The beauty of Iowa, and New Hampshire, is that it makes the Carters and the Huckabees possible. It is the one place in this country that it is possible for a person with a message and not as much money as the others to get out and press the flesh and try to be heard. It is my opinion that this is why it should retain its place as the first in the nation. Make that New York or California, or any of the industrial States and it would place elections even more firmly in the hands of media and those who can afford to buy it. All the BS about Iowa having way too much say in the process forget that this is the one place where townhalls, school gyms, churchs, and living rooms are where a candidate can launch a viable campaign in spite of the monied interests. I think the caucus goers of Iowa, and New Hampshire, perform an invaluable role in our democratic experiment.

Mick