Notations From the Grid: On the US Election Scene & #Space

It has been a whirlwind over the past 24 hours on the US Election Scene.     Earlier in our Education Channel, we released a snapshot of the views of the Major Candidates courtesy of the team +Global Citizen which is also available by clicking here.   What was also interesting was this breaking news as  Marco Rubio just garnered an endorsement of Tim Scott as the crucial South Carolina primary looms.   This is as Jeb Bush and Hillary Clinton were on the prowl again with their fundraising/outreach efforts as New Hampshire looms--as Ted Cruz continued to tout his Insurgent status. 

What was also of note is that Rand Paul got out of the race today--because of his looming re-election bid in Kentucky as he noted in his statement.    Rick Santorum is also out as well--and it leaves 9 vying for the nomination.   

In the meantime, challenges abound such as the on-going tragedy in Flint, Michigan.  As the battle rages on, this we released on our Twitter Feed was of particular concern: 

On #Americas watch w this on the #FlintWaterCrisis https://t.co/FHuF20LzlB

— The Daily Outsider (@DailyOutsider) February 3, 2016

The Flint Crisis continues to be a developing story that goes to the heart of the role of Government itself.    But, as we went to press, we wanted to end on an exciting note from Space as noted by the team +Business Insider  we received earlier this morning: 

Astronaut Tim Peake has made history by using a heavily modified Raspberry Pi computer to run applications coded in the classroom by students. Raspberry Pi founder Eben Upton said: "Days don't get much bigger than a British astronaut unpacking your stuff on the ISS."

We could not agree with him more--and we hope to have further thoughts on it in our "Visions Channel soon as we close this edition of Notations with this courtesy of +Jonathan Huie whose compilations we now share as one of the regular features in our Education Channel:

Notations On Our World: On the US Primary Season (The Day After #Iowa)

As we noted last night in our newsflash, Ted Cruz won Iowa over Donald Trump.    It was not too unexpected with the ground game and the mix of voters that Ted Cruz appealed to.  The switch now turns to New Hampshire.

What was also of note is the third place finish by Marco Rubio and he noted in this in his campaign message that was sent out earlier:

Mike , last night was amazing. All of our hard work leading up to the Iowa caucuses paid off. I'm thrilled with our success there, and you should be too.   make no mistake: The results in Iowa were just the beginning. "Marcomentum" swept Iowa, and next it's going to take over New Hampshire. In fact, I'm already on the ground in New Hampshire to keep up the energy before next Tuesday's primary. Let me explain. Mike , my opponents are going to try to ignore my showing in Iowa. They will increase their relentless attacks in the hopes that we will not put up a fight and fade into the distance. And that could not be further from the truth. Let's show them just how real it was. Tens of thousands of Iowans stood up and voted for a better future and a New American Century, and this is just the start! Mike , the only place I am going is the White House next January. I will not stop fighting   This is going to be a long race. Iowa isn't the end; it's the beginning. And I need your help to ensure we have the funds needed to reach every voter in EVERY state. I hope I have your support for the next ten months -- and the next four years! Marco Rubio Republican Candidate for President P.S. Our showing tonight was strong, but we need to be stronger. We need to ramp up our success and that begins with your support right now.   It was also of note as we went to press that Hillary Clinton was just declared the winner of the Iowa Caucus and her campaign (and the campaign manager placed calls to suppoters) sent this out: Mike -- Our team had a historic win in Iowa last night, and I am so proud of every last one of you for being part of it. Now that the first contest of this campaign is over, here's what I know: We've got a real fight on our hands, and we're all going to need to pitch in to win this nomination. We face an uphill battle in New Hampshire -- Senator Sanders has home field advantage, and he's already outspent us by more than $2 million on television there. But I know this, too, Mike: We have the strongest team in this campaign, and we have what it takes to win this nomination and win the White House. Thank you, Hillary Our team is having fun as our on-going assessment continues....

An #Outsider Newsflash (Late Breaking Developments): On the Virtual Beat in the #IowaCaucus 2016 .....

We have been assessing the returns out of Iowa and all reports coming in are projecting Ted Cruz to be the winner of the Iowa Caucus despite a late apparent surge in the polls by Donald Trump.      The latest is noted below from the Des Moines Register; 

LATEST CONTESTS

IOWA CAUCUS (D) | RESULTS 

85.9% reporting

50%

Hillary Clinton

% reflects del. strength

49.33%

Bernie Sanders

% reflects del. strength

0.59%

Martin O'Malley

% reflects del. strength

IOWA CAUCUS (R) | RESULTS 

84.53% reporting

27.72%

Ted Cruz

0 del.

24.42%

Donald Trump

0 del.

22.96%

Marco Rubio

0 del.

The ground game by Ted Cruz seems to have worked.    How this will translate into wins in subsequent wins is going to be interesting as Ted Cruz' national support is questionable.     Marco Rubio also remains standing with 23%.

 Mike Huckabee on the Republican side and  Martin O'Malley on the Democratic side have already suspended campaigns and other may follow.     Trump also will face some interesting headwinds as well.   

Interesting times indeed.....