happy iowa day
Does this happen every year and I just hadn't noticed until now? The press is really hating on the Iowa caucuses.
Personally, I'm more than fine with another four years of not having to hear hear another breathless reporter describing how the dedicated political geeks comprising 4-8% of the population of a state that's not particularly representative of the country spend months engaging in retail politics, handshaking, and divining electability to turn up on a cold winter's night instead of going to work or watching the Orange Bowl for the sake of forming preference groups, determining viability, and choosing the president.
- "The Brigadoon Complex" [slate]
- "Iowa's Undemocratic Caucuses" [nyt]
- "American Politics Stranded In Iowa" [kcrw]
- "the Iowa Scam" [slate]
- "Are the Iowa caucuses much too silly? Critics lament secretive, undemocratic process, that discourages participation" [carpetbagger]
Personally, I'm more than fine with another four years of not having to hear hear another breathless reporter describing how the dedicated political geeks comprising 4-8% of the population of a state that's not particularly representative of the country spend months engaging in retail politics, handshaking, and divining electability to turn up on a cold winter's night instead of going to work or watching the Orange Bowl for the sake of forming preference groups, determining viability, and choosing the president.
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