Discourteous Democrat

Townhall.com ^ | January 24, 2004 | Robert Novak

[sphinx]

As Iowa Democrats participated in presidential caucuses Monday night, their leaders privately and sadly predicted this would be the last time Iowa's unique institution would lead off the Democratic presidential selection.

People have been muttering about Iowa and New Hampshire for years, but I suspect things finally may be coming to a head. There are, of course, two problems. Neither state has a major city (with all due respect to a couple of perfectly nice smaller cities), so urban issues get short shrift. Ethnicity is the other obvious issue. Iowa and New Hampshire are basically lilly white. This is no longer reflective of the country, and it is especially not reflective the Democratic Party, which today is minority based.

Inertia is a powerful force, but I would not be a bit surprised to see the DNC reshuffle the deck.

[Dolphy]

Don't let his soft spokeness fool you...besides DADDY pulls Junior's strings. JUNIOR is being groomed for POTUS.

Guard up. I have seen him on a couple of Democrat panel discussions and found him to be to the right of the other panelists. I will admit, though, I haven't studied his career or voting record. Thanks.

[Verginius Rufus]

I just checked the American Conservative Union website. They give Ford a lifetime score of 16. Hardly a conservative.