And...What was this about there being a clone of DR JEANNE on the plane??? Surely, BK, you are mistaken. I have been told before that I have a twin, but THERE IS ONLY ONE DR JEANNE!!
Good luck on that one!I have been maintaing I am the only real BRUCE on this here site, to no avail.der Brucer
I have dined at several automats.Your post reminded me of one of my favorite P.D.Q. Bach numbers:"Concerto for Horn and Hardart". It was a typical double concerto form, and the "hardart" instrument was like a mini-automat: there were little implements or instruments (like a kazoo, triangle, etc.) in little windowed compartments. The player had to insert coins to get the "instruments" to continue playing the piece. It was very involved and I only saw him perform this once, but it was very fun!
I love PDQ Bach.
How much influence they will now have remains to be seen (the pol-pros are watching carefully).In the past Iowa and NH set the stage for condidates to do well and use that result in fund-raising activites to support their efforts in the later primaries. Next year we will be having the first go at the early Jan - Feb primaries. The smart money expects the races to be settled by early Feb; candidates need to have their full Primary war chest filled before the Iowa/NH process begins, so the results of these early races will have little import. (Notice that some candidates game plans call for skipping Iowa/NH altogether.)The nice one-on-one personal touch that is possible in a low-density area like Iowa. In California, LA County alone has over three times the population of the entire state of Iowa.I fear that when both major parties caved and let the bigger states move their primaries up to Feb it has spelled the end of the Iowa/NH influence in national politics. When I was conculting in CA, races at the local town level could be won or lost by feet-on-the-ground meet-and-greet campaigning. Congressional races had to have the added component of expensive direct mail and telephone elements. By the time you reached the county level, multimillion dollar mass media buys were essential to winning.Candidates running for City council spent most of their time meeting with voters; Congressional candidates spent their time in organized public fund-raising appearances; state level candidates spent 90% of their time on the phone dialing for dollars or in attending special interest group funtions seeking endorsements and major contributions.Not at all what the founders envisioned!der Brucer
Pan fried trout for lunch!der Brucer
Goodness!Ms Karen is here and no Singdaw to suffer!der Brucer
I can tell you that the candidates have been here earlier and more often this time - and that's from both parties. I'm hearing more of them say they have a 99 county strategy in Iowa and plan to visit every county before the caucuses. We didn't get that much attention from them before.
Today's lunch at the post house: bouillabaisse!I've never had it but it smells good!
Your Little French Boy never cooked?der Brucer
Cilla,How does support for "comprehensive" immigration reform (a la McCain/Kenndy) play in Iowa?der Brucer
Boy, der Brucer, you're chatty today -- usually you cut and paste something and then disappear...
