Political Equinox

I know I said my last post would be a couple of days ago, but after the week I had plus an 8 hour car ride back to Fort Wayne I was pretty tired.
So…here are my final thoughts.
I find the Iowa caucus to be both maddening and wonderful at the same time. On the one hand, here is 234,000 Democrats deciding who the frontrunner would be for the balance of the primaries.
The potency of The Caucus is only exacerbated by the abbreviated primary season, with the New Hampshire primary only five days after Iowa and the majority of the rest of the delegates to the Democratic National Convention …

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My good friend and fellow political junkie Chris Wright has been instrumental in getting our coverage of politics for the Caucus. Here are a few thoughts on our whirlwind experience.
For me, this was an eventful and life changing experience. Going into this week, I had only met a few of the candidates. Earlier in the summer, I traveled out to Iowa to attend the Iowa state fair. I ended up, after the long weekend was done, meeting Barack Obama, John Edwards, and Bill Richardson. I thought that week was good, but nothing could have prepared me for the 5 days I have spent here in Iowa. …

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My good friend and fellow political junkie Tyler Platt has been instrumental in getting our coverage of politics for The Caucus. Thanks to him, Chris and I have a place to stay and someone who knows Iowa to show us where to go. Here are a few thoughts on our whirlwind experience.
And it is over. Being originally from Iowa, and now a student at Iowa State University, I have really left this experience with a tremendous sense of pride in what is quite possibly the most authentic and most fascinating democratic forum in the world. I feel privileged to have the opportunity to share …

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Our Final Run-Ins
We did not expect this day to be as fruitful in terms of engaging with political candidates and surrogates – we figured the candidates would be on such a frantic schedule that exactly nailing down where they would be seemed very difficult.
We were wrong.
We ate at a restaurant called Olde Main Brewing Company in downtown Ames, not really expecting anyone to show up. In walked Ted Danson and his wife Mary Steenburgen. Normally I’d be floored by seeing people like Danson and Steenburgen, but we had run-ins with so many different people of fame that I just assumed we should leave them to their …

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Just a quick update here from Political Equinox. Mike Huckabee ben been projected as the winner of the Iowa caucus. Huckabee sat well with the Evangelical Christian base in Iowa, but he will need to gather more than just that base in order to win the nomination. Mitt Romney currently sits in a distant second place.

Meanwhile, Barack Obama is projected to win the Democratic Caucus. Hilary Clinton suffered heavily as the younger women made a shift and vote for Barack Obama.

Political Equinox’s Patrick McAlister is on site in Iowa and will bring you a reflection on the day later in the evening.

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