Iowa doesn't matter

[eridani]

[EdwardBernays]

1. Saw a Clinton guy on MSNBC yesterday

That said if Sanders doesn't definitively win Iowa and New Hampshire it will be a big loss for his campaign.

LOL.

[TheFarS1de]

2. Give them time ...

I am sure they will move the goalposts further with each week

[newfie11]

3. Yep! Nt

[SmittynMo]

11. Yet you have other idiots

that say if she loses them both, it's still OK. What? How can it be bad for one, but not the other?

Bernie will win them both.

[snoringvoter]

14. I am hoping for a scenario where the caucus is overcrowded with Bernie supporters

there is no way for Clinton to win half the delegates she is expected to win. Maybe she'll be given one or two delegates, but Bernie will get the majority of it.

[EdwardBernays]

16. we live in hope n/t

[tecelote]

4. Perfect!

[thesquanderer]

5. Winning Iowa, in and of itself, is largely psychological

Delegates are awarded proportionaltely. If Hillary loses a close race, she can end up with as many delegates as Bernie, but the press will probably focus on the "upset" and the "huge setback" for Hillary. If Bernie loses a close race, again, the two of them can end up with the same number of delegates, and the press will probably focus on how he "almost pulled it off, but it looks like Hillary remains largely inevitable" - even though the actual results of the two scenarios are identical in terms of the goal of delegates.

I would be surprised to see people from the Hillary camp saying Iowa doesn't matter unless they actually do anticipate the blowout scenario, since the truth is that, apart from the psychology, a narrow loss is as about as good as a narrow win.

[Fast Walker 52]

7. a huge part of this is about perception and how the media plays it

no doubt, it will be fascinating to see what happens

[Fast Walker 52]

6. haha!

Good meme

[FailureToCommunicate]

8. In case you haven't seen this yet:

(Video montage of Bernie's progression from zero to hero:

[humbled_opinion]

10. I love it truth to power

Hillary inevitability is gone, We are on fire....

[humbled_opinion]

9. LOL next up

Bernie can't win Arkansas and that's all that really matters....

[snoringvoter]

15. No no, it's supposed to be GUAM that holds it all.

[CharlotteVale]

12. That was fantastic.

[Ferd Berfel]

13. K&R