Worst excuse ever?

RICHMOND: “Well, I think that we didn’t do as well as we wanted to do. I think that some of it was the fact that we have a strong base of African-American support, and Iowa is 3.5% African-American. And so because of the demographics, I think the deck was stacked against us. That doesn’t necessarily excuse not having an excellent ground game. But Iowa’s in the past. We’re moving on to New Hampshire. It’s not the first time that the vice president has been knocked down in his life, and everybody knows that, but the strong point and his strongest quality is the fact that every time he gets knocked down, he gets back up. He fights harder and he wins.”