Iowa Caucuses As Smoke-Filled Room |
| Published: October 8, 2007, 5:58 am |
| Tags: 2008 elections, democrats, republicans, political finance, msm, the new york times, campaign reform |
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A minister, priest and rabbi walk into a 4-H club . . . I’ll eat my straw boater if it turns out that the Iowa caucuses next January play a decisive role in determining who the Republican presidential sacrificial lamb will be, let alone who the Democrats nominate to be the next president. This is because some candidates — averse to shoveling snow off of potential voters’ driveways in Sioux City or Des Moines — may avoid the caucuses altogether. . . . No, that’s not the real reason at all. It’s because not even 10 percent of eligible Iowa voters will show up at their local caucus, fewer than the number of media pundits who already are filling their drool cups in anticipation of this overhyped but underwhelming quadrennial event. Well, I guess I’d better start munching on that hat, because the Iowa caucuses — with their quaint winning over one voter at a time charm — will again play an outsided role in the 2008 campaign. How did [ Full article ] |
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