Iowa - so what!

The Washington Post published an article on why the Iowa caucus is important. They try to explain how a GOP party with a majority of Christian conservatives (otherwise known as "believers in demons and witches") will gather to select one of their party's buffoons as a viable presidential candidate. The process for each party goes as shown below:    

The Republican caucuses are straightforward. Voters assemble at a specified time, possibly listen to speeches on behalf of many candidates in the race, cast their votes by secret ballots and are free to depart. The ballots are tabulated and reported; the percentages are of the total number of voters who participated.

It’s not so simple for the Democrats. Voters make their declarations publicly. No secret ballots here. Voters are asked to stand and deliver. The process is an exercise of conviction, persuasion and horse-trading. Results are produced by a complex formula and reported to the public not as percentages of the raw vote each candidate has received, but by what the Iowa Democratic Party calls “state delegate equivalents,” or simply “SDEs.” 

After all of this convoluted bullshit is done, they will have selected the most probable loser for the GOP and Demo nominations. The process conducted in a state which according to the US Census Bureau is 92% white and conservative has nothing to do with reality but is still given significance because it is first in the primary process. The voting by the rabid tea party activist who claim their government has been seized by the black man in the White House and they want it back never seem to have a problem cashing $1.5 billion in federal farm aid or their Social Security checks.After all the hoopla is done and this farce has ended, we can move on to more relevant states which actually do represent more of America.