Something Very Strange is Going On

Not everybody's a fan of caucuses, but few can argue that it would be difficult to fix a caucus or change the results of a caucus. Unlike black box voting machines, caucuses are public events where popular opinion is easily seen. There have been 11 caucuses held so far this year and what stands out is how different their results are compared with the other primaries where individual votes are secretly cast.

DEMOCRATS
Iowa:       Obama 38%  Clinton 29%    
Nevada:     Obama 45%  Clinton 51%
Alaska:     Obama 75%  Clinton 25%
Idaho:      Obama 79%  Clinton 17%
Colorado:   Obama 67%  Clinton 32%
N. Dakota:  Obama 61%  Clinton 37%  
Minnesota:  Obama 67%  Clinton 32%  
Kansas:     Obama 74%  Clinton 26%

REPUBLICANS
Iowa:       Romney 25%  McCain 13%
Maine:      Romney 52%  McCain 21%
Nevada:     Romney 51%  McCain 13%
Alaska:     Romney 44%  MCcain 14%
Colorado:   Romney 60%  McCain 19%
Montana:    Romney 38%  McCain 22%
N. Dakota:  Romney 36%  McCain 23%
Wyoming:    Romney 67%  McCain 0%
Minnesota:  Romney 43%  McCain 22%

CNN Election Center

Why are the results of the caucuses so different than the states with secret ballots?

Last night was very odd. Romney clearly got worked, the polls were farther off than Hillary's win in New Hampshire. Similarly, Hillary got some more unexpected ramp somewhere. And Huckabee-- if that wasn't massive voter fraud, this country's worse off than I thought it was. Something very strange is going on. I think last night's results need to be looked at very carefully.