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65. Required standard equipment for every Iowa caucus chair

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Tue Feb 2, 2016, 12:48 PM

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Missing precinct scrambles to report Sanders won [View all] Botany Feb 2016 OP

... AzDar Feb 2016 #1

It had to be Precinct #42, the answer to life, the universe & everything 99th_Monkey Feb 2016 #2

Simply brilliant, 99th, simply brilliant! gregcrawford Feb 2016 #21

Thank you 99th_Monkey Feb 2016 #29

Hah!!! AllyCat Feb 2016 #91

#42 was the key to Jackie Robinson breaking baseball's color barrier. olddad56 Feb 2016 #98

Expectations can never be satisfied.What did u expect bjobotts Feb 2016 #160

Of course! djean111 Feb 2016 #3

It certainly looks that way. nt Francis Booth Feb 2016 #76

Nobody "turns off their phones" anymore and .... Botany Feb 2016 #140

Let's kick the hell outta this demwing Feb 2016 #4

Kicking the Hell right now. Betty Karlson Feb 2016 #39

I'm kicking your kick demwing Feb 2016 #81

Triple Kick! LiberalLovinLug Feb 2016 #105

Never ending kicks! demwing Feb 2016 #110

One more kick azmom Feb 2016 #130

That gif has me in stitches with laughter! Betty Karlson Feb 2016 #134

KICKING AND FURIOUS AikidoSoul Feb 2016 #126

Kicking! Duval Feb 2016 #146

K&R Binkie The Clown Feb 2016 #5

kick 840high Feb 2016 #86

WTF??? NoMoreRepugs Feb 2016 #6

It doesn't matter youceyec Feb 2016 #7

It does matter. zentrum Feb 2016 #35

i mean it does matter, youceyec Feb 2016 #40

Oh--I see. Yes, agreed nt zentrum Feb 2016 #45

YES, IT DOES! IT GIVES MOMENTUM TO THAT POP VOTE WINNER, DUE TO A TIE. PARTY HIDING IT. ViseGrip Feb 2016 #53

I'll say it until I am kicked out of this place NowSam Feb 2016 #42

Karl Rove will be very happy to hear that. randys1 Feb 2016 #52

why? is he running? nt Javaman Feb 2016 #113

And on DU...amazing randys1 Feb 2016 #114

I guess sarcasm isn't your forte'. Javaman Feb 2016 #115

. mmonk Feb 2016 #136

Might want to qualify that to the primaries... Thor_MN Feb 2016 #64

I stand by my statement. NowSam Feb 2016 #70

Good luck with that. Thor_MN Feb 2016 #72

nope. they got banned for advocating for others to do the same. mopinko Feb 2016 #95

Have fun in your republican utopia. tabasco Feb 2016 #143

Please. On the contrary NowSam Feb 2016 #150

Nice list. On minimum wage $12 an hour. nt Live and Learn Feb 2016 #154

Too low and so is 15 really NowSam Feb 2016 #158

Agreed. nt Live and Learn Feb 2016 #159

We win lancer78 Feb 2016 #166

I will vote for all Democrats on my ballot except Hillary. JDPriestly Feb 2016 #137

I can tell you right now nyabingi Feb 2016 #175

If it comes to that, Trump or Cruz will thank you for your support. nt. Thor_MN Feb 2016 #177

Sam, I understand Plucketeer Feb 2016 #82

Thanks. Agree. eom. NowSam Feb 2016 #89

Here try these MyNameGoesHere Feb 2016 #167

Zentrum, I see you are suffering from HRC-hating syndrome. Nitram Feb 2016 #74

Post removed Post removed Feb 2016 #87

Nice deflection, Lage, but Zentrum's post accused Clinton... Nitram Feb 2016 #90

didn't deflect at all Lage Nom Ai Feb 2016 #94

My post pointed out that blaming Clinton for the Iwa Democratic Party's closure at midnight... Nitram Feb 2016 #97

Whatever helps you Lage Nom Ai Feb 2016 #101

Likewise, I'm sure. Nitram Feb 2016 #103

My mind is clear Lage Nom Ai Feb 2016 #107

Can't understand for the life of me why your post was hidden. Bad call by jurors. nt Live and Learn Feb 2016 #156

2nded ... brett_jv Feb 2016 #170

Very bad call Art_from_Ark Feb 2016 #174

This has nothing to do with Hillary's ethics. A win for Bernie was mathematically pnwmom Feb 2016 #100

