Iowans who swooned over Barack Obama in 2008 and launched his disastrous administration now have buyer’s remorse:
Pauline McAreavy voted for President Obama. From the moment she first saw him two years ago, she was smitten by his speeches and sold on his promise of change. She switched parties to support him in the Iowa caucuses, donated money and opened her home to a pair of young campaign workers.
But by the time she received a fund-raising letter last month from the Democratic National Committee, a sense of disappointment had set in. She returned the solicitation with a handwritten note, saying, “Until I see some progress and he lives up to his promises in Iowa, we will not give one penny.”
Well, it’s a little late for that isn’t it Pauline. I’ve always thought that putting so much power in the hands of a bunch of ditzy political dilettantes in a rural state was a big mistake. The caucuses are too easy to manipulate, too easy to stack with out-of-staters and moony college students. Iowans always seem to fall for a pretty face or someone who uses the words “change” and “hope.” Democratic winners include John Kerry, Tom Harkin, Dick Gephardt and Walter Mondale. Now there’s a lineup for you.
On the Republican side, Bush, Reagan, Dole and Ford dominate the past 30 years. Only last time out, when Huckabee won, did the Republican voters of Iowa seem swayed by a glib talker with more flash than substance.
Maybe the best thing that could happen is for the entire political press to just ignore this backwater that is representative of nothing and let them have their fun in the cornfields all alonel
