To become Partner #475: www.billstill.com, then Click "Subscribe”. So yesterday was a dark day in the history of the Iowa Caucuses. Bill O’Reilly and Bernie Goldberg of FoxNews concluded that some Ted Cruz dirty tricksters may have manipulated the Republican caucus to steal the victory from Donald Trump. On the Democrat side, Bernie Saunders is not letting up on the coin-toss caucus, and now he is joined by the most important newspaper in Iowa, the Des Moines Register, which called for an audit of the Democratic caucus results in the strongest possible terms. The editorial reads in part: “What happened Monday night at the Democratic caucuses was a debacle, period. Democracy, particularly at the local party level, can be slow, messy and obscure. But the refusal to undergo scrutiny or allow for an appeal reeks of autocracy.” “The Iowa Democratic Party must act quickly to assure the accuracy of the caucus results, beyond a shadow of a doubt.” “First of all, the results were too close not to do a complete audit of results. Two-tenths of 1 percent separated Bernie Sanders and Hillary Clinton. A caucus should not be confused with an election, but it’s worth noting that much larger margins trigger automatic recounts in other states.” “Second, too many questions have been raised. Too many accounts have arisen of inconsistent counts, untrained and overwhelmed volunteers, confused voters, cramped precinct locations, a lack of voter registration forms and other problems. Too many of us, including members of the Register editorial board who were observing caucuses, saw opportunities for error amid Monday night’s chaos.” “The Sanders campaign is rechecking results on its own, going precinct by precinct, and is already finding inconsistencies, said Rania Batrice, a Sanders spokeswoman. The campaign seeks the math sheets or other paperwork that precinct chairs filled out and were supposed to return to the state party. They want to compare those documents to the results entered into a Microsoft app and sent to the party.” “Let’s compare notes. Let’s see if they match,” Batrice said Wednesday. “Dr. Andy McGuire, chairwoman of the Iowa Democratic Party, dug in her heels and said no. She said the three campaigns had representatives in a room in the hours after the caucuses and went over the discrepancies.” “McGuire knows what’s at stake. Her actions only confirm the suspicions, wild as they might be, of Sanders supporters. Their candidate, after all, is opposed by the party establishment — and wasn’t even a Democrat a few months ago. Break silly party tradition and release the raw vote totals. Provide a list of each precinct coin flip and its outcome, as well as other information sought by the Register. Be transparent.” So between the potential for Microsoft manipulation and the State Democrat Party doing whatever they can to muddy the waters for their own purposes, the Dems side of the Iowa caucuses looks completely broken. I’m Still reporting from Washington. Good Day.