Without Iowa Results, Everybody?s On Stage And A Winner On Caucus Night

Joe Biden thinks he’s “going to walk out of here with our share of delegates.” Amy Klobuchar’s campaign is “punching above” their weight.Massive reporting delays in Iowa created a total vacuum in results on Monday night, and cable news hosts and reporters on Twitter struggled to fill the dead air while local officials complained about reporting problems.Enter: the live speech.Klobuchar was the first candidate to speak publicly on caucus night, taking advantage of the confusion caused by the delayed results to benefit from TV airtime — networks carried her speech in full — and to set a narrative that she had performed well, in the absence of solid results.Klobuchar’s campaign began filling the stage at her caucus night party at the Des Moines Marriott around 10 p.m., and Klobuchar came on shortly after in all red.“You’ve probably heard we don’t know the results,” Klobuchar said. President Pete!"By that point in the night, the lights were already back on at Klobuchar HQ and they were breaking down the stage, as the candidate headed to the airport.Rosie Gray is a reporter for BuzzFeed News and is based in New York. Contact Molly Hensley-Clancy at molly.hensley-clancy@buzzfeed.com.Henry Gomez is a political reporter for BuzzFeed News and is based in Cleveland, Ohio.