January 8, 2008The Week in the World: Caucus conversations
There were three things about last week’s Iowa caucuses that inspire me:
1. The people I know who caucused were engaged. They carefully considered the candidates and talked about it like what they decided matters. It does, but many people have grown cynical.
2. People with unusual names did well. Babynamesworld.com says unusual names handicap people, and some claim you can predict the winners by who has the most common names. But not this year in Iowa. That makes me think we’re opening up.
3. One of my favorite radio show hosts who was part of the television coverage had this to say. “One of the most fun things about covering the primary on the TV machine was watching how hard some of the pundits had to fight to maintain their cynicism.” She saw an unfamiliar glimmer of hope and authenticity.
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