{"id":14909,"date":"2024-01-24T17:27:29","date_gmt":"2024-01-25T01:27:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bradblog.com\/?p=14909"},"modified":"2024-01-24T17:44:40","modified_gmt":"2024-01-25T01:44:40","slug":"four-time-criminal-indictee-cult-leader-wins-new-hampshires-first-in-nation-gop-primary-bradcast-1242024","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bradblog.com\/?p=14909","title":{"rendered":"Four-Time Criminal Indictee, Cult Leader Wins New Hampshire’s First-in-Nation GOP Primary: ‘BradCast’ 1\/24\/2024"},"content":{"rendered":"

I fear we are still far from peak madness, even if it feels like we’re getting dangerously close on today’s BradCast<\/i><\/a>, with our Special Coverage analysis of New Hampshire<\/strong>‘s First-in-the-Nation Primary results and whatever the hell may be happening next. [Audio link to full show follows this summary.<\/i>]\n

Donald Trump<\/b> defeated<\/a> Nikki Haley<\/b> on Tuesday in NH, though only by 11 points, the same number by which he defeated his GOP challengers in last week’s Iowa Caucuses, according to the latest reported results. Once again, he received just over half of the votes cast by those who participated in the Republican contest. Trump’s tally is currently just over 54%, Haley’s is just over 43%.<\/p>\n

On the Democratic side, where Joe Biden<\/strong>‘s name didn’t even appear on the ballot, as the first sanctioned Democratic Primary is set for South Carolina<\/strong> instead early next month, the President won easily in NH nonetheless. Thanks to an unofficial Write-In campaign, he garnered nearly 56% of the vote, with a whole bunch of Write-In ballots still to be hand processed as of airtime today. Biden’s final vote share is likely to climb to 60% or above. MN Congressman Dean Phillips<\/strong> received just below 20% of the Democratic vote, while self-help guru Marianne Williamson<\/strong> came in at just below 5%.<\/p>\n

On the GOP side, Haley offered what sounded like a victory speech Tuesday night, deriding Trump and as loser and vowing to continue the race through her home state of South Carolina and “dozens of states left to go”. A furious Trump responded, as he does, with disjointed, angry remarks and thinly veiled, if evidence-free, threats regarding criminal investigations of his former U.N. Ambassador. “I don’t get too angry — I get even,” he promised.<\/p>\n

What sense does any<\/i> of this make? We’re joined today by our very smart old pals HEATHER DIGBY PARTON<\/b> of Salon<\/a> and Hullabaloo<\/a>, and ‘DRIFTGLASS’<\/b> of The Professional Left Podcast<\/i><\/a> for whatever analysis any of this may be worth. Among the many<\/i> questions discussed on today’s program…<\/p>\n