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The real triumph that happened at the Iowa caucus
It was declared early, loudly and often; Bernie can't win... he wont get even one state. Hillary will steam-roll him.Yet, here we are, the Iowa caucus has happened, and the unthinkable occurred; Hillary failed to steam-roll Bernie.
Not only did she fail to overwhelmingly win, as many predicted, but the powerhouse establishment candidate, that is Hillary Clinton, along with all the odds being enormously in her favor, managed to barely eek out a virtual tie against a complete unknown!
Some will be quick to point out that Hillary won. Except this isn't really true for two reasons; first, not all the precincts are accounted for as yet... and second (and more importantly), Hillary was suppose to dominate the caucus, and that didn't happen.
Ultimately, regardless of how Iowa is called, each candidate will get roughly half of the delegates for the state... and that amounts to a significant loss for the enormously strong candidate that is Hillary Clinton , and a huge win for the complete unknown, long-shot candidate, Bernie Sanders.
