For readers following the Iowa caucus live, the rush to declare Donald Trump the winner may have caught them off guard. It certainly seemed fast to me, although it also produced the exact result most of us expected anyway.
Ron DeSantis and the Iowa Republican Party didn’t appreciate the quick call, however. GOP chair Jeff Kaufman blasted the Associated Press and the TV nets, including Fox News, for barely waiting a half-hour to call the race — before some caucuses even got to vote:
“Media outlets calling the results of the 2024 first-in-the-nation caucus less than half an hour after precinct caucuses had been called to order — before the overwhelming majority of Iowans had even cast their ballot — was highly disappointing and concerning,” Kaufmann said in a statement. “One of the key differences between the Iowa Caucus and a standard primary election is that Iowans…
