Iowa Caucuses

[Oliver]

And it was the Paulbots who were trying to say they got screwed. Interesting.

Actually it were comments like these that let Paulbots think they get screwed in Iowa:

 

[Brown]

Anyway, in less than 24 hours, the situation in Iowa will abruptly change. All the obnoxious TV ads will stop--for a long while. All of the traffic jams caused by candidate public appearances will disappear. All of the annoying phone calls will cease, and the peace will be welcome. All of the media celebrities and their bothersome entourages will vanish. Out-of-state manipulators will check out and leave no forwarding addresses. State and local governmental resources for enhancement of the State's public image will be scaled back. The gravy train of cash for those in the hospitality business will dry up overnight. Vocal protestors suddenly will become less vocal and less visible. No candidate will give a crap about Iowa until around October or November, and even then, Iowa will be a mere brief stop and a trite airport stump speech on the way to some venue with a bigger population and more electoral votes.

This year, my prediction was wrong. In a rather unusual turn of events, Iowa became a "swing state" and its paltry electoral votes were curiously worth fighting for. As a result, the candidates have paid a great deal of attention to Iowa in the past few months and the obnoxious presidential media blitz and annoying phone calls have returned.