February 2, 2016--A Win Is A Win
After last night's results, I should drop out of the prognostication business.
Though I got Hillary right--she squeaked by by about a half a percent--I totally missed what was happening among Republicans.
Ted Cruz came in first?
Marco Rubio a very close third, almost leaving Trump in his dust?
What does this say about Iowa voters who had half-a-year to think about what to do?
How did Cruz sell himself as an alternative to the "system" when he and his wife are embedded parts of it? Princeton, Harvard, Goldman Sachs, the U.S. Senate? Bankrolled by billionaires?
Was it all about religion in a state that is made up of 60 percent evangelicals?
Maybe Iowa, as it has been in the past, is a niche electorate and that things will become more predictable and understandable in New Hampshire and beyond.
I have to do a lot of recalibrating.
It's hard to think that Cruz will win in NH or many places beyond.
And I am consoling myself by remembering that the last two GOP Iowa caucuses were won by Mike Huckabee and Rick Santorum.
A couple of things may be clear--
Trump will not win the nomination. Half of what he's about is his self-proclaimed winning. These results undermine that.
Cruz also will not win the nomination. I am certain the phones were ringing all last night from the Koch Brothers and Sheldon from Las Vegas, coalescing at last around a so-called "establishment candidate. One they can support and own--
Marco Rubio will be offered that deal as he has shown in the past that he is comfortable being supported by billionaires (car-dealer Norman Braham in his case) and has no problem answering his phone when they call and doing their bidding.
For Hillary, though messy, a win is a win and she should go on fairly easily to secure the nomination after losing to Sanders in NH.
By next week at this time, in addition to Huckabee and Santorum, it will be the end of the road for Carson and Carly and Christie and poor Jeb! And . . .
Here I go again, still prognosticating. I have to get over this addiction.
Though I got Hillary right--she squeaked by by about a half a percent--I totally missed what was happening among Republicans.
Ted Cruz came in first?
Marco Rubio a very close third, almost leaving Trump in his dust?
What does this say about Iowa voters who had half-a-year to think about what to do?
How did Cruz sell himself as an alternative to the "system" when he and his wife are embedded parts of it? Princeton, Harvard, Goldman Sachs, the U.S. Senate? Bankrolled by billionaires?
Was it all about religion in a state that is made up of 60 percent evangelicals?
Maybe Iowa, as it has been in the past, is a niche electorate and that things will become more predictable and understandable in New Hampshire and beyond.
I have to do a lot of recalibrating.
It's hard to think that Cruz will win in NH or many places beyond.
And I am consoling myself by remembering that the last two GOP Iowa caucuses were won by Mike Huckabee and Rick Santorum.
A couple of things may be clear--
Trump will not win the nomination. Half of what he's about is his self-proclaimed winning. These results undermine that.
Cruz also will not win the nomination. I am certain the phones were ringing all last night from the Koch Brothers and Sheldon from Las Vegas, coalescing at last around a so-called "establishment candidate. One they can support and own--
Marco Rubio will be offered that deal as he has shown in the past that he is comfortable being supported by billionaires (car-dealer Norman Braham in his case) and has no problem answering his phone when they call and doing their bidding.
For Hillary, though messy, a win is a win and she should go on fairly easily to secure the nomination after losing to Sanders in NH.
By next week at this time, in addition to Huckabee and Santorum, it will be the end of the road for Carson and Carly and Christie and poor Jeb! And . . .
Here I go again, still prognosticating. I have to get over this addiction.
Labels: Carly Fiorina, Donald Trump, Iowa Caucuses, Koch Brothers, Marco Rubio, Mike Huckabee, Norman Braman, Sheldon Adelson, Ted Cruz
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