There Appears To Be One Constant From Across The Decades In This Campaign Season…

And it is my batting average when it comes to picking Democratic presidential candidates.  And it’s bad.  Otherwise, 2020 is a sea of poltiical confusion, or so you would think … Read More

Relax. Democrats had a bad night; Trump has had 1,111 of them

I’m not sure how to feel about this Iowa caucus snafu, other than to ask, once again — why the hell does Iowa have such an outsized influence on who … Read More

Are you kidding me? The Iowa caucus issues are the best thing that could have happened!!!

Everybody is really upset they are not getting the results right away. There will be about a sixteen hour lag. Let’s see what good is coming from this. 1. A … Read More

Wake Up And Smell The Coffee Iowa Caucus Fans.

Even David Plouffe who tried not to criticize the Iowa caucus system because he onced work for the Iowa Democratic Party said that this will probaby be the last Iowa … Read More

CNN covers “Iowans not in Iowa” satellite caucuses

Fascinating, as the first vote in Port Charlotte, Florida had Klobuchar and Buttigieg in the lead in the first round. Watching real-time democratic processes can be fun despite Chris Cillizza and Scott Jennings … Read More

Iowa … that's where the tall caucus grows

Some final polls and trends before the caucuses. x FWIW, we're going to remove YouGov's poll today from our averages. What they published is really a MRP model, not a … Read More

What people may be misunderstanding about second choice at the Iowa caucuses

Years ago I worked as an organizer in Iowa. I went to college there but it was a bubble and did not understand the state. I worked inside the caucus … Read More