The Iowa Democratic Caucus: So It Goes
The “first in the nation” Iowa Democratic Caucus is dead. Much will be written about it. Or probably won’t. Most Iowa Democrats seem to be signing a sense of relief. The kind of relief that comes when cities are glad they don’t have to host the Olympic Games. I find it bizarre and counter to my beliefs, but I am one person and I have no real skin in the game. I should have seen it coming, of course. But even if I was too enamored of the process, I knew things were in trouble on Caucus Night. The face of the local NBC affiliate newscast, Dan Winters looked annoyed, even angry. It was clear that things weren’t going to be tidy and everyone was going to be in bad before 10:00. I am not sure why Winters looked so physically agitated, but surely him or the producers or whoever could have guessed that they might be there all night. Even if everything went smoothly. (Winters, as good as a local talking head as any I have ever seen, retired in 2022, after 18 years in the busin