Originally Posted By: Partagas
Iowa picks corn -- New Hampshire picks presidents.

Name the last winner of the Iowa Caucases that went on to win their parties nomination????

Iowa does not pick a winner - it just weeds out the has-beens. It is a interesting state in which the Republicans are very conservativ and the Democrats very liberal.

I don't think there were many suprises. If any maybe the degree to which Huckabee did win; maybe that McCain did not sneak up into third; and also that Edwards did not win since he has been there since 2004. Money won on the Democratic side (Obama spent the most on advertising (in his neighboring state); but also lost in the huge amount that Romney poured in. Bottom line -- what a boon for the economy of Iowa!

Blame all this caucas stuff on McGovern \:\)


True, but I put forward Howard Dean in 2004.

The "front-runner" for the Democratic nomination, he bows a 3rd-place finish at Iowa. His people claim that it didn't matter, that New Hampshire is what matters...then the "Scream."

And he got his ass kicked there again.