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.
Exactly proves my point. He did not win. he was a front runner. Did not meet perceived expectations and was thus was weeded out
