Iowa

Democratic presidential candidate Bernie Sanders was reported to have come very close to winning the Iowa caucus on Monday after a surge in popularity among voters.  It is reported that the inconspicuous old man of the people, who claims to represent 99.99% of Americans, and who works for the the people and has recently chosen to arise from amongst them, may have actually won their vote in Iowa and has questioned the accuracy of the election results. The Daily Caller reports: But in addition to giving us such delicious schadenfreude to savor, the old coot may have actually won.

Donald Trump was surprised at how well Ted Cruz did in Iowa...

Ted Cruz didn't win Iowa, he stole it. That is why all of the polls were so wrong and why he got far more votes than anticipated. Bad!

— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) February 3, 2016

It appears he has a reason to be...

Bernie Sanders is demanding a raw vote count from the Iowa caucuses, due to concerns over voter fraud and missing votes.  Hngn.com reports: Concerns were raised about voter fraud after C-Span released a video showing that a caucus chairperson from Polk County, the state’s most populous county, and a Hillary Clinton precinct captain failed to conduct a count of the caucusgoers.

Hillary Clinton emerged victorious in Iowa on Monday night, but it was a close call.

So close, in fact, that Bernie Sanders wants a recount.

For over a year now, Marco Rubio and his substantial cheering section have been trying to ignite Marco-Mentum without notable success. Well, they finally made fetch happen – and just in the nick of time.

In the run-up to the Iowa caucuses, there was clearly something stirring. Trump’s numbers were falling; Rubio’s were rising. Just as in 2012, there was a late-breaking surge for the rising candidate. It’s just that this time, the rising candidate was a media darling rather than a factional protest candidate of the social-conservative right.