Cruz draws first blood in USA Republican race; Clinton claims narrowest of victories for Democrats

[snoop1130]

Cruz draws first blood in USA Republican race; Clinton claims narrowest of victories for Democrats
Euronews



USA -- The US presidential race is underway and there has already been an upset.

Turnout was high for the first caucus of the 2016 US presidential campaign in the state of Iowa.

The news from the night

Republican surprise

Ted Cruz won the Iowa caucus for the Republicans.

The 45-year-old Texas Senator clinched 28% of the Republican vote, beating his flamboyant rival Donald Trump into second place.

“Iowa has sent notice that the Republican nominee and the next president of the US will not be chosed by the media, will not be chosen by the Washington elite,” Cruz told his supporters.

Speaking to the media, Trump said he was “honoured” by his second-place finish.
Republican vote:

Ted Cruz: 28%, eight delegates
Donald Trump: 24%, seven delegates
Marco Rubio: 23%, seven delegates
Ben Carson: 9%, three delegates

Candidates Martin O’Malley and Mike Huckabee have suspended their campaigns.

Democratic dogfight

Votes are still being counted in the Democrat camp.

The US media, however, is already declaring it a dead heat.

95% of the votes have been confirmed and the indications are that former first lady Hillary Clinton may have a narrow lead over the 74-year-old senator from Vermont and top challenger, Bernie Sanders.

Referring to the neck-and-neck race with Hillary Clinton, Sanders said voters in Iowa a new era had begun.

“What Iowa has begun tonight is a political revolution. When young people and working people and seniors begin to stand up and say, loudly and clearly, ‘enough is enough’.”
Democratic vote

Hillary Clinton: 50%, 22 delegates
Bernie Sanders: 50%, 21 delegates

Who is Ted Cruz?

Born in Canada
Father from Cuba, grandfather from Canary Islands
Legal background
Is pro-life, gun rights, death penalty and free trade
Is against same-sex marriage, civil unions, the legalisation of marijuana and net neutrality

Direction New Hampshire

The US primary season is now underway.

The other 49 states and US territories will vote for their party nominees over the coming months.

The next votes are in the states of New Hampshire, Nevada and South Carolina.

The process gets into full swing with the so-called “Super Tuesday” in March.

Each party’s presidential candidate will be officially nominated in the summer.

The US will vote for its next president in November. He or she will take up office in January 2017.

What they are saying?

“Tonight is a victory for courageous conservatives across Iowa and all across this great nation.” – Ted Cruz

“I am just honoured, I am really honoured. And I want to congratulate Ted and I want to congratulate all of the incredible candidates.” – Donald Trump.

“What Iowa has begun tonight is a political revolution. When young people and working people and seniors begin to stand up and say, loudly and clearly, ‘enough is enough’.” – Bernie Sanders.

-- (c) Copyright Euronews 2016-02-02

[Rancid]

Cruz and Clinton, big win for Wall Street. Obviously Americans yet to be fed up with cronyism, corruption, oligarchy, different laws for the rich, and their country decaying. What is it, TV or a dumbed down education system?

[fullChinese]

pardon me but

"Who is Ted Cruz?

Born in Canada"

doesnt that bar him?

oh yeah, if the media are calling it a dead heat it means clinton lost.

[thaibeachlovers]

Cruz- 8 delegates for, 17 against. He shouldn't be patting his own back just yet. Rubio is on his heels, if you disregard the Donald.

Huckabee- lust for power was prevailing against common sense- he never had a chance.

How can one be pro life and pro death penalty? That boggles me.

[Chicog]

Loved Huckabee.... "It's time to suspend the campaign, but not because of the votes, because of Illness". Cue gasps from the crowd. "Obviously the voters are sick of me".

[siliconvalley]

Wow

What a bunch of bull.

A caucas can comprise of 12 guys drinking beers at my house.

Where is the popular votes?

Wow

What a bunch of bull.

A caucas can comprise of 12 guys drinking beers at my house.

Where is the popular votes?

Just noticed.....Ted Cruz was born in Canada

I thought by law, only US BORN citizens can be elected presidents

Edited February 2, 2016 by siliconvalley

[OMGImInPattaya]

Two pasty-faced white folks...doesn't look much like today's America.

[tonbridgebrit]

Go on, BERNIE, do it, go and beat Hillary Clinton for the leadership of your party. Go and become the leader of your nation.

Hillary Clinton, America must not forget that you backed the Bush invasion of Iraq back in 2003. See, Americans go on and on about how they don't like Bush, and how the Iraq war was not a good thing. Hillary does have support, and yet, Hillary backed the Iraq invasion. Hillary Clinton, if George Bush was a war monger, well, in that case, so are YOU, Hillary Clinton.


By the way, Bernie Sanders did NOT back the Bush invasion of Iraq.

[Chicog]

Go on, BERNIE, do it, go and beat Hillary Clinton for the leadership of your party. Go and become the leader of your nation.

