You know the TV media goes nuts over these early political events, and there's a lot of nonsense being spouted.
Talking Points would like to set the record straight tonight.
Ted Cruz won the vote largely on the strength of religious Republicans and a well-organized campaign.
The senator had to win and he did, although Dr. Ben Carson is now accusing his campaign of dirty tricks.
Carson will be here shortly.
Donald Trump ran second and his snub of the Fox News debate hurt him.
Here's the proof:
Late deciding Iowa voters broke for Marco Rubio 30%.
Ted Cruz, 25%.
Trump, 14%.
Had Mr. Trump showed up and done well in the debate, the late deciding numbers would not have been that way in my opinion.
All the other Republican candidates got hammered, including Jeb Bush, who spent some time and money in the state.
On the Democrat side it was a tie.
But the tie means absolutely nothing.
The reason is Hillary Clinton will win the nomination even though Bernie Sanders is saying stuff like this:
SANDERS: “Thank you so much. As you know, we just got in from Iowa where we astounded the world! ((LOUD APPLAUSE)) And now, in New Hampshire, we’ll astound the world again! ((LOUD APPLAUSE))”
Talking Points has a message for Senator Sanders - nobody was astounded, Bernie, all the polls said you would compete very well in Iowa.
Also, polling puts Sanders ahead in New Hampshire - nothing astounding about that either.
What is astounding is that anyone could actually believe Bernie Sanders will defeat Hillary Clinton for the nomination. That will not happen because minority voters in the larger states will break big for Mrs. Clinton, who is running as Barack Obama's shipmate.
Hillary Clinton’s biggest opponent is the FBI, not the socialist Sanders.
The Bureau is actively investigating her email problems and we will have a special report on that tomorrow.
In New Hampshire Donald Trump is likely to win, so all of those who say he has been damaged are full of it.
It is clear that in Iowa, religious voters preferred the very conservative Cruz.
And it is also clear that Mr. Trump made some serious mistakes campaigning in Iowa.
But he is very strong in New Hampshire, South Carolina and Nevada -- the three upcoming votes.
The media of course despises Trump and will paint him as a loser if they can.
But here on The Factor, we are fair and the truth is Trump remains very formidable.
Senator Marco Rubio, the big winner in Iowa last night.
His campaign is now very competitive and should remain so unless there is something about the senator the folks don't know.
Remember, in New Hampshire voters can vote for any party so Rubio has a much wider audience than in Iowa.
Summing up Cruz, Trump, Rubio all viable.
Bernie, a two-state pony.
Hillary, not damaged by early voting no matter how it goes.
Her high-noon is March 1st, the Super-Tuesday primaries.
And that's the memo. |
