Looks like Bernie is winning Iowa...

[Ben]

"OKAY, BOOMER!"

It's the fault of old people:

https://twitchy.com/sarahd-313035/2020/02/04/keep-the-hot-takes-comin-nyt-columnist-blames-bumbling-tech-challenged-oldster-volunteers-for-last-nights-epic-iowa-caucus-disaster/

[Angel Eyes]

Oh, good one! Why didn't I think of that?

... and Mr. Morden is their sales rep.

[bedlamite]

https://apnews.com/65327a2b9acbc9c903ef7f906bfce1f4

They are blaming it on a code problem. The "learn to code" memes will arrive in 5, 4, 3, ...

[Angel Eyes]

Cocaine Mitch strikes again:

https://twitchy.com/sarahd-313035/2020/02/04/was-waiting-for-this-mother-jones-is-here-to-remind-you-that-mitch-mcconnells-been-laying-the-groundwork-for-the-iowa-caucus-fiasco/

[Perd Hapley]

"OKAY, BOOMER!"

It's the fault of old people:

https://twitchy.com/sarahd-313035/2020/02/04/keep-the-hot-takes-comin-nyt-columnist-blames-bumbling-tech-challenged-oldster-volunteers-for-last-nights-epic-iowa-caucus-disaster/

Meh. Older people struggle with new tech. Doesn't mean the Boomers are to blame. Poor design is poor design. The developers should have known that clueless amateurs would be using their software.

[Ben]

The developers should have known that clueless amateurs would be using their software.

Precisely, of all ages.

[Angel Eyes]

From what I've read, either the app was not adequately tested,  or that concerns raised from the test results were ignored.

[Brad Johnson]

Shadow must have sourced their product devs from the Windows 8 team.

Brad

[Angel Eyes]

The mess in Iowa has apparently encouraged Bloomberg:   
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/02/04/us/politics/michael-bloomberg-campaign-ads.html

Mr. Bloomberg, the former New York City mayor whose campaign is fueled by a multibillion-dollar personal fortune, conferred with advisers on Tuesday morning about the muddled results in Iowa. Encouraged by the murky outcome, Mr. Bloomberg authorized his campaign team to double his spending on television commercials in every market where he is currently advertising and expand his campaign’s field staff to more than two thousand people, strategists involved in the conversations said.

Oh joy.  Even more Bloomberg ads.

[Ben]

The mess in Iowa has apparently encouraged Bloomberg:   
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/02/04/us/politics/michael-bloomberg-campaign-ads.html

Oh joy.  Even more Bloomberg ads.

Well, maybe on the next one instead of shaking a dog's mouth, he'll kiss a cat's ass.

[Ben]

The details of Shadow's epic fail keep getting worse. They deployed the Android app through a free version of TestFairy, which caps the number of users at 200. https://www.theverge.com/2020/2/4/21122737/iowa-democractic-caucus-voting-app-android-testfairy-screenshots-app-store …

https://twitchy.com/sarahd-313035/2020/02/04/new-report-on-shadow-inc-s-iowa-caucus-epic-fail-suggests-that-this-disaster-was-basically-an-f5-tornado-of-incompetence-waiting-to-touch-down/


Party of science and high IQs and book learnin' and stuff.

[Kingcreek]

Boot edge edge followed by sanders then warren with creepy joe pulling down less than 16%
Teeheehee

[Perd Hapley]

No.

No possible upside for them because this makes the entire Democratic Party look absolutely incompetent as hell. That would make about as much sense as Nancy Pelosi holding the articles of impeachment to force a better deal in the Senate....

Wait a minute....


 


In any event, no. This is an absolute image disaster for the Democrats, one they're going to be dealing with for months.

It seems like they believed their base is so fired up, they could just coast to victory, so they just slapped things together in the impeachment and the Iowa caucus.


Some details on how they screwed things up.

https://thefederalist.com/2020/02/04/the-iowa-democratic-party-is-to-blame-for-caucus-chaos/

[Brad Johnson]

With 62% reporting, Buttigieg in the lead with Sanders following closely behind (less than 2% split). Warren, Biden, and Klobuchar are third, fourth, and fifth, respectively, but no real threat to the two frontrunners. The remainder are mere footnotes.

It's fun to point out that little Mikey Bloomberg is being reported with exactly zero percent of the votes.  

Brad

[Angel Eyes]

It's fun to point out that little Mikey Bloomberg is being reported with exactly zero percent of the votes.  

Is he even on the ballot?

[griz]

Looks like a cluster of epic proportions.  The state party hired a firm to put together a custom app to collect the results.  They refused to have it tested beforehand and didn't want to reveal the vendor either.  They also routed the reports and the help requests calls to the same line.  Makes you wonder why the voters would trust their party.

Edited because I merely repeated the same link as above.

[Brad Johnson]

Is he even on the ballot?

According to Politico he is. Both the "Uncommited" and "Other" categories fared better (actually much better). I expect there will be a big slew of votes for him coming from somewhere, but it's an irrelevant aside at this point.

*edit to add* With 99% of districts reporting, Trump has 97% of the Republican votes. Wow. I've don't recall ever seeing a caucus party vote so decidedly lopsided.

Brad

[Fly320s]

Pete Butt-his-leg was in NH today.  He and his entourage, including a film crew, were taking up space in the local Starbucks.  Only one plain clothes security guard was with him, so probably not USSS. 

[charby]

Is he even on the ballot?

Caucuses don't have prefilled out ballots. That is the beauty of a caucus.

Democrats build a collection of supporters to be create a viable candidates, Republicans have a simple straw pole. It is a party driven activity, not an official election process run by county auditors or Secretary of State. It also the event where people are elected from each precinct to be on the county party central committee and pick delegates for the party's conventions.

[just Warren]

Cool. I got as many votes as Bloomberg.

[Perd Hapley]

Well 30 minutes away, about 60 people so far at the Democrat caucas for my ward and precinct. So much for my 27 year run as a registered Republican.

You join the party, and suddenly they can't run a caucus anymore? What have you done?

[K Frame]

The best thing about the Democrat's disaster in Iowa?

The internet memes...

Some of them have been absolutely savage.

[charby]

You join the party, and suddenly they can't run a caucus anymore? What have you done?

Maybe I am the Angel of Death.

[Ron]

Maybe I am the Angel of Death.

Good job! You're a natural!

[Jamisjockey]

Pete Butt-his-leg was in NH today.  He and his entourage, including a film crew, were taking up space in the local Starbucks.  Only one plain clothes security guard was with him, so probably not USSS. 

Strangely, Bootajudge was the winner from Iowa somehow.

I'm still in shock.  The RNC has been the shoot-ourselves-in-the-foot-party for decades.  We nominated feckless RINO turds to face off against BHO. TWICE.

Trump is the most divisive president, ever.  Impeached in the house, under trial in the Senate.

Yet somehow, the Democrats are  desperate to drive their train into a ditch.