The Top Five Cable News Moments From The Iowa Caucuses

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by James Crugnale | 11:41 am, January 4th, 2012

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Did you miss any of the action-packed, political coverage from the cable news channels last night? Don’t worry! Mediaite is here to help you sort through what you missed, with all of the best moments from the closest Iowa Caucus in history.

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James Carville: Rick Perry Is The Worst Presidential Candidate In American History

Rick Perry‘s devastating fifth-place finish in the Iowa caucus, despite his early buzz and spending the most money in the state, prompted CNN political commentator James Carville to call his campaign the worst in American history. “Rick Perry is the worst presidential campaign, candidate in American history,” Carville boldly declared, spurring loud disagreement with his fellow panelists.

Watch The Entire CNN Team Lose It At 1:30 AM Waiting For Iowa Results

Do you remember those all-nighters in college, during finals, where everyone would mellow out for a bit before heading out for a cup of coffee and then have a collective caffeine-induced laughing fit over nothing in particular? Prepare to get nostalgic, because that is apparently what happened to the CNN Election Center crew around 1:30 a.m. as they waited for election results, and a Magic Wall mishap sent the show spiraling out of control.

CNN Loses Feed With Ron Paul-Supporting Soldier, Ron Paul Fans Cry Foul

Conspiracy theories abounded during last night’s CNN Iowa caucus election coverage when a Dana Bash interview with a Ron Paul-supporting caucus goer, Jesse Thorsen, was interrupted by technical difficulties. Paul's supporters cried foul.

CNN Gets The Help Of Iowa GOP Operatives ‘Edith And Carolyn’ To Solve Missing Vote Mystery

CNN had a few great moments way past midnight -– the loosening of the proverbial tie happening somewhere around 1:00 a.m. But the votes had still not come in, and an industrious producer put Wolf Blitzer in contact with the Clinton County, Iowa Republican Chairwoman, Edith Pfeffer, and the woman who woke her up to get the votes to CNN, Carolyn Talett.

Ed Schultz: ‘Having Seen Santorum On The Stump, He’s As Good As President Obama’

During MSNBC’s election coverage of the Iowa caucuses, liberal firebrand Ed Schultz made an astounding observation about Republican hopeful Rick Santorum. “When Rick Santorum is out on the stump, he is as good as President Obama,” Schultz explained, without a hint of irony.

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Anonymous

does anyone even care about republican teabaggers…obama has this in the bag..not even news…this country has decided its left…people need to accept that
Anonymous

boris your another liberal idiot. The fraud-in-chiefis a disgrace and so are all of you. I am a member of the TEA PARTY and we don’t appreciate being called vulgor names. You garrafalo and bho using this language is just another reason you morons are doomed. We are not accepting your view of OUR COUNTRY. Your a small minority so do us a favor and crawl back where you came from.
Anonymous

What a hypocritical post. Engaging in the same thing it’s criticizing.
Anonymous

MEDIAITE
I stayed up until late in the morning because 2 Precincts were not reported for Mitt Romney. I knew he had won FIRST PLACE. I sipped my delicious coffee while Obama, Soros, and the other radicals sipped their GREEN tea. I hope that some the radicals in their systems were irradicated with the tea.
Congratulations MITT ROMNEY FOR WINNING IOWA IN FIRST PLACE!
Delores Smith
Delores109@cox.net
Anonymous

Coffee spiked with crack, if your contribution is any indication.
Anonymous

Filthy_Lucre,
Why don’t you take a long walk…on a short pier?
Delores Smith
Delores109@cox.net
Anonymous

Soldier gonna criticize Israel.
Can’t have that!
BooBoo Bear

And here I thought they were known as counties.
Anonymous

BooBooBear
You are right that Iowa has counties, but there are approximately 1200 or more Precincts within all of the counties. Did I upset you? Why don’t you just call them “MITT ROMNEY WINS IOWA.”
Delores Smith
Delores109@cox.net
AMP2020

THAT WAS FUNNY.

Boring Blitz is the Dad in the room!