Today is the day!  At least that is what all of the political analysts are saying about the Iowa caucus.  We are 11 months away from the election and all eyes of the political world are focused on Iowa to see who the representatives for the parties are going to be for President. 
Forgive me, but doesn't these seem way too early to have the entire country decide who is going to be our President?  And forgive me for saying this, but Iowa is not exactly the pulse of the nation!  I grew up in the mid-west and have a lot of respect for these people, but they do have a myopic view of the world.  I know they all get jazzed about the process and do give it their all, but for a country of over 300 million people to have this one caucus make the decision for the election is a little far fetched.

We have to look at what all of the candidates have to say, and frankly, most of them have answered with non-answers!  I just wish all of them would take a solid position on something so that we the voters can really make an honest assessment of the qualifications.  I know, that sounds Utopian!  The whole political process has become so much about big business and big egos that the "common" person doesn't have a chance to run.  Mitt Romney spending six million dollars in Iowa precludes any of us from ever having a shot at such an office.  All of the leading candidates have war chests of money to spend on these conquests, mostly from people with special interests.  Interests that do not mirror what we the common folk are even thinking!

My fear is that with the rampant acceleration of the primaries that we are going to narrow the field down so fast that the right candidate is going to get left in the dust.  Those candidates that appear to have the edge after the next few weeks are going to get a ton of money thrown at them possibly for the wrong platform. 

I don't care if you are Republican or Democrat.  All of us need to watch this process that is happening tonight and not let it make the future.  There is a lot of time left before the November elections and a lot of interesting problems are going to pop up prior to that time.  I encourage each and everyone of you to carefully look at the candidate that you feel is going to take this Country back to being the Greatest Country on the planet!  Let's just hope that it is not decided tonight!