Reply #61: Iowa is as prophetic as we allow the media to make it,

[wiley]

and candidates make bizarre and unsubstantiated claims about how they did. There is this belief that whoever wins Iowa will see a huge influx of cash before the Feb rush, but at this point the media will already have declared a winner of the nomination and possibly the Presidency by the end of January. Whatever Democrat wins Iowa will have to win NH, although all you'll hear about is Bloomberg getting into the race if Guiliani does well. That's why Huckabee and Romney will take Iowa and NH, respectively.