So, should we blame Michele Bachmann? The Iowa straw poll is officially dead.
Nope, we cats think the Republicans (and particularly, the evangelicals) have no one to blame for the straw poll's demise but Jeb! Bush. Jeb!, who — even though his daddy won the Iowa caucuses in 1980, 1988 and 1992, and even though his brother, the Worst Person Who's Ever Lived, won them in 2000 and 2004 – did not even make a halfhearted phony statement about being interested in playing the poll. (These Bushes. They're so shallow and soulless, aren't they?)
Which means that thanks to his official lack of enthusiasm, Jeb! helped give cover to everyone else in the Republican clown car who subsequently said he wasn't going to play. And today, the Music Man died.
On the other hand, we cats are not exactly heartbroken. The death of the straw poll probably means a little less GOP organizing in the Hawkeye State, making it a tad easier for Hillary to pick it up in general. It also frees up time and money for each clown car member to campaign in other states. And with the primary calendar the way it is, it means the various clowns will probably get enough delegates in March to survive to an open convention. Good for us Democrats, we're thinking.
And no Iowa straw poll means one less opportunity for the also-rans to break out of the pack — so they'll have to go desperate earlier. Way good for us. We cats PURR.
(IMAGE: Cancel the tents, and the bands, and the corn dogs, GOP Hawkeyes. Your Republican Party ain't gonna give Iowa a try.)
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