THE NOTE: Eventually, someone will win Iowa. But what was lost as Democrats began their nominating process may never be recovered.
A precinct secretary and other officials look over documents at a caucus in Des Moines, Iowa, Feb. 3, 2020.
Democratic presidential candidate former Vice President Joe Biden addresses supporters with his wife Dr. Jill Biden during his caucus night watch party on Feb. 03, 2020, in Des Moines, Iowa.And the whole debacle plays into Trump messaging. He gets to stir suspicion inside a party that includes voices skeptical about how the establishment is responding to fresh challenges to their order.
But we are not in any state; we are in Iowa. And after the Iowa caucuses in 2016, several campaigns, candidates and party leaders questioned whether the state should be able to keep their first-in-the-nation status. The caucuses are inherently messy; they take hours; working class voters who may have evening shifts, parents who have to find babysitters, and people with disabilities, can feel left out and completely disenfranchised.
Now, after a night with no results and next to no communication from the Democratic Party, it is hard to imagine how fury does not bubble over. Thank goodness the rules changed after 2016 and guaranteed a paper trail would be kept. The party said overnight it was relying on that documentation. But a backup, backup system may not be enough to convince voters and party players everywhere else that the national primary process should once again start like this.
“Tonight, an improbable hope became an undeniable reality,” former South Bend, Indiana, mayor Pete Buttigieg told his supporters attending at his caucus night watch party in Des Moines. “We don't know all the results, but we know by the time it's all said and done, Iowa you have shocked the nation. Because by all indications, we are going onto New Hampshire victorious.”
A volunteer holds a Presidential Preference Card before the start of a Democratic caucus at Hoover High School, Feb. 3, 2020, in Des Moines, Iowa.Tuesday morning’s episode features a full wrap-up of Monday night's caucus results from Iowa. Then, ABC News Legal Contributor Kate Shaw tells us what to think of the impeachment trial of President Donald Trump ahead of the final vote on Wednesday.
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