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Tuesday, February 2, 2016

Mike Klonsky's SmallTalk Blog: Clinton, Trump burned in Iowa. CTU says no to Rahm's contract offer

Mike Klonsky's SmallTalk Blog: Clinton, Trump burned in Iowa. CTU says no to Rahm's contract offer:

Clinton, Trump burned in Iowa. CTU says no to Rahm's contract offer

The voters sent a clear message that income inequality weighed on their minds, with more than one in four Democratic voters saying the issue was the most important facing the nation, according to surveys of voters leaving the polls. -- New York Times
Impressive win for Bernie... He's finished dead-even in Iowa. Split the delegates. 6 coin flips was Clinton's margin of victory. Did somebody check the coin?


A SmallTalk Salute goes out to Bernie's campaign field workers and organizers, many who drove out from Chicago, who out-organized Clinton's team. I don't know this, but I'm guessing there were lots of teachers doing Bernie's door-knocking and caucus debating despite premature Clinton endorsements by AFT and NEA.

Yesterday marked significant losses for Wall Street-backed Clinton and Trump. Imagine if there were no Citizens United or SuperPACs. Sanders would have Mike Klonsky's SmallTalk Blog: Clinton, Trump burned in Iowa. CTU says no to Rahm's contract offer: