[FourPeas]

Marilu Erdahl - who drove two-and-a-half hours in the snow to see the candidates speak, making her exactly the kind of Republican the candidates count on during the wintry caucuses

Gotta laugh at this. The author's from KC so she can be excused from understanding that 2.5 hours in the snow is not a big deal to people used to snow.

[TomGuy]

On more than one occasion, I have spent 2.5 hours or more in the snow and end up with a total of 20 miles driven.