Date: January 19, 2012
Author: N/A
New news pertaining to the Iowa Caucus is that there was a recount and reevaluation and it seems that Santorum actually won the Caucus. Republican officials indicated Santorum finished ahead of Romney by 34 votes. "The results from Iowa caucus night revealed a virtual tie," Romney said in a statement after the certification of the results. "I would like to thank the Iowa Republican Party for their careful attention to the caucus process, and we once again recognize Rick Santorum for his strong performance in the state."
"He sounds like a kid who didn’t get what he wanted for his birthday so he smashed the cake,” Santorum strategist said
I've heard it in more than one place that the results of the Iowa Caucus are basically irrelevant to the outcome of the overall primary election process. However, I do still think that these results are significant. Romney and his campaign team were surely pleased with their victories in the beginning of the race, however this could mean that he is not as on top of the game as he may think he is. Of course, we all know that now that Santorum has "won" the Iowa Caucus, he will be sure to mention it at every chance he gets. Yet, there is still a question as to whether or not they will count the results of the Iowa Caucus as accurate, seeing as though there was such a mix up. Additionally, does this mean that mistakes like this could happen in other states, potentially throwing off all of the campaigns and the Republican race all together? Could we have another 2000 Al Gore-Bush type of mix up? Lets sure hope not.
I. The problem addressed here is the possible mistake of who actually won the Iowa Caucus.
II. This will affect public policy through how the voters react. Policies will possibly be changed, proposed, etc now with the change in candidacy.
III. The Iowa Caucus poll counters can't count.
IV. The information doesn't affect me and can't be used by me.
V. The author seems to take a neutral position and simply states what happened and comments from both campaigns.
VI. This info will affect Romney negatively and Santorum positively. The Iowa Cause gave Romney and boost and maybe voters will see that he might have not deserved the credit and claim or believe conspiracy that he cheated, etc.
Work Cited: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/01/19/rick-santorum-iowa-caucus-results-certified-_n_1215690.html?ref=mostpopular,ron-paul
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