Iowa Caucuses

I hate to say it, but I must agree with Kevin Drum - the Iowa Caucuses carry WAY too much importance.  That's my home state. I covered the caucuses for more than ten years. The weather is typically brutal. You end up with a dozen or so neighbors in somebody's living room.  They sip coffee, nibble on appetizers, discuss the candidates and cast their ballots. Hardly representative, even though it's repeated in hundreds of homes around the state. Still, the nation watches and waits for the results. Why?

Iowa

In the American Prospect, Paul Waldman writes about the absurdity of the fact that we allow the Iowa caucuses to essentially choose the next president of the United States:This system is not merely curious or even unfair, it is utterly [...]

UPDATE: Another idea to confuse things even more!

Leapfrog RoundupLeapfrog Roundup: Yepsen Calls For Split Caucus Dates

Talk of a split caucus date, which surfaced last week, was kicked up several notches this morning with David Yepsen's column calling for the Republicans to meet on Jan. 3 and the Democrats on Jan. 5.  The GOP first talk seems to be coming from the Romney camp, as state leader Doug Gross is the one out front on it. "Yepsen's wrong," University of Iowa political science professor David Redlawsk told Iowa Independent.  "The media is one of the things that keeps Iowa in the spotlight. They certainly won't want to gear up for [...]

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