Hillary Clinton, America must not forget that you backed the Bush invasion of Iraq back in 2003. See, Americans go on and on about how they don't like Bush, and how the Iraq war was not a good thing. Hillary does have support, and yet, Hillary backed the Iraq invasion. Hillary Clinton, if George Bush was a war monger, well, in that case, so are YOU, Hillary Clinton.

Lots of people backed it.

Because they were lied to about WMD's.

[TheAppletons]

Go on, BERNIE, do it, go and beat Hillary Clinton for the leadership of your party. Go and become the leader of your nation.

Hillary Clinton, America must not forget that you backed the Bush invasion of Iraq back in 2003. See, Americans go on and on about how they don't like Bush, and how the Iraq war was not a good thing. Hillary does have support, and yet, Hillary backed the Iraq invasion. Hillary Clinton, if George Bush was a war monger, well, in that case, so are YOU, Hillary Clinton.

Lots of people backed it.

Because they were lied to about WMD's.

I'm sure the resident Clinton mouthpiece will be along shortly to spin this his way but this is a kick in the teeth for the Clinton Dynasty. On to NH where she probably doesn't even come close to a dead heat.

ABC...Anyone But Clinton.

[chuckd]

[thaibeachlovers]

Go on, BERNIE, do it, go and beat Hillary Clinton for the leadership of your party. Go and become the leader of your nation.

Hillary Clinton, America must not forget that you backed the Bush invasion of Iraq back in 2003. See, Americans go on and on about how they don't like Bush, and how the Iraq war was not a good thing. Hillary does have support, and yet, Hillary backed the Iraq invasion. Hillary Clinton, if George Bush was a war monger, well, in that case, so are YOU, Hillary Clinton.

Lots of people backed it.

Because they were lied to about WMD's.

Only those that wanted to believe it did so. I knew before they went to war that it was BS. The lesson is never never never believe a politician- unfortunately people forget too soon.

However, given Bush's lack of votes, perhaps enough people haven't forgotten Bush the younger.

I wonder how many people vote for HRC because they believe her, or if they just do so because she is a Democrat and will give them stuff like Obama. Will Bernie give them stuff too? I don't know much about his policies.

[bendejo]

It's a "caucus" because all the voters are Caucasian.

[Ulysses G.]

Will Bernie give them stuff too?

Like Obama on steroids. If you are poor and don't mind killing the Golden Goose for your kids, Bernie is your man.

[lannarebirth]

Will Bernie give them stuff too?

Like Obama on steroids. If you are poor and don't mind killing the Golden Goose for your kids, Bernie is your man.

I'm not poor by any measure. I do have children and I do pay US taxes and I currently reside in the US. Lots of people commenting in this thread have and do none of those things.

I don't like paying taxes but I don't mind so much if I can see that most or even some of it is put to use that enhance the society I live in and lessen some of the burdens for the majority of the people that live in it. and

Frankly, I can't see how perpetual war and massive subsidies and tax breaks to Fortune 500 corporations and financial speculation firms is helping my society. I can't see how individuals who make massive income shouldn't pay a disproportionate share of the burden seeing as how they use a disproportionate amount of resources and earn a disproportionate amount of the national income.

I didn't always feel this way, but then once upon a time risk takers were the sole entities that could profit or lose from the risk they undertook. Now, the downside risk has been socialized(if you will) and the upside is taxed lightly or not at all.

FWIW, I'm upper middle class, I fully expect my children will be the same. They and I will pay more, and that's OK with me. I am getting zero return on my tax dollars as things stand now.

[Ulysses G.]

Does that mean you are voting for Bernie? I would, except for the killing the Golden Goose part. I have little doubt that is what would happen, but I think his heart is in the right place.

Edited February 2, 2016 by Ulysses G.

[lannarebirth]

Does that mean you are voting for Bernie? I would, except for the killing the Golden Goose part. I have little doubt that is what would happen, but I think his heart is in the right place.

Yes, I'm voting for Bernie, whether he gets the nomination or not.

C'mon, you know he's not going to get that whole wish list of his, but I don't think you've seen America's infrastructure lately; it's crumbling. Like him I believe health care is a citizen's right and I'm sick of these unnecessary and unproductive wars. More than anything though, I'd like to see some kind of campaign finance reform. Whether your sympathies lean left or right, you should too. Current campaign finance rules have absolutely gutted our democracy. Time after time, politicians of both parties push legislation that NOBODY wants.

I'd like to leave something better than what exists now for my kids.

[webfact]

Cruz crushes Trump but Sanders catches Clinton in Iowa caucus
By Robert Hackwill



DES MOINES: They both emerged winners from the first contest of the US 2016 presidentials, even though this was only a caucus and not even a primary, but only Ted Cruz will be celebrating.

That is because Hillary Clinton only won by a wafer-thin margin against Bernie Sanders, and he is likely to stalk her hard from now on.

The big loser by far was Republican interloper Donald Trump, who came within a whisker of trailing third after Marco Rubio made a strong showing. The poll frontrunner is likely to do better in New Hampshire, but this was a bubble-pricking moment for the great showman.

Clinton’s problems will only get worse in New Hampshire, a proper primary, and where Sanders is popular and in the lead. Voters here see his record in neighbouring Vermont, and they like it.

