Hillary Resorts to Cheating...Well What Did you Expect

      Though the Republican Iowa caucus was interesting in that Ted Cruz edged out Donald Trump and Marco Rubio with a record number of caucus goers participating, the Democrat caucus could prove far more interesting, that is unless the Democrat powers put a lid on it, as at this point they clearly favor Hillary Clinton. (Debbie "Dummy" Wasserman-Schultz, DNC head, has clearly voiced her support for Hillary.) The Democrats play by different rules than the Republicans, who determine the number of delegates a candidate gets to the convention based on a percentage of the raw vote overall. So out of 30 possible delegates Cruz got 8, Trump and Rubio 7 each, Carson 3, Paul 2, and the last three went to Bush, Kasich, and Huckabee.  The Democrats have a much more complicated system, electing more than 1400 delegates, but not necessarily based on the raw vote.  In fact, as of this writing, the raw vote has not been released by the Democrat Party.  This is because it is possible to win the raw vote, but get fewer delegates,  Bernie Sanders is trying to get the raw vote released as he only trailed Hillary by 3 delegates. It may prove embarrassing to Hillary, if Sanders got more individual votes.  She had led by a huge percentage months ago, but with scandal after scandal and lie after lie hitting the news, Sanders steadily chopped away at her lead until now there is a virtual tie.
      Being that the Democrat caucus is run by the Democrats, irregularities and voter fraud are always an issue, even against each other. In at least two precincts younger voters were turned away before they could vote using their unfamiliarity with the caucus process to send them home early.  Most of these were young voters favoring Sanders. These abuses have come to light as some attendees videoed it.  In addition counts seemed to vary enough to change the leader in the 43rd precinct from Sanders to Clinton.  Sanders is angry and has a right to be as it turns the precinct heads is also a big Hillary supporter.

      Hillary was very quick to claim victory, though the difference in the number of delegates was less than 1/2 percentage point.  This is a typical Clinton dirty trick as Bill claimed victory in New Hampshire in 1982 though Paul Tsongas had clearly won.  In fact, he was called the "come back kid" because of it.
      Now it is on the New Hampshire where Trump holds a significant lead.  It will be interesting to see if Cruz or Rubio can continue their success and make inroads into Trump's lead.  Rubio has clearly become the target for those  trying to stall his momentum and advance their own campaigns. For the Democrats, Sanders has a commanding lead in New Hampshire, the neighbor of his home state Vermont.  I doubt if Hillary's early victory claim will help her at all in New Hampshire, as more email problems continue to plague her every day.  The latest is that although the Obama administration claim they knew nothing of her private sever and email account, a government account was never set up for her, so she and the regime lied again. (By the way, I wonder if those who are planning to boycott the Academy Awards because all the acting nominees are white, are planning to boycott the Democrat Party as well.)  Nevada, another caucus state, may be Hillary's next best change to claim a victory as her dirty tricks and illegal tactics worked well in Iowa.