The zentrum Feb 2016 #127

That is not Hillary. This caucus never releases its results, and it has had plenty pnwmom Feb 2016 #128

Thanks for the information. zentrum Feb 2016 #147

It does matter, if you give the tiniest shit about democracy. Gene Debs Feb 2016 #36

If you did, you would call for the end to caucuses everywhere, as I do. pnwmom Feb 2016 #129

It seems like there is a huge effort here mindwalker_i Feb 2016 #79

Yup. It's all about the spin. MoonchildCA Feb 2016 #84

this is a confusing post PatrynXX Feb 2016 #99

Hmm... MoonchildCA Feb 2016 #106

She did win but the race was very close. OTOH, the whole caucus system is extremely messy, pnwmom Feb 2016 #104

if it doesn't matter LiberalElite Feb 2016 #120

hmm... KansDem Feb 2016 #144

K&R IthinkThereforeIAM Feb 2016 #8

Is anyone surprised? pangaia Feb 2016 #9

Very good... IthinkThereforeIAM Feb 2016 #13

What does E O M mean? pangaia Feb 2016 #17

Most likely abelenkpe Feb 2016 #28

End of message Glamrock Feb 2016 #30

It means MsLeopard Feb 2016 #33

Engineering Operation and Maintenance Manual snooper2 Feb 2016 #47

It's usually placed in the subject line, same as nt (no text) so ppl don't bother opening the post. JudyM Feb 2016 #58

You might also see "nt" or "n/t" KansDem Feb 2016 #145

Is that why Hillary skipped town so fast? bvar22 Feb 2016 #153

"The party’s caucus hotline was no longer working. The party headquarters was locked." blackspade Feb 2016 #10

The DNC is in bed with Wall Street just like the RNC. Hillary is their candidate. trillion Feb 2016 #11

Odds are two to the sixth power. Manifestor_of_Light Feb 2016 #18

Thank you! Now figure out the ODDS of Wall Street not wanting trillion Feb 2016 #31

the odds of the head being down are far greater PatrynXX Feb 2016 #112

With a fair coin, at least. Helen Borg Feb 2016 #37

Six fair coins. Unless they drove the same coin around to the different precincts. Demit Feb 2016 #43

Or all bought the same coin. Look, there was tens of billions and maybe 100's of billions trillion Feb 2016 #44

If they bought the same coin, they'd still have to drive it around, right? Demit Feb 2016 #59

If they bought the same kind of the coin, not the EXACT same coin. trillion Feb 2016 #151

It could be different biased coins. Helen Borg Feb 2016 #46

Message auto-removed Name removed Feb 2016 #88

Oh, well, 1 in 64 chances happens every single day John Poet Feb 2016 #62

uh-huh... Manifestor_of_Light Feb 2016 #77

Maybe this coin was used? KansDem Feb 2016 #49

The back would probably look like this: forest444 Feb 2016 #161

Required standard equipment for every Iowa caucus chair John Poet Feb 2016 #65

appropriate it's head Lage Nom Ai Feb 2016 #92

The usual corrupt suspects CountAllVotes Feb 2016 #15

that really should be the point questionseverything Feb 2016 #135

Large snowstorm. harun Feb 2016 #16

No one can make it in? blackspade Feb 2016 #22

Des Moines Schools closed in roody Feb 2016 #41

Could be like my county Democratic Party HQ. Fuddnik Feb 2016 #69

So Sanders won after all CountAllVotes Feb 2016 #12

I don't think this would mean Sanders won... just that he won that precinct Schema Thing Feb 2016 #14

+2 more delegates CountAllVotes Feb 2016 #20

I'm neutral in the Bernie v Hillary race but this doesn't pass my smell test Botany Feb 2016 #23

We need a better system than this: Lorien Feb 2016 #26

How? CountAllVotes Feb 2016 #27

+1000000. closeupready Feb 2016 #60

Ask Rosencrantz and Guildenstern! n/t Gore1FL Feb 2016 #122

I found it both amusing and sad that her props for her Duval Feb 2016 #149

I thought Hillary's team installed at the Iowa Democratic Party headquarters could be relied upon to answer the 3am phone call. InAbLuEsTaTe Feb 2016 #19

OMG that's friggin hilarious. 2pooped2pop Feb 2016 #67

+++^^^ hopemountain Feb 2016 #168

I've worked party headquarters here in NC, and after a long day and night it is not unusual blm Feb 2016 #24

