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Anyone Involved In Iowa Caucus Disaster Should Be Out On Their Ass
And stop telling us to “calm down!”
There isn’t time or margin enough for further error.
Is it really that big a deal that Iowa results were delayed for a few days? (Looks like Mayor Pete and Bernie came out on top). Maybe, maybe not.
Is it a big deal that Democrats kick off one of their most ambitious and crucial primary seasons ever by looking like they completely don’t know what the hell they’re doing? Do we have to even answer that?
Is it completely humiliating for DNC Chair Tom Perez, to throw up his hands days after the caucus and call on Democrats in Iowa to immediately begin a recanvass? Only to have those same Iowa Democrats indicate they are most likely going to completely ignore him?
There are not going to be multiple Presidential elections in November. All you get is one chance. So everything’s got to be done right the first time. The time to fix things and make sure they worked was from 2016 until about a week ago. Starting now is too late.
We want to emphasize before we go any further, our column today comes from a place of deep love for, and faith in the American electorate come this fall. (Just not wiseacres who think they know better.)