Picking A Candidate In Iowa In The Winter (Satire)
In this bit of satire, Alexandra Petri (The Washington Post) pokes fun at starting the presidential primary in Iowa in the winter. She writes:
Time for a civics lesson! In the United States, what is the first step we take to decide who gets to be on the ballot for president?
Simple! We have all the people who want to run for president go to Iowa for, say, 11 months. First, we have them ...