Slouching Towards Iowa

Charlie Sykes: “A smattering of very on-line Republicans who have nothing better to do on a frigid winter night in January, will brave the elements to gather in church basements, bowling alleys, fire houses, motels, school cafeterias, and gyms, because vox populi vox dei, right?”

“The world — and thousands of reporters who are obligated to keep up a steady flow of hot-takes — will be earnestly watching all this unfold because this is the process that propelled Pat Robertson, Mike Huckabee, Rick Santorum, and Ted Cruz to the presidency. Oh wait.”

“Every four years we convince ourselves that this matters. Until it doesn’t. Rinse and repeat. (Kudos, though, to the Dems for giving the whole thing a pass this year.)”