Twitter and this site are rife with people mocking Mayor Pete for saying he was going to New Hampshire victorious. Pete is a candidate who banked his campaign almost entirely on Iowa, and all indications are that it worked — he’s ahead and is very likely to be the winner. Sadly, the incompetence of the Iowa Democratic Party stole his thunder last night, and Pete cannot be faulted for trying to reclaim it.
Anyone who has ever managed a campaign knows full well these candidates knew the results long before the Iowa Democratic Party announced them. Any campaign that didn’t know the results before they were announced is incompetent and should effectively be disqualified from running.
People should stop attacking Pete for actually running a competent campaign where he is able to relay results better than the Iowa Democratic Party, and start congratulating him for doing shockingly well in Iowa.