Reply #168: Kerry Will Win This Race Because He Won Iowa [View All]

[DoveTurnedHawk]

He took a huge gamble and it paid off. That's all.

I have no quarrel with you about the media, as I agree it wields far too much influence. As a supporter of the "other" candidate with real grassroots support, believe me, it pisses me off that volunteer efforts can only make up to about 5% of a difference, but media momentum can make up around 30% of a difference.

But that's not why Kerry is winning. Dean had plenty of good media coverage, before Iowa (or if you prefer, he had no worse media coverage than any other candidate, certainly). If anything, blame the stupid overimportance of Iowa in our primary system.

DTH