Chicagoist: Big-Bucks Barry

Spav1

Mon, 01 Oct 2007 15:50:33 -0600

Kevin: I have access to the most elusive thing of all on a Presidential Campaign: Common Sense. Weird, right?

Kevin Robinson

Mon, 01 Oct 2007 15:29:37 -0600

Spav1: You must have some secret information that Edwards and Obama's hired guns missed.

Spav1

Mon, 01 Oct 2007 15:12:24 -0600

No way. Other states have always resented Iowa's power to "call" the presidency. It has been a harbinger in the past but with all the primaries so close to Iowa, opinions will already be set etc and those states will be less likely to follow a weird model in a write off state. Seriously, how you ever been to the cauci? It is the least official thing ever. Imagine a living room in Ames and hand raising.

Alicia Dorr

Mon, 01 Oct 2007 14:53:44 -0600

I'll be really surprised if John Edwards doesn't win Iowa.

Kevin Robinson

Mon, 01 Oct 2007 14:28:48 -0600

Actually, being so front loaded, Iowa may become more important than in previous cycles. Thanks, Guest #4. I didn't want to have to be the one to point that out....

guest

Mon, 01 Oct 2007 14:16:27 -0600

Actually, being so front loaded, Iowa may become more important than in previous cycles. Primary voters tend to look to previous results as a guide to which candidate is going to be most competitive. Suddenly, fifteen states (or however many) will be basing their results on the results of two others and the race will basically be set unless it still looks like it could be a brokered convention. I very much doubt the latter, however.

matty

Mon, 01 Oct 2007 10:32:13 -0600

the presidency is hillary clinton's to lose.

guest

Mon, 01 Oct 2007 09:40:54 -0600

Ron Paul 2008

Spav1

Mon, 01 Oct 2007 09:29:03 -0600

With the primaries so front-loaded this election cycle, what happens in Iowa wont be as important as it has been in other years.