That's true, but it does not really make the point. Santorum and Huckabee went no where because they were NEVER EVER going to be anything more than just niche evangelical candidates. There is no way either man was ever going to have broad national appeal. Trump or Cruz will win Iowa it appears - and when they do, they will be broad appeal candidates.
In the long run, we don't know if Iowa and NH will be significant THIS go round.....the fact that they weren't in 08 and 12 doesn't mean they may not be this time. I think Iowa is more important, given how liberal NH is.
I’m an evangelical, but I wouldn’t vote for Santorum or Huckabee. I do like Trump, he’s run a successful national campaign on the cheap, and he understands economics in a way that no other candidate in either party does. Cruz is a popular guy, but I wouldn’t vote for him either, he talks a lot but I don’t see that translating into executive ability.
>> I think Iowa is more important, given how liberal NH is.
Iowa’s pretty darn liberal too, in a populist, drunk-on-corn-squeezin’s sort of way. If you get my drift.