1.0 link 79330 <![CDATA[What if Iowa Caucused and Nobody Listened?]]> http://www.huffingtonpost.com/brendan-spiegel/what-if-iowa-caucused-and_b_79330.html This Thursday evening, approximately 0.05 percent of the United States population will gather together for an arcane ritual in which they will prematurely anoint the next Democratic and Republican presidential nominees.

Skull and Bones Society? Stonemasons? Nope. The Iowa caucuses.

This process is so out-of-synch with American democratic values that it's hard to believe it even exists, let alone plays such an overwhelming role in the presidential race. Not only does a state with a small population get an oversize...

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