Iowa has a population of about 3 million people give or take a few depending on if you believe Michele Obama’s assertion that not a single black person inhabits the state. New Hampshire has a population of about 1.3 million people give or take a few new “Massholes” who probably snuck across the border last night. But to hear the media tell it, the Republican Party is in deep disarray because it didn’t have a clear cut nominee after less than 1.5% of the US population got a chance to vote on it.

But this is exactly what states like California and Florida have been asking for all along—choices. Less than a month ago the states were all scrambling to move their primaries up because they felt left out. Now that Iowa and New Hampshire haven’t anointed a nominee, the NY Times declares that the GOP is “adrift”. Of course, the Democrats haven’t anointed their nominee either, but they’re Democrats, so it’s see, speak, and hear no evil time at the NY Times.

The media’s real issue here is they don’t get to play kingmaker. Every prominent candidate with a legitimate shot at the nomination was written off by the media at one point so far. And they’ve been wrong on all counts. The real losers here aren’t the GOP or the electorate; it’s the ‘lamestream’ media who are crying sour grapes because they don’t have the power to eliminate candidates they don’t like as quickly anymore.

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