Iowa smiled and listened politely

On the Iowa caucuses:

[T]here they were, under seige from the polarizing forces of weirdness, forced to endure months of angry rhetoric about issues that just don't feel normal, in Iowa or anywhere else. How strange it all must have sounded down there. Mister Candidate: If a transgendered Mormon Hispanic stem cell entered the country illegally and bought a house in Altoona with a sub-prime mortgage, should Congress enact a law raising taxes to bail that stem cell out, and requiring it to speak English, and go to war with Iran? And if you were elected president, would you sign such a law?

Listen to the full commentary. Hilarious.

Tomorrow we caucus at St. John's, 8:00 a.m. White shirts on this side of the room, dark shirts on that side. No sandwiches. Let me know if you will or will not be there.

(Aside to parents: Did Rudy's finish remind anyone else of the line from Sandra Boynton's One, Two, Three? "Six is fine for a running race / Except for the one who gets sixth place!")