West Des Moines Caucus...Klobuchar trying to snap up one more voter to become viable...

[brooklynite]

Here comes the final count...

[brooklynite]

1. And they do it!

Viable with 50 voters.

[highplainsdem]

2. Wishing Amy luck. OTOH, your subject line encompasses exactly why the caucuses are so stupid.

[brooklynite]

3. Somene on the news pointed out...

...that in the totality of the Primary process, a lot of voters have a preference who drops out over time and they have to choose someone else. The Iowa Caucus just speeds that up.

[W_HAMILTON]

4. I don't know if this was the same caucus I was watching...

...but I think it was on MSNBC and they said that the Warren and Klobuchar camps were one short of viability, but were looking for one more to become viable -- how is that possible? I thought they said that once the first counts were done, it's done. I thought they said they wouldn't be able to try to win people over after the first viability count, you are either viable and move on to the next round or you are not and can choose to support one of the viable candidates...

[brooklynite]

5. No, once the first count is done, those in viable groups are locked...

Those in non-viable groups can try to pick up additional supporters (say, Biden and Klobuchar merging).

[W_HAMILTON]

6. But then why are Klobuchar and Warren trying to pick up additional support?

If, after the first count, they were already deemed non-viable? In the segment I was watching, they already had a written vote total and said that Klobuchar and Warren were not viable, therefore, how can they still be looking to get one more person to become viable? I thought that was against the rules this time around.

[brooklynite]

7. Klobuchar needed supporters to become viable; Warren needed more supporters to get more delegates

[W_HAMILTON]

8. If this is the same place we are talking about, Klobuchar and Warren both had the same...

...number of supporters in that first vote count. MSNBC just showed the place I am talking about (in a yellow Mustangs gym) and originally Warren and Klobuchar had the same amount of people, both of which were non-viable, but since they have said that Warren gained three supporters (one from Steyer, two from Klobuchar) and became viable, but I don't see how that is possible, unless that first written vote count was just a preliminary thing and not the official first vote...

[brooklynite]

9. C-Span site wasn't in a gym...looked like a lunch room.

[W_HAMILTON]

10. Okay, we must be talking about different sites then, no problem.