Who will get a bloody nose in Iowa?

[Joe Republic]

Hillary will win Iowa. Watch how charming she will be in 2007 leading up to the caucus.

Don't you think her chapioning gun controll may kill her chances in such places?

She won't champion gun control in 2007 and 2008. Bank it.

Doesnt matter, her voting record says it all.

# Keep guns away from people who shouldn’t have them. (Sep 2000)
# Limit access to weapons; look for early warning signs. (Sep 2000)
# License and register all handgun sales. (Jun 2000)
# Tough gun control keeps guns out of wrong hands. (Jul 1999)
# Gun control protects our children. (Jul 1999)
# Don’t water down sensible gun control legislation. (Jul 1999)
# Lock up guns; store ammo separately. (Jun 1999)
# Ban kids’ unsupervised access to guns. (Jun 1999)
# Voted NO on banning lawsuits against gun manufacturers for gun violence. (Mar 2004)

I couldnt find her NRA rating, but Im guessing it is very low.

How does she have a voting record for before she was a senator?

[Joe Republic]

I hope that the system will change and that the Iowa causus will be delete as the first vote. With Howard Dean as chairman, it's possible...

Ha. That's funny and probably 100% true. How long would it take the MSM to put two and two together should the DNC drop Iowa as the first voting state?

This is largely my problem with the current primary system.  Let's imagine for a moment that Tom Vilsack (or any Iowan for that matter) was running for the nomination in 2008.  Being a native of the state, Vilsack would undoubtedly do better than he would on the national scale.  That then gives him a totally unfair advantage as the candidates enter the real primaries.

Of course, the same applies if New Hampshire really was the first primary.  I think it sucks, quite frankly.

[Joe Republic]

Well, that really helped Harkin's candidacy, didn't it...

Harkin wouldn't have gotten as far as he did in 1992 if the first national caucus happened to be in, say, Alabama.

Actually, if it was there, we'd probably see a lot more conservative members of both parties getting early leads in the primary races.  This is what I mean by candidates getting unfair advantages.