There is an old saying, "Almost only counts in horseshoes and hand grenades"

[Godhumor]

The headlines might be variations of "Hillary wins a squeaker in Iowa", but that sure is different from "Insurgent campaign upends Democratic Race in Stunning Close Win Over Frontrunner Clinton!"

No wonder Bernie doesn't want to let go of the Iowa totals.

The shame is, again, Bernie has only a handful of states he truly can win, and Iowa was one of them. People can crow all they want about how he outperformed, but if he couldn't get a blowout in Iowa, well, the math says the end result is a foregone conclusion.

And he knows it, too. That is why there is no concession and demands for raw votes. Bernie is smart. He knows his campaign ended on Monday; now it is just a matter of time until the body stops twitching.