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From the gang who gave you "If you don't caucus, you might be committing voter fraud. At best, we will send a letter to your neighbors letting them know you didn't participate".
It's Ben Carson dropped out, so vote for us not him.
It included a tweet from one of Politics' biggest heel Steve King
Carson looks like he is out. Iowans need to know before they vote. Most will go to Cruz, I hope.
This story has went national. The most obvious story being Donald Trump asking for a Do-Over since the only way anyone could beat Trump would be to cheat.
Rush Limbaugh accuses the Rubio campaign of orchestrating this. No surprise for anyone who has listened to Rush in the last six months, he generally favors Cruz and rails against Rubio on a daily basis.
The controversy stems from Dr Carson saying he wasn't going to New Hampshire or South Carolina after Iowa. He was going to Florida for a change of clothes and then to DC for the National Prayer Breakfast- the annual event where in 2013 he essentially started to become a household name.
Which means he wasn't going to NH or SC, but it didn't mean he wasn't going to New Hampshire.
You won't often find me defending Cruz or King, but I will lay out the points that will say this is a nonstory.
1- Carson ended up with 9.3% of the vote. That is what the poll numbers said would happen. In fact, it's better than most polls said. He was polling around 7-8% in most circumstances, and one of the last polls showed him as low as 3%. Carson really hadn't polled better than 10% since December.
2- The news on this came out late. Those not aware of the caucus process might not be aware that you have to be there by 7pm. This story broke after that (Even King's tweet is timestamped 7:20). I realize that people check their phone constantly, but I was not aware of the story until i was at home from the caucus and in my sweatpants, and believe me, I was tuned in.
3- It would be nonsensical to drop out mere hours before the actual voting. Even the most "writing on the wall" guys like O'Malley and Santorum waited until the results were in. It would make no sense to wait until the last minute to drop out. You would have either done it long ago like Perry and Walker or at least waited.
4-This anecdotal, but I have a friend who was a precinct chairman for Cruz and when he says there was no concerted effort to convince people Dr Carson dropped out, then I believe him.
I suppose I should admit that I do think Cruz could be the next nominee, though others are quick to remind me, that though he seems electable because he is a red-stater who is loved by the fundamentalists and the Tea Party (Huckabee) and a Senator whose family values agenda has brought him a great deal of attention (Santorum), nothing means nothing.
It's Ben Carson dropped out, so vote for us not him.
It included a tweet from one of Politics' biggest heel Steve King
Carson looks like he is out. Iowans need to know before they vote. Most will go to Cruz, I hope.
This story has went national. The most obvious story being Donald Trump asking for a Do-Over since the only way anyone could beat Trump would be to cheat.
Rush Limbaugh accuses the Rubio campaign of orchestrating this. No surprise for anyone who has listened to Rush in the last six months, he generally favors Cruz and rails against Rubio on a daily basis.
The controversy stems from Dr Carson saying he wasn't going to New Hampshire or South Carolina after Iowa. He was going to Florida for a change of clothes and then to DC for the National Prayer Breakfast- the annual event where in 2013 he essentially started to become a household name.
Which means he wasn't going to NH or SC, but it didn't mean he wasn't going to New Hampshire.
You won't often find me defending Cruz or King, but I will lay out the points that will say this is a nonstory.
1- Carson ended up with 9.3% of the vote. That is what the poll numbers said would happen. In fact, it's better than most polls said. He was polling around 7-8% in most circumstances, and one of the last polls showed him as low as 3%. Carson really hadn't polled better than 10% since December.
2- The news on this came out late. Those not aware of the caucus process might not be aware that you have to be there by 7pm. This story broke after that (Even King's tweet is timestamped 7:20). I realize that people check their phone constantly, but I was not aware of the story until i was at home from the caucus and in my sweatpants, and believe me, I was tuned in.
3- It would be nonsensical to drop out mere hours before the actual voting. Even the most "writing on the wall" guys like O'Malley and Santorum waited until the results were in. It would make no sense to wait until the last minute to drop out. You would have either done it long ago like Perry and Walker or at least waited.
4-This anecdotal, but I have a friend who was a precinct chairman for Cruz and when he says there was no concerted effort to convince people Dr Carson dropped out, then I believe him.
I suppose I should admit that I do think Cruz could be the next nominee, though others are quick to remind me, that though he seems electable because he is a red-stater who is loved by the fundamentalists and the Tea Party (Huckabee) and a Senator whose family values agenda has brought him a great deal of attention (Santorum), nothing means nothing.
