavirus. Nothing about it impacting the world but being very destabilizing there because of their inability to deal with it like a technologically advanced country should.

[GUS]

Maryrose, you still didn't answer my question. What is it that I said that you objected to?

Not a difficult question. Go back to the post you read BY ME, and tell me what I said that annoyed you.

[Narciso]

As i said this morning had they deployed a garrisom outside of wuhan instead of hong kong they might have been ablr tp contain this.

[Porchlight]

Cap'n, my BFF's sister is an academic China expert (for what that's worth, but she is fluent in Mandarin) and has been sharing some alarming stuff from her sources there.

[Captain Hate]

I think they've really screwed the pooch badly, narc, with the difference between there and here is they have no qualms about liquidating hundreds of thousands to maintain order in the interior of their country.

[Captain Hate]

Share anything you find out, Porch. This is serious bidness.

[clarice]

Bread and water, narciso.

[Narciso]

I think so to, the key in any outbreak is containment then yoi can treat those afflicted but if you wait at least a month after first symptoms present.

https://mobile.twitter.com/MZHemingway/status/1224469589314166791

[Narciso]

And then you let it spreas to thirty countries.

[henry]

So the Dem caucus vote reporting is broken? Must be robbing Bernie in real time.

[Porchlight]

I will, Cap'n. So far I've just heard tell, but I'll ask.

[Narciso]

Do they even hear themselves

https://mobile.twitter.com/RealSaavedra/status/1224512268290777088

[Extraneus]

Were you referring to Biden being loved?

Sorry Jane, I was referring to Schiff.

[President-Elect Jim,SunnyvaleCA]

From Instapundit live blogging (it's early)(all rumors or fragmented data at this point)

https://pjmedia.com/blog/liveblogevent/live-drunkblogging-the-iowa-caucuses/
Lots of Republicans showing up on a Monday night for a mostly meaningless caucus, just to show their support for Trump.

Buttigieg is apparently showing strength in the second round, as supporters of non-viable candidates switch to him instead of Biden or Sanders.

Getting reports that Biden not viable at some bigger caucus sites.

For example, 650 at Iowa City-1 at City High (below), and Biden not viable with 51 supporters.

Sanders, Klobuchar, Buttigieg Warren viable

[Narciso]

The recreational pot one didnt get on the ballot either:

https://mobile.twitter.com/AndrewPollackFL/status/1224515166479552512

[Narciso]

So now there will be run on combs for salad, who ran bidens iowa effirt for samders it was commisar jurek

[Narciso]

Who sounds like character from buck rogers first season with william smith as guest star.

[Narciso]

Sparsely attended apparently

https://pjmedia.com/blog/liveblogevent/live-drunkblogging-the-iowa-caucuses/?fbclid=IwAR1NtWXEmxMEAWUEYecRAMzeE6PN3Chr2kpVNUmYpbKu-nLldfky-_-Gmgc

[Catsmeat]

henry, the Roman treatment you alluded to (for people who had killed their fathers) also included a rooster and a monkey to add to the bulging sack of torment thrown into the Tiber. Not pleasant.

[Narciso]

Had you heard of this hamdel libretto agrippina catsmeat?

[Captain Hate]

Someone in the Horde said don't you wish we could go back to the days when these primaries came and went as not much more than background noise on the news?

[MissMarple2]

Brad Parscale on the President's SOTU tomorrow night, speaking to Brett Baier. Video at the link.

Promises made, promises kept, and we're just getting started!

"The president is going to be looking forward" - @parscale

Because the best is yet to come! 🇺🇸 pic.twitter.com/FzgKrJBZQL

— Elizabeth Harrington (@LizRNC) February 4, 2020

[Captain Hate]

Well done, Connecticut part gazillion

Senator Chris Murphy of Connecticut: "My 11 year just nearly had a heart attack when he saw the exit polls in Iowa saying health care was the number one issue. "Not climate change?" he moans. "It's like the the house is on fire and all people care about is doing renovations."

I have a vision of the future, and it involves hormone blockers. "He moaned." This is his dad, telling people this. Tell the world that his son is a whiny hysteric. Just to get some retweets. Have leftists ever considered the faint possibility that... perhaps... just maybe... they're the bad guys?

[Narciso]

There was much to be said about the smoke filled room, you know who was from iowa henry wallace the kremlins dupe.

[MissMarple2]

https://www.breitbart.com/tech/2020/02/01/mike-pence-to-charlie-kirk-democrat-party-seems-overtaken-by-left-wing-radicals/

[Stephanie Nene Not Your Normal Granma]

Dan Bongino
If Rush can make it, the President should make him an honored guest for the State of the Union. Rush is an icon. He’s a rare figure who can walk off the stage at some point knowing the world is dramatically different, & better, because he was in it. Thank you Rush.

[Narciso]

Was nate pewter running this effort too

https://mobile.twitter.com/ggreenwald/status/1224516221946732544

[Captain Hate]

Tom Harkin was too; a lying piece of shit who hired F Chuck.

[Narciso]

Yes i cant forget red harkin, there was also ted kennedys pal john culver. The point is it was up to cauci, wallace mught have beem picked instead of givem bell

[Captain Hate]

Jake Tapper looks dumber than usual in that second vid. Good work, Greenwald.

[Narciso]

Its a skill, the joke about the cauci is what griucho marx said about club menbership

[Narciso]

The arquillians in men in black are more natural

https://mobile.twitter.com/redsteeze/status/1224524646944362496?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1224524646944362496&ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fpjmedia.com%2Fblog%2Fliveblogevent%2Flive-drunkblogging-the-iowa-caucuses%2F

[Porchlight]

Ah, the butthurt in the Greenwald comments. Basically calling him a meanie. "You're an educated journalist" lmao.

[Narciso]

I was looking back on 1972 humphrey actually won more votes than mcg9vern in fewer contests.

[Dave (in MA)]

Buttplug and Princess Paleface tiebreaker
https://mobile.twitter.com/SethAMandel/status/1224527598119804928

[MissMarple2]

https://www.nationalreview.com/corner/mike-bloomberg-vs-the-imaginary-all-powerful-gun-lobby/

[Narciso]

I never really took up cigarettes a tried a cigar once when it was the fad in 96.

My uncle and my grandfather had died from complications from smoking

[Narciso]

I think bidenwas better off writing off iowa entirely as he intended.

[MissMarple2]

I would say Biden is tanking:

Hunter Walker
@hunterw

Just got a text from a source telling me their precinct had “more Yang than Biden.”

8:36 PM · Feb 3, 2020

[Narciso]

Largely

https://mobile.twitter.com/RealSaavedra/status/1224530367580790785

[Narciso]

Its like they are campaigning in a microverse

https://mobile.twitter.com/FrancisBrennan/status/1224528628790198273

[Narciso]

Did they really think sanders not being there was going to disabuse his followers

[D]

Gus;
I am not going back.
SeeJimmyinsunnyvale’s summation.

[Melinda]

And now Ukraine complications are no longer an issue.

The back door has been left open by the paste eater.

Hah!

[MissMarple2]

I am going to have to go to bed. I can't stay awake.

Nytol!

[Captain Hate]

The left considers Greenwald a traitor.

[Melinda]

Quick kick on 2nd down? Who saw that coming?
Heh!

[Porchlight]

Yes, they do, but he still retains a following that isn't completely righty.

[Narciso]

I think he canucked himself or tupolev

[Narciso]

See rick wilson, this is how you do it

https://mobile.twitter.com/TulsiGabbard/status/1224532731775741952

Why she had no chance

[Jane]

No one on Fox. Can figure out what is going on in Iowa. It’s pretty funny (and boring)

[Another Bob]

Re. Wuhan, some branches of financial twitter are posting some dire stuff about the virus.

One of the things posted was this, ALLEGEDLY of a security guard of some sort keeling over dead.

Claims there are hundreds of bodies in the streets.

https://twitter.com/mmginvest/status/1224480306478092294?s=21

[Narciso]

Fake but accurate:

ttps://mobile.twitter.com/CarpeDonktum/status/1224534632793890816

[Narciso]

I heard they had barricade the city from the roads.