If the Paulistinians win in Iowa, it will merely erase any malingering credibility given to the IA caucuses. But they're pretty circling the bowl already.
You sent me to the dictionary. I did not know what ‘malinger’ meant.
“ma·lin·ger (m-lnggr)
intr.v. ma·lin·gered, ma·lin·ger·ing, ma·lin·gers
To feign illness or other incapacity in order to avoid duty or work.”
http://www.thefreedictionary.com/malingering