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Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia, shown testifying in the House on the administrative conference of the United States in May 2010. (Kevin)

All the talk about the power of insurgency in 2016 turned out to be true in Iowa. If either party was expecting the conventional party candidates to stop the tumult, they didn’t. While Donald Trump did not win the Republican caucus, Ted Cruz did. And Cruz is just as anti-establishment, just as outlandish and brazen, and just as off-center politically as his billionaire counterpart (and perhaps more so, many would agree). With Jeb Bush, Chris Christie, and John Kasich performing poorly, the results from Iowa will certainly be seen as a sign that the GOP « establishment » is not strong.


It is crucial to remember that for a long time most experts assumed that Cruz would win in Iowa. Given the state’s strong evangelical 

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Donald Trump thanks Iowa, congratulates opponents 02:51

Yet, equally relevant as the Cruz victory was the fact that Donald Trump did perform relatively well in a contest in which he hadn’t been expected to be much of a factor until recently. His eyes have always been on New Hampshire. 

Jeb Bush languishing near the bottom, Rubio emerges from Iowa as the non-maverick candidate, he is best poised to move forward in the « establishment lane » when it opens. This is why he could deliver an address that sounded like a victory speech. 

The Democratic race turned out to be a nail-biter as only a few tenths of a percentage point appeared to separate the two candidates late Monday night. Even if Hillary Clinton holds on to a narrow lead.

A few months ago, the notion that a democratic socialist could seriously challenge a front-runner who has been preparing 

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A few months ago, the notion that a democratic socialist could seriously challenge a front-runner who has been preparing to win in the Iowa caucuses since 2008 would have seemed ludicrous. But that is no longer the case.
  1. Sanders has inspired and he has mobilized, and Clinton should see that she needs to strengthen her campaign and do something to energize
  2. Democratic voters or she will be in for another long and brutal primary battle, echoing 2008 in some ways.
  3. Whatever one thinks of the feasibility of a Sanders candidacy in the general election.
  4. Impossible to ignore that his message has tapped directly into something that is very much on the minds of Democratic voters.

In Iowa Cruz-Trump on the Republican side and Sanders on the Democratic have demonstrated that there is serious wind

So we leave Iowa without knowing much more than when we started — other than the electorate in both parties is restless and the maverick candidates are dictating the tone of this competition. Everyone should remember that there is a long line of victors in Iowa who didn’t go on to do much more. Mike Huckabee, who suspended his campaign Monday night, would be the first to tell them.

But in Iowa Cruz-Trump on the Republican side and Sanders on the Democratic have demonstrated that there is serious wind behind the sails of insurgents. Things are going to get even more intense.

The remaining candidates will double down in New Hampshire, where the independents are much stronger and the voting less predictable than in Iowa, to try to pose another blow to all the candidates who assumed that this competition was theirs for the taking.  

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  1. Anicet MFOMO - 15 mai 2023

    Bonjour et merci pour le travail accompli en faveur de l'Education au Cameroun. Je suis le Président du Syndicat National des Instituteurs contractuels et Maîtres des Parents (SNICOMP). Ma préoccupation va sur le cadre de gestion des carrières des instituteurs en faisant d'eux des contractuels au lieu des fonctionnaires pourtant qu'il existe bel et bien un corps des fonctionnaires.Nous souhaiterions que le recrutement obéisse aux critères des concours administratifs pour le recrutement des fonctionnaires et fixant l'âge de candidature à 40 ans comme pour les traducteurs/interprètes. Aussi nous tenons à dénoncer la gestion calamiteuse au sujet de la gestion de la formation des enseignants sur la répartition des perdiems de participation des enseignants.Plusieurs bassins en pleurs en ce moment pour ne les avoir pas reçu et des requêtes sans suite.A titre d'exemple en plein Yaoundé dans le troisième arrondissement (Yaoundé 3) une partie d'enseignants francophone crient à plein gosier n'avoir pas reçu leur perdiems de même que les documents qui leur étaient destinés à la fin de la formation. Toute chose qui font parfois douter sur toute implémentation de cette chaîne. Espérant que cela retienne votre attention, veiller recevoir notre grande considération./

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