So close was the Clinton-Sanders faceoff a coin toss had to decide certain precincts, as dead heats could not be decided any other way.

It hardly seemed credible barely six months ago, but Bernie Sander’s self-avowed “democratic socialism” is winning over the under 40s in droves, while Clinton is failing to ignite passions among the young. The last time passion overturned experience a certain Barack Obama made it to the White House.






-- (c) Copyright Euronews 2016-02-03

[Whyamiandwhatamidoinghere]

Cruz and Clinton, big win for Wall Street. Obviously Americans yet to be fed up with cronyism, corruption, oligarchy, different laws for the rich, and their country decaying. What is it, TV or a dumbed down education system?

Another hater... Lol. What thriving economy did you run to Thailand from?

[charmonman]

Wow

What a bunch of bull.

A caucas can comprise of 12 guys drinking beers at my house.

Where is the popular votes?

Wow

What a bunch of bull.

A caucas can comprise of 12 guys drinking beers at my house.

Where is the popular votes?

Just noticed.....Ted Cruz was born in Canada

I thought by law, only US BORN citizens can be elected presidents

No, that only applies to Obama, when they were trying to convince everyone he was born in Kenya, or Indonesia or anywhere but his actual birthplace Hawaii. I guess if you're white and from a non-exotic country like Canada the same rules don't apply.

[keemapoot]

I'm not sure what conclusions we can draw at this early juncture, but for Clinton it seems to be a wake-up call that she is not a shoe-in, and probably deservedly widely disdained as well. For Trump, it should be a wake-up call that voters may not long be dazzled by policy-weak, self-aggrandizing, media-manipulating, blowhard megalomaniacs.

[aTomsLife]

Does that mean you are voting for Bernie? I would, except for the killing the Golden Goose part. I have little doubt that is what would happen, but I think his heart is in the right place.

Interesting, Ulysses. Based on your previous posts, I'm pretty sure you and I share similar political views. We differ here, though, as I have no reservations about supporting a Sanders' candidacy. For the simple fact, we already live in a world of corporate socialism, one that has all but decimated our middle class.

Something has to give. And while I'm not advocating for any kind of socialist utopia here, I will say that regular people both need and deserve advocacy at the highest levels of government.

Bernie's policies concerning "free trade," as well as his vow to fight for campaign finance reform would do much to help wrest government control away from the plutocrats and return it to the people. As far as I'm concerned, these are the two most important issues facing voters, by far, and Sanders will get my vote in consequence, even though I don't agree with him on everything.

[sebastion]

Bernie will be lucky to survive his first term at 74 years of age.

The stress of the job will put him in a early grave.

And if he makes it for a second term he will be 82 in his last year of presidency.

Im not against the old but America needs someone younger.

[Stargeezr]

I still hope that Donald Trump does good in the next bunch of voting states. I am wondering what he will do now

with his campaign, will he tone down his R*d neck persona a bit? Will he try to show more of is intellect

and be a bit more serious about getting elected? I still like watching this election run as it has been very

entertaining.

Geezer.

[aTomsLife]

Bernie will be lucky to survive his first term at 74 years of age.

The stress of the job will put him in a early grave.

And if he makes it for a second term he will be 82 in his last year of presidency.

Im not against the old but America needs someone younger.

You're not wrong, but choosing the right VP would do much to quell any fears concerning the above. Elizabeth Warren comes to mind.

[Pinot]

These wingnut Republican candidates (all the same) are going to need a big piece of the 81% of the electorate that are women and minorities.

They don't have a prayer. It doesn't manner how many of the evangelicals are praying. It simply ain't gonna happen.

Bernie or HRC in a landslide. Doesn't matter who. We just can not let one of these right wing stooges appoint another Supreme Court Justice. They've done enough damage as is.

[aTomsLife]

Hilary Clinton is a plutocrat / limousine liberal of the worst order. I don't care what kind of lip service she pays to everyday folks, her past actions speak for themselves. I would never vote for her. Ever.

And I'm not the only Independent to feel this way:

https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/the-fix/wp/2016/01/26/independents-like-hillary-clinton-less-than-in-2008/

[Pinot]

You think Republican candidates can lie their way into the office of POTUS?

https://youtu.be/BJQLTxFtks0

Edited February 3, 2016 by Pinot

[elgordo38]

Will Bernie give them stuff too?

Like Obama on steroids. If you are poor and don't mind killing the Golden Goose for your kids, Bernie is your man.

With a 20 TRILLION dollar debt I would say the golden goose died a long time ago. If the Republicans win the WH fast forward 4 to 8 years 35 TRILLION debt?? More guns more wars that should goose the debt. Oh I forgot they will pay for all this by cancelling food stamps and other handouts to the poor. I thought under the constitution that the state and religion should not mix enter Ted Cruz our savior and the 3rd coming???

http://www.nonissue.com/post.php?link=2016_02_03__here_am_i_lord_use_me_ted_cruz_s_dad_says_holy_ghost_authorized_white_house_run

Edited February 3, 2016 by elgordo38

[Scott]

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