[campaignPete R-CT]

site looks like written by 3rd grader

when a 2nd tier candidate starts to gain ground in IA it will force one the main candidates IN. Before AMES in AUgust.

[Vigilanteman]

All other things being equal, I would be favorably disposed to support a candidate who announced he (or she) was skipping the dog and pony shows in Iowa and New Hampshire and going straight to South Carolina to begin the campaign.

Both Iowa and New Hampshire have a vastly overinflated sense of importance.

Both are pissant states.

Both allow independents and RINOs to skew their results. And there will be more of them this year with no Democrat contest.

Both are full of social conservatives who love economic populism like ethanol subsidies (in the case of Iowa) or economic conservatives who love giving the finger to social conservatives (in the case of New Hampshire).