iowa caucuses

We saw this during the primaries with statements such as, "The Iowa caucuses should only be for Iowans," but it's starting back up for the general election:

One might be tempted to fact check the Republicans at their convention this week, but they haven't offered any.

Nice roundup debunking some of the smelliest of the utter bull[bleep] they dredged up last night. My personal favorite:

Political operatives for Hillary Clinton lay the blame for their primary loss on a man hiding a secret that would have, sooner or later, eliminated him from the Presidential contest:

Howard Dean played and got played. Obama intends to gain political power, not lead a transformation social movement:

He has decided to run as a candidate for president and not as the leader of a movement.

Props to bridgett for reminding me that we Dorks have a friend named Shiho and she is a talented photographer. On her Web site, to which you will find a link down there on the right, she has pictures from the Iowa caucuses, some pictures of folks you might recognize.

Mark Halperin notes that Hillary Clinton’s triumphs in the Junior Tuesday primary battles this week means that this primary season may be only little more than halfway over — if that:

Democratic candidate for State House District 52 Mike Stewart reacts to Rob Briley’s decision not to seek reelection. The full press release follows:

I can remember changing my mind on my vote in 2004 from John Edwards to John Kerry. It was after I watched a couple of the Iowa Caucuses on C-Span, and I listened to some of the post-caucus spin that said, "We need to get the primaries decided early so that we can move quickly to beat George W. Bush." I was convinced at that point that ending them sooner rather than later would increase our chances of beating Dubya.