I was up until 3am and I'm still at work today. blackspade Feb 2016 #34

It's called VOLUNTEERISM for 99.5% of us. blm Feb 2016 #78

A what? blackspade Feb 2016 #102

The precinct DID get their report thru in the morning. I was just speculating WHY it may have taken blm Feb 2016 #108

I saw that it finally went through. blackspade Feb 2016 #111

K&R! tecelote Feb 2016 #25

Update: Precinct 42 seems to be included now, leaving Clinton with 49.8% to Sanders 49.6% deurbano Feb 2016 #32

Thanks! blackspade Feb 2016 #38

Thanks for the update. Talk about close! FailureToCommunicate Feb 2016 #56

A CLEAR VICTORY FOR HILLARY!!! .2%!! IT’S YUUUUUUUUGE dorkzilla Feb 2016 #63

Its a mandate Tiggeroshii Feb 2016 #96

Thanks for the Update. Duval Feb 2016 #148

Are we no longer capable of holding elections? CanonRay Feb 2016 #48

Carter's election monitors are LiberalElite Feb 2016 #121

K&R kristopher Feb 2016 #50

There is no popular vote in the Iowa caucuses for Democrats. geek tragedy Feb 2016 #51

Thankfully this isn't the general election. lark Feb 2016 #54

kick!!!!!! Baitball Blogger Feb 2016 #55

The good news is that not all states hold caucuses d_legendary1 Feb 2016 #57

Yeah. But I am more concerned about the electronic voting. GoneFishin Feb 2016 #68

And you should be. n/t WHEN CRABS ROAR Feb 2016 #109

I'd be concerned if and only if d_legendary1 Feb 2016 #117

I hear you. But there is a reason why the DNC has never complained about all of the anomalies GoneFishin Feb 2016 #141

There's a bunch of things that have sullied the Dem's hands already d_legendary1 Feb 2016 #163

Agreed. snot Feb 2016 #165

K and R geardaddy Feb 2016 #61

Right wingers frequently cheat. It doesn't matter which letter they have after their name. GoneFishin Feb 2016 #66

"The party headquarters was locked." Yep. K&R bobthedrummer Feb 2016 #71

This is why Hillary declared victory and beat it out of there. Spitfire of ATJ Feb 2016 #73

HRC wins Coin Toss Martak Sarno Feb 2016 #75

Everywhere the Clintons go, there is greed, cheating and other controversy going on. Who wants ViseGrip Feb 2016 #80

Well, it wouldn't be 8 years tularetom Feb 2016 #176

Kicked and rec'd. nt. Euphoria Feb 2016 #83

Hmm. . . Close race, disputes matt819 Feb 2016 #85

Why wouldn't we expect this.. there are 3 Right Wing "Advisors" INdemo Feb 2016 #93

Ohh, man, you might be correct. eom Duval Feb 2016 #152

I'll bet hiliary is behind it, you can't trust democrats! dubyadiprecession Feb 2016 #116

Hillary is the establishment candidate. She is also the Wall Street candidate. trillion Feb 2016 #119

Hillary has wanted this "power trip" for over 30 years You tell me. INdemo Feb 2016 #155

That coin toss was pretty oobvious so Im sure the Sanders campaign has that handled. INdemo Feb 2016 #157

This, of course, is a continuation of the crap the Oligarchy has been pulling, Ferd Berfel Feb 2016 #118

THIS MUST BE SENT FAR AND WIDE. MAKE NOISE!!!!! TWEET AND FREAK OUT AikidoSoul Feb 2016 #123

KICK THIS! AikidoSoul Feb 2016 #125

On my way into work NPR said Bernie was requesting the precint vote tallyst double check them. trillion Feb 2016 #131

When the vote is this close, there is a good chance that he is the AikidoSoul Feb 2016 #133

I was just thinking Botany Feb 2016 #138

Kick warrprayer Feb 2016 #124

They flipped a coin 6 times in which all 6 gave it Hillary. Ivan Kaputski Feb 2016 #132

K & R Petrushka Feb 2016 #139

42 still causing problems for Hillary. svpadgham Feb 2016 #142

kick smiley Feb 2016 #162

K&R GoneOffShore Feb 2016 #164

something is rotten ... hopemountain Feb 2016 #169

Kicked and recommended. Uncle Joe Feb 2016 #171

As we saw with Bush Geronimoe Feb 2016 #172

something smells Clintonian here Helen Borg Feb 2016 #173