Here come the six Iowans, guns blazing.
LoL. That was funny. But to the question of Iowa, it's like baseball. Sure it's a 9 inning game, but it's sure nice to get a few runs on the board early. The strong get stronger. It puts you at advantage. And if you're trailing, at some point, you have to start winning. Fred got in late, and then he's gonna have to wait to SC to win one? And it's not a lock anyway?
Maybe he's trying to be more like NASCAR, where it doesn't matter how many laps you led, you just have to lead the last one. But this isn't a single race. Each primary is a race, and the nomination is the cup. So yeah, you'd love to win Daytona, or Talladega, but you gotta try and score points every weekend, no matter where.
Momentum. Gotta build that sense of inevitability.