Because of its status as the first-in-the-nation-caucus-state, Iowa is home to some of the brightest political minds and best political writers in the country.
Todd Dorman of the Cedar Rapids Gazette is one of those writers. When Democratic gubernatorial candidate Jack Hatch made his campaign announcement in a poop-filled field...Dorman was on it (the story, not the poop). Dorman called on an expert to identify the source of the scat.
I have relatives in Florida who smile and shake their heads (with the utmost affection) at what comprises the nightly news here in Iowa. In their state, the nightly news opens with ten minutes of murder. One year, my relatives visited for the holidays and marveled that the five 'o' clock news opened with Christmas light displays.
But of all the Iowa-sounding political news that's ever been reported, this is the Iowanist.
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