[Designer]

"Iowa caucus is meaningless. It should be shunned into the dustbin of primary history. I wish that candidates would pass it by next time."

There is a reason campaigns campaign in Iowa. True, Iowa doesn't always pick the winner, but it is early, and that can mean much to a campaign.

[D-fendr]

You’re correct, its value to campaigns is that it’s the first, and that’s also by design for Iowa to have the money and influence that this brings.

If I were king though, it would not continue in this. It doesn’t deserve it and it distorts the primary too much in the wrong direction. Iowa’s caucus process is particularly weird and ripe for manipulation. The results are nigh meaningless.

So, it’s a wish on my part: that, somehow, it be rejected and removed from its current status.

thanks for your reply.

[2111USMC]

Exactly.

Our caucus, being the very first, is a long way from the election. In politics, even a week can seem like a lifetime.

I agree with the philosophy of many campaign managers in the past. The important thing in Iowa is to come out of it in the top three contenders. No lower than fourth.

The whittling down of the number of candidates has to start somewhere.