Iowa is not like other states. There's fuck-all to do here, and unless you just love dirt or barnyard sex, you could easily die of boredom — except in an election year, when suddenly you become the center of the universe. Iowa political events sometimes seem like meetings of Athenian elders; every last audience member seems to have read the text of the Military Commissions Act, and even the best-prepared candidates come out of town-hall meetings looking harried and tested. And these days, the candidate who looks the worst for wear in Iowa is Hillary Clinton.
If you have ever been to the Hawkeye State, you know that Taibbi's second sentence is spot on. But it really is the center of the universe in establishing who will be the first president since Bill Clinton to be elected by the majority of voters. Read on.
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