Iowa

[loganberrybunny]

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It's a bit of an oddity that Alice in Wonderland includes a "caucus race" scene, when practically nobody in modern-day Britain really knows what that means. The BBC seems to think it's important enough to run a live update page on the Iowa caucuses, though. I'm not paying an enormous amount of attention -- clearing up after the storms is of

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[xolo]

Iowa's almost meaningless, honestly. Still, it's interesting to watch.

Romney can beat Obama, I think.

[loganberrybunny]

True -- but then for us, nothing really matters except who actually wins in the end. It's an interesting diversion, really.

[xolo]

And Buddy Roemer probably deserves some kidn of good sportsmanship award. He's quoted as saying "I almost have enough votes in Iowa to start a bowling league."

[avon_deer]

Update: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-16404413

[loganberrybunny]

Well, if they choose Santorum then Obama will be laughing. Possibly literally.

[jhall1]

ISTR reading that the caucus race in Alice was inspired by elections for posts at Oxford University in which the voters were the Fellows. (Or do I mean Cambridge? Whichever one Lewis Carroll was at anyway.)

Even Ann Widdecombe thought that Michael Howard was too extreme. Having been his deputy at the Ministry of Health, she memorably observed that there was "something of the night about him".

[loganberrybunny]

Yes, I remember the Widdecombe comment. One of the first times I'd ever liked her, I must say!

[mavinmaverick]

For what it's worth, anyone outside of Ames Iowa doesn't give a rat's arse about it. The vast majority of people in the US are over politics in a big way...we've been slapped around pretty hard lately, and have lost what little trust we had in the political system. In the end, one candidate is like any other, so we really don't care who's popular in the caucus race.

[loganberrybunny]

I'm not sure they are all that much alike, really. Romney and, say, Bachmann would be very different kettles of fish.

[mavinmaverick]

Well, there is insanity to take into account, for sure. LOL