The Blue Plate Special - Iowa Democratic Caucus Debacle

by Paul Jacob, Contributing Author: The biggest stories don't always come in threes, but they sure did this week.

The Iowa Democratic Caucus debacle, President Trump's State of the Union Address, and the Senate's acquittal of the president after the House's impeachment -- big stories of big losses for Democrats.

As I write this, we still lack a "winner" on the Democratic side in Iowa. Blame is publicly given to the goofy "app" the Iowa Democratic Party bought to make the caucusing and counting oh-so-much easier. But I wouldn't blame Bernie supporters for engaging in a little conspiracy conjecturing -- the maker of the app has close ties to the Clinton machine.

And if you cannot sniff a concerted anti-Bernie agenda on the part of establishment Democrats, your sniffer is broken.

Indeed, The Young Turks ably showed how major-media news sources skew stories away from the socialist from Vermont -- by emphasizing the candidacies of Biden and Buttigieg.*

One can see why centrist Democrats would want to scuttle a serious socialist movement within their party, but it may be too little too late. After decades of courting the Gimme-Gimme vote with Loot the Rich demagoguery, socialistic attitudes have long been on the menu. So getting a hot, steaming socialism served back at them as a Blue Plate Special?

Priceless.

Literally.

But not costless.

For the cost is reasonability and decorum. After Trump ceased speaking before Congress yesterday, Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi ripped up copies of the president's address just to show her disdain for the president.

But it also shows frustration. The speech is over. Impeachment is over. Iowa is, incredibly, not yet over. And Pelosi's party -- under her guidance -- is in complete and utter disarray.

This is Common Sense. I'm Paul Jacob.

* Ana Kasparian makes a pretty convincing case that Senator Bernie Sanders is the most popular of the three, and could even bring in independent voters.
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Paul Jacob (@Common_Sense_PJ) is author of Common Sense which provides daily commentary about the issues impacting America and about the citizens who are doing something about them. He is also President of the Liberty Initiative Fund (LIFe) as well as Citizens in Charge Foundation. Jacob is a contributing author on the ARRA News Service.

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