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Comment: No reason for complacency

With Ted Cruz, a conservative Evangelical Christian Zionists of the first area code of the Republicans in Iowa won. That should be about the joy of the start of Donald Trump will not be forgotten, says Ines Pohl.

This is not good news, at least what the result with the Republicans. For at least two reasons. For one, a man who is without shame, women are offended, Muslims under General suspicion and prefer a high wall on the border to Mexico to pull-up would, well, 24 percent of the Republican vote. Many may be relieved that he is important primaries in Iowa has not won it.

But Be Careful. Donald Trump is there with his racist and, therefore, contemptuous rhetoric has succeeded in the second place in the race for the nomination for the Präsidentschaftsanwärter the Republicans to win. Furthermore, one must already be worried.

It is much has been written, that it is in Iowa primarily expectations go. And that according to the favorites, Hillary Clinton and even Donald Trump the most to lose would have. True. In all the analyses and cover stories on the topic of expectation management is, however, often come up short with what program the other candidates are lining up around the small, Evangelical state to win.

And this is the second bad news. Ted Cruz is a real Evangelical hardliners that is clearly against the equal rights of minorities, such as homosexuals or Muslims speaks against the right to abortion, the Iran – Deal undo and Obamacare want to abolish. On the day of the Caucus, he announced in a small gym under the thunders of applause that he, as the President immediately to Jerusalem the rightful capital of Israel would explain. A remarkable understanding of middle East policy.

He got almost 28 percent of the Republican vote. Ted Cruz, one may say, is arch-conservative to reactionary. Donald Trump, the uncouth boors, at least there is the hope that his sheer business acumen of him from gröbstem mischief that would prevent, once it’s in the responsibility is chosen. It is significant for the field of Republican candidates, even for Donald Trump for something Positive to look for.

DW correspondent Ines Pohl

Sanders success is Debattenkultur shape

And for the Democrats? Bernie Sanders has actually made it, Hillary Clinton and their master-planned “Operation of Iowa” in dire Straits. Even if the favourite to win at the end of a thin one won: Bernie Sanders and his supporters celebrated the nearly 50 percent of the votes in the hall of airport hotels as a clear victory. As the Hero of the Wild boys and gray-haired Ex-Revolutionaries of the hall entered, stormed the Booth.

Nevertheless – and this is the good news from Iowa: no one to Sanders intoxicated followers truly believes that the self-proclaimed democratic socialist, finally a majority in the whole country, and thus the nomination, the Democrats might win. These are his ideas unrealistic, its political concepts to little sophisticated, and its Agenda is too narrow. With regard to foreign Affairs, he has Hillary Clinton did nothing to oppose. This was at the debates again and again clear.

But Sanders with his Graswurzelunterstützern is the vote, Hillary Clinton needs right now, to their Republican challenge to Ted Cruz or Donald Trump not to very go with the flow. And you must be in your liberal images of society remain to Sanders is not too strong to make.

With the 1. February has the election campaign started. And he is dirty, too, was in the last few days here in Iowa to experience. Since it can only be good, if a sincere dreamer for as long as possible the debate on the new situation.

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