Off point question...how come Obama does not have his hand on his heart during the National Anthem?Senator Hillary Clinton lives about six miles from my house, is my elected official in the United States Senate. If I call up her scheduler to make and appointment to speak with her, I am told she is FAR TO BUSY to meet with each of her constituents, and perhaps I should consider writing her a letter outlining my concerns...which in turn will be answered with a FORM LETTER created by some low level staff member. Now, if I really want five minutes of MY SENATORS time (short of writing out a BIG CHECK) I'd have a far better chance of sitting down with her if I jumped on a plane and flew out to Iowa. Not just picking on her, the same can be said for Biden, Obama, and any other federal politician running for President of the United States of America. Maybe we should have a new law written...if you are going to run for the highest office in the land, you first have to resign your current position.
It is less than a tenth of the size of Texas, just over a third of the population of New York city, but for one day every four years Iowa is the kingmaker of American politics.
For the past 35 years, nobody has won their party's presidential nomination without a strong placement in Iowa.
So the mostly rural residents of this insular midwestern state have gotten used to being able to quiz their candidates face to face in coffee shops, living rooms and over a bite of local delicacies like deep fried candy bars, pulled pork sandwiches and pickled fish.
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