The always-awesome Jennifer Jacobs scoops the world and reports that the Iowa GOP will certify the results of the caucuses...but without the outcome in eight precincts. Santorum becomes the winner according the numbers available.
The fall-out? Well, the folks who don't like Iowa's first-in-the-nation status will ramp up the rhetoric. But I don't think the Hawkeye State will lose the status--activists in both parties EARN the status by their enthusiastic involvement. Candidates were turning out 300-600 voters at rallies over the holidays. Which other state will duplicate that?
In the ironies of ironies, this result probably helps Rick Santorum. He gave a great speech to re-introduce himself nationally following his top-tier finish...and now he gets to tout his Iowa "win" to counter Rick Perry's "indication of support" for Newt Gingrich.
That's what I mean when I say that the results changed...but remained the same. Bachmann dropped out after a poor Iowa showing..and the Huntsman and Perry candidacies couldn't recover from their anemic results.
Iowa winnowed the field and performed its duty.
Backward and “Forward”
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