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Something that nobody here has pointed out. I could maybe understand why you would think that the DNC would want to make the process slow, but Buttigieg has jus
by emberswitch 7y ago
Something that nobody here has pointed out. I could maybe understand why you would think that the DNC would want to make the process slow, but Buttigieg has just as much reason as Bernie to want the Iowa Caucus to run smoothly. His campaign only existed on the hope that he would win last night, and if he doesn't create any momentum out of Iowa he is DOA for super Tuesday. Anyone making up these theories hasn't thought things all the way through, clearly.
- pasquinelli 7y agoWell, if he can claim he won and the media will run with it without any clear results, that works ok too. Thinking all the way through here, any momentum buttigieg gathers in iowa and new hampshire will be lost is south carolina and nevada, and then bloomberg will be a factor competing for his voters on super teusday. Buttigieg's path to the nomination is having it given to him by superdelegates if no one gets a majority.
- emberswitch 7y agoIf he claims to win and he loses he's basically fucked himself out of a political future. That would be monumentally stupid. I understand that his chances are low regardless, but they're non-existent if he can't build a media narrative off of actually winning Iowa. That's been his plan from the start, and why he's sunk so much money into winning the state. It makes absolutely 0 sense to me that anyone thinks he would want to sabotage the caucus.