Completely immaterial to me. It just doesn’t matter to me what a small, self-selected group of corn farmers in Iowa does in their living rooms. This is all a big charade.
First, the outcome is beyond my control. I don’t live in Iowa and have no say in the outcome, so I’m not going to expend an ounce of thought about what decision they make.
Second, whatever happens, it’s meaningless. Think of the Iowa caucuses 4, 8, and even 12 years ago, and compare the ‘winner’ in each of those to the eventual nominee.. Again, this is shadow boxing at best, and a complete waste of time, at worse. There are 49 more states that will be doing caucuses and/or primaries, and people are paying far too much attention to Iowa – much more than it deserves.
These caucuses may sell newspapers and keep TV broadcasters employed (to say nothing of all the hotels in Iowa that are doing very well this week), but this is political theater, with no meaning at all.