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For the all the suspicion of the Iowa debacle as part of an anti-Bernie plot, I think the outcome is basically the best possible one for him.
Biden disappointed in IA and Pete’s good performance is pulling Biden voters away in NH, despite the fact that Buttigieg is *very* poorly positioned past NH, and Sanders (and Warren) are much better positioned.
Not only that, the weird mess on Monday night also probably muted whatever anti-Bernie freak out that certain factions in the party might have mustered.
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All disasters are, almost by definition, the result of a bunch of things going wrong at once. Seems like last night was a combination of the app, as well as a caucus with lots of candidates, many of whom weren't at viability, AND ALSO new, fairly complicated rules for reporting.
Dawned on me last night as we headed towards 10pm that the caucuses *themselves* were taking far far longer than usual. That's before you even get to the reporting issues. I was at a preinct in Des Moines in 2016 and they were done in about 40 minutes, total.
Iowa kind of ended up in a worst of both worlds: instead of a simple primary or a simple caucus, where people just showed up and gave a tally (which is basically how the GOP does it), they kept all the complications and then, to make it extra transparent ADDED A BUNCH OF NEW ONES
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People seem to be interpreting the DNC rules change as bowing to pressure from Bloomberg, but I think it's the other way around.
Right now Bloomberg is spending hundreds of millions of dollars on ads and never has to answer tough questions and face other candidates on a debate stage. Klobuchar explicitly called this out as unfair. And she's got a point!
And I don't think putting a former Republican billionaire on stage is going to be BAD for Sanders or Warren or any of the other candidates for that matter.
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The idea that the president's intent is immaterial is so nuts and dangerous. Consider the following hypothetical that someone once offered on my show (I can't remember who).
A municipality passes a new ordinance that requires every homeowner to put their garbage out on Friday night after 7pm for pick up early the next morning. Failure to do this will result in citations and stiff fines.
Obviously this is a perfectly legitimate policy, if maybe a bit onerous. But now imagine that the municipality has recently seen a large influx of Orthodox Jews, and the intent of policy is to penalize observant Jews and push them out of the town.
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