Analysis: Why Are GOP Primaries Such a Mess?

The Republican primary season isn't over, but viewed as a whole it's been something of a logistical farce. Just ask Rick Santorum. The former Pennsylvania senator is running a shoestring campaign and he won the very first voter preference contest, the Iowa caucuses. The problem was nobody knew it until 16 days later when the Iowa Republican Party announced the certified result that Santorum won by the razor-thin margin of 34 votes. At least we think he did. Eight precincts' votes were lost and...Full Story