Problems with this week’s Iowa caucus have blossomed into a mushroom cloud for Democrats.
The chair of the Democratic National Committee, Tom Perez, has taken to Twitter to officially call for a recanvas.
“Enough is enough. In light of the problems that have emerged in the implementation of the delegate selection plan and in order to assure public confidence in the results, I am calling on the Iowa Democratic Party to immediately begin a recanvass,” Perez tweeted.
Uh, we’re way beyond the point of being able to restore confidence in the Iowa Democrat Party.
The
New York Times
reports that Tuesday’s caucus was “riddled with inconsistencies and other flaws”.
Vote tallies aren’t adding up. Candidates also aren’t receiving the appropriate number of delegates. And there are many more problems.
It’s so bad that the Times says the problems “raise questions about whether the public will ever get a completely precise account of the Iowa results”.
There’s a growing mountain of evidence that Iowa precinct officials didn’t know what they were doing.
Some candidates won more votes, but received fewer delegates than others. Some precincts awarded more state delegates than the precinct was allowed.
Errors are being reported to the Iowa Democrat Party, but many of them have yet to be corrected.
A growing number of political pundits, politicians, media figures and observers are calling for an end to the caucuses.
It's hard to argue with them.
I'll take the convenience and reliability of South Dakota's primary system over the bungled Iowa caucus any day.
