Dan Gearino thinks the Iowa caucuses are overblown.
The former N&O columnist writes on his blog that the caucuses are undemocratic, since they are decided by only a handful of older, white voters, and overblown because of the sheer numbers of political reporters who cover them.
Iowa’s importance in the political process is a phenomenon created, and nurtured, by journalists. They have helped turn a silly popularity contest that has all the sophistication of a high school Queen of Hearts selection (”OK, everybody who likes John Edwards go stand in that corner!”) into an event so important that the presidential field can easily be cut in half by the caucus results.
He argues that journalists should "dial back" coverage of the caucuses.
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