Iowa GOP: Santorum Won? No, we’ll call it a tie
TPM: Iowa GOP playing monkey games with the votes
The Republican party of Iowa has finished it’s recount of the January 3rd Iowa caucuses and the certified final results show Rick Santorum came out ahead by 34 votes. So he ‘won’, right?
Well, not according to the state GOP. According to the state party it’s a ‘split decision’ or a ‘tie.’
The rationale for calling this a tie, according to the Des Moines Register, which has the story as an exclusive, is that 8 precincts’ numbers are lost permanently and will never be certified. So in practice it’s a tie, too close to call, etc.
Too close to call? Then why were they so excited to rush out and claim Romney won before the recount?