How did Iowa earn its place as being the state to establish presidential candidates? It is the biggest con job out there and it was proven once again with Santorum winning.
Lets be honest, Santorum has as much a chance as I do, for being elected president.
He will never win any states on the coasts and does not play well in large population centers. His views on abortion and the gheys only works in the heartland.
Buchannan won in Iowa, I will give them Obamas win there, but overall they do not represent the typical voter in the United States.
They have somehow tricked the left and right to spends 100's of millions every 4 years for an opinion that does not matter.
I guess, Michelle Bachman and her wife now drop out. Perry drops out and Newt hangs on til Florida and then goes back to making millions as an advisor.
The two things Iowa does prove, is the base hates Mitt and there will be 4 more years of Obama. I am not sure if that is a good thing or not.
The only bad thing is I have to wait 4 more years to see candidates deep throating corn dogs.
Basically... yes.
Santorum only got as far as he did because he wasn't attacked. He was a stealth candidate. Once his spending record comes up, he won't be able to pretend to suck up to Tea Partiers.
I think candidates have to participate though, since the news media gives it so many undeserved hours of coverage. But I wouldn't drop out because of Iowa. T-Paw dropped out a few months ago because of a
straw poll. It's ridiculous. I think Huntsman should have participated to horn in on that national coverage. Even if he came in fifth he would have been able to get his message out (once he decides what that is) and would be in better shape in New Hampshire.
Unfortunately we're stuck with Iowa until the two parties recognize that both would be better served by a state that is more representative of the country as a whole. Like Florida.
