Reply #26: don't show up?

[terryg11]

that's a great suggestion. I'm amazed at how sure we are of ourselves at times. I've spent months reading things posted here and watching the news and listened to the pundits and I barely had my choice down pat by last night. You know why? Because our democratic candidates all had some very strong points that were just different enough to make me stop and think about them. In my opinion five or six of them are viable and the decision to support one weighs heavy. Going to caucus CAN be a good way to get more info and decide, although in some cases it's obviously not tht good. Didn't watch Cspan or CNN so don't know what they showed whre I went there were some good cases made for supprting a particular candidate.

Yeah, Iowa is a small state and should in no way be a clear indicator of how the rest of the nation feels but I don't recall anyone saying tht just because you get shut out at the caucus you need to quit.
In the case of Gephardt though, I understand. He is tremendously popular here and if he can't show well then his race probably is over. Not to mention choosing to spend that much time and money here only to finish way behind. I heard it a lot last night, evryone really likes Gep. and thinks he's a terrific congressman but just didn't think he had what it takes to beat W.