[Dr. Sivana]

So, Iowa is the be-all and end-all of actuality, huh?

I never said that. But it was astonishing that a SITTING VICE-PRESIDENT with essentially unlimited financial and political resources was able to do no better than 19% and finish well behind Pat Robertson in a very high profile caucus. Eventually conservatives backed him because he had not yet betrayed us, and he was talking conservative at the time. His campaign against Dukakis was masterful...which is why the MSM attacked aspects (Willie Horton) of it, so it doesn't get done again.

[Gaffer]

Your first example was about Iowa. It was decided before it even started is my point.

Iowa’s mystical importance in national politics is solely due to being ‘first’. The quixotic tents, the straw polls and the rabid pandering that goes on is idiotic.

I’d take Iowa politics more seriously when they get rid of ethanol subsides and generation requirements.

[kevkrom]

But it was astonishing that a SITTING VICE-PRESIDENT with essentially unlimited financial and political resources was able to do no better than 19% and finish well behind Pat Robertson in a very high profile caucus.

The Iowa GOP caucuses have a somewhat disturbing trend of supporting the candidate who thumps the Bible the hardest, regardless of his actual qualifications for the job (c.f., Huckabee).

While I want a godly man to be the candidate, Iowa tends to vote for national preacher, not CEO.