{"id":552,"date":"2004-01-21T18:36:40","date_gmt":"2004-01-22T02:36:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.amptoons.com\/blog\/archives\/2004\/01\/21\/a-few-quick-thoughts-on-iowa\/"},"modified":"2004-01-21T18:36:40","modified_gmt":"2004-01-22T02:36:40","slug":"a-few-quick-thoughts-on-iowa","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/amptoons.com\/blog\/?p=552","title":{"rendered":"A few quick thoughts on Iowa"},"content":{"rendered":"
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  1. Boy, am I glad I didn’t try to call this one.\n
  2. I’m thrilled with the outcome. Partly, I’m happy because the bloggers at Wampum <\/a>and Tribal Law <\/a>have persuaded me that Dean has fundimentally wrongheaded views on race, and is probably substantively worse than Kerry or Edwards on that score.\n

    And partly, I’m happy because the pundits and handicappers have been shown to be wrong! Wrong! Wrong!<\/p>\n

  3. I’m sick of speculations about which candidate is “electable.” My feeling is that if a candidate can’t manage to win the Democratic primary, probably he’s not electable. Time will tell who wins the primary, but in the meanwhile let’s not waste time speculating.\n
  4. Think of all the endless hours (and column inches) of news coverage that have been devoted to handicapping and “who can win” and meaningless polls and the like. In hindsight, very little of that coverage was worth the time it took to read, to view, or to create.\n

    What if all that time – or, heck, 75% of it – had instead been spent ferretting out and reporting on real policy or character differences between the candidates? Call me nutty, but I think the result would have been much more useful news coverage and a better-informed electorate.<\/p>\n

  5. I still maintain that if you’re a progressive, your best bet is to vote for Kucinich. Along with Sharpton, he’s the most progressive voice in the race; and unlike Sharpton, he’s a serious and credible politician. True, he can’t win this election, but think of the future. The stronger Kucinich’s showing this year, the better-positioned he’ll be for another run in 2004 or 2008.<\/ol>\n

    Anyhow, those are my thoughts. Yours?.<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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