Let’s write today’s news yesterday...
IF TRUMP HAD WON: It is a YUUUGE victory, and Trump rolls on to New Hampshire and we all must wait for his inevitable fall when he finally steps on his crank one too many times.
IF RUBIO HAD WON: That’s it! It’s all over folks. The People of Iowa have spoken, and the only thing to do now is line up behind the New Inevitable Candidate for 2016.
IF CRUZ HAD WON: Don’t mean nuthin. Bunch of hayseed hicks with their screwed up process. Cruz only won because he moved to Iowa three years ago and never left, and he won’t go anywhere now...
Write all the stories in the afternoon, drink until midnight, and file the right one when the results come in.
But think about this for a minute. How much would Cruz have won by if he had knuckled under and endorsed subsidies for ethanol? He won Iowa by going up against King Corn!
That sounds easy, I shoulda been a reporter.
I hear Cruz got a lot of Libertarian types that voted Paul last time, they probably wouldn’t have liked ethanol pandering.
But what was that 9% Carson vote if not pro-ethanol conservatives?
Could some people be coming to believe that gifts from Uncle Sam end up being paid from their own pockets, yes even “ethanol” gifts?
It’s not like hog troughing is only happening in Iowa. Once the practice begins, then everybody wants in, and the main beneficiaries are a bloated body of drones who (it is true) spend, but who don’t produce anything that adds to the national wealth.
And, Trump is going to need to get a different mind on the subject (look for private alternatives to things whenever possible) if he is to hope to have a cogent and self-consistent argument against Bernie Sanders, who may edge Hillary out yet. People hate Bernie a lot less than they hate Hillary.
This was a test. Cruz got the A, Trump got a B. Trump needs to study now. We cannot stand on superficialities.
Trump supporters had their narratives ready for any outcome in Iowa:
IF TRUMP HAD WON: BWAHAHAHA!! This is HUGE. Donald is going to RUN THE TABLE now and SWEEP every primary!! If you think this is big now, just wait til NH!!! Cruz has only himself to blame for tonight — if he hadn’t attacked The Donald his numbers wouldn’t have tanked! Stick a fork in him, he’s DONE! There is still time for Ted Cruz to get a spot as Trump’s AG if he drops out now and begs Donald for forgiveness!
IF RUBIO BEAT TRUMP: Like hell he did. This election was STOLEN by the GOPE, blame and simple. The fix was in. Rubio is the anointed candidate of the GOPE and they pulled every trick in the book to get their open borders, chamber of commerce shrill in. The GOPE had decided months ago that Rubio would “win” Iowa and produced that result tonight to make their candidate the “frontrunner”. I’m writing in TRUMP if Rubio is the nominee!!!
IF CRUZ BEAT TRUMP:: Don’t mean nuthin. Bunch of hayseed hicks with their screwed up process. Iowa is full of so-cons who want Jesus for President and think they’re voting for pastor. The winner of the Iowa caucus is never the nominee, just look at Huckabee and Santorum. NH has a real election and I can’t wait for them to rebuke the morons in Iowa and for Trump to win BIG in all the other contests!!