is the iowa caucus over yet?

[hornpharmd]

seriously, who cares what these people from
iowa think?

pretty sure this is one of the biggest problems with our current political system.

 

[ShinerTX]

Agree 100%. I like corn as much as the next guy, but come on already.

 

[Mesohorny]

but then we'll be enraptured by handshaking in New Hampshire coffee shops, then backslapping in South Carolina convenience stores, then.....

 

[Third Coast]

Not until the fat lady in the Mormon Tabernacle Choir sings.

 

[hornpharmd]

Wow, looks like Mitt Romey got 8 more votes than Santorum. Of ocurse only 30k voted for each so it isn't very telling. They need to hold all of these primaries on the same day.

 

[Perham1]

seriously, who cares what these people from iowa think?

Evidently, quite a few care.


pretty sure this is one of the biggest problems with our current political system.

What exactly is the "this" you speak of?

 

[Giovanni Jones]

Why Iowa Votes First

Just one of those unintentional accidents of history that have big influence over subsequent events. Purely by accident.

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[Gone To Texas]

Yes Iowa is over. Mitt Romney "won" by enticing a grand total of 66 more people to vote for him this year than he managed in 2008. The Link

 

[Perham1]

I don't have the ultimate answer to the problem but something needs to be done to:

1) lessen the impact that smallish states have on the selection of the President (who is nominated);

2) lessen the impact that the fringe element has on the selection (who is nominated) of the President.

Is a Super Tuesday sort of thing the answer? Maybe. But as it stands now, the candidates must pander to the fringe voters, which is why we have intelligent people like Romney saying such stupid things, and probably why we have people raising their hand for creationism, and why abject political idiots such as Bachmann being taken seriously.

Now, this doesn't explain the mass voter appeal for other political idiots like Sarah Palin.

 

[ShinerTX]

How do you explain Barry Soetoro?

 

[Perham1]

Lol. Look at who preceded him. And then who the GOP then nominated as Pres and especially VP. Do you really have to ask? I guess so.

How badly does one have to screw up to get a black man with a Muslim sounding name elected? I'll let you answer that for yourself.

The GOP has been their own worst enemy for a long time now. Rove's strategy of pandering to the idiot wing of the religious right may take a few more election cycles to get itself out of the political digestive tract.

 

[ShinerTX]

I guess Rove is the Left's punching bag these days (and I don't necessarily blame you) but then again he's 2-0 in actual Presidential elections.

 

[ShinerTX]

Yes, the GOP nominated a poor candidate. Anapolis grad, war veteran, POW survivor and a long time Senator. But compared to a Community Agitator and First Term Senator, really? The problem is we (both sides) just nominate terrible candidates.

 

[Perham1]

Yes, the GOP nominated a poor candidate. Anapolis grad, war veteran, POW survivor and a long time Senator. But compared to a Community Agitator and First Term Senator, really? The problem is we (both sides) just nominate terrible candidates.

Were you unable to read the part about "especially" Sara Palin? Your reading skills are usually better than this.

 

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[huisache]

What's the problem with Iowa? It is about the average size state, is more literate than most of them, doesn't have massive numbers of unemployed, has one big, very good newspaper, the schools are way above average, the crime rate is low. It is majority urban.

Would you rather have Mississippi as the first primary state? Or New York? Or California?

I can think of a lot of places I would rather not have as the first state to caucus or primary.