Yeah, a little progress in the mid-term, but at the Presidential level, Obama won by Iowa by almost 10%. Yeah, I know that McCain was a weak candidate, but that much of a margin looks pretty blue to me.
And please understand I mean no disrespect to you, or to Iowans in general. I'm just questioning the process.
I think that's good to do, to ask those questions.
I just think Iowa and New Hampshire are as good of states as any. Any small state will have a cross section of people. And I think everyone in every state has an input at this stage, especially with the importance of forums such as FR and many others..
It's not just the people of Iowa deciding things right now.
And things change over time. Ethanol support was a very important thing to show here in Iowa. Funny thing is now, that is hardly a factor anymore. That's just one example.
I am very much in favor of the retail politics model however. Getting out and meeting people face to face, rather than large ad budgets which would allow a candidate to not have to meet people face to face.