That timeframe is what we have to wait from
one Leap Year to the next. It is also the magic number between each edition of
the Winter and Summer Olympics. In the U.S., it’s how