As we all come skidding to a halt today for the Iowa Democratic Caucus, many people and bloggers are wondering "Iowa…important why?"
So much seems to get set in motion based on how candidates fair in Iowa. It does not necessarily seem fair that Iowa should have more importance in the election than a much larger state like Florida, which is going to be boycotted by the parties for trying to run a primary early. Sure Florida is populated by a lot of New York movers that have headed South for retirement, sure its got money and big investment and even a jet set in South Beach, but Florida is just as much an agricultural state as Iowa is.
Now, I do not have a bias here. I've lived in Iowa and I have lived in Florida (and several other states to boot).
Personally, I think spreading out the primaries is ridiculous. We should hold the primaries all on one day. This way no individual 'early' states will get undo attention and importance in choosing our next President. If history is a good guide, Iowa and New Hampshire running early primaries have both resulted ultimately in bad leadership for at least the last 7 years by Democratic and Independent count and if you get an honest bipartisan count, it has generated bad leadership for the last 16 - 40 years.
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