StormFront freezes out white snowflakes... Fierce Blizzard Forces GOP Iowa Caucus Into Deep Freeze A historic winter storm and potentially record-smashing cold are combining to throw the first GOP primary contest into chaos. https://www.thedailybeast.com/fierce-blizzard-forces-2024-gop-iowa-caucus-into-deep-freeze
I might have said or just thought the other day that Haley could edge out Desantis slightly in Iowa. I don't see it today. I think I was watching too many TV types. Iowans are conservative and many feel that they have already gone off the reservation just by parting company with Trump and supporting Desantis. To go all the way over to Haley would be a bridge too far for many. Also the more liberal you are, the more of a lightweight you are, so this cold weather will tamp down the turnout for the "moderates" that Haley would need to reach second. But unlike NH, Iowa's caucus/primary is limited to republicans only. It's vastly different in NH. Right now. I see Desantis taking second in Iowa and Haley a stronger third than Desantis wants to see. Not sure but I think Iowa is a proportional rather than a winner take all state. So Haley could get third but still get a slice of the pie. Does not change the fact that Camp Desantis is headed nowhere after NH. If he takes a weak second in Iowa and is trounced in NH, where is the next primary where he can redeem himself by getting ahead of Haley, let alone Trump? If anyone else has a view, flop it out. EDIT UPDATE: Just heard that the Iowa newspaper poll coming out later today places Haley in second. I will hold with what I said above though. Can't be whipped around by every little media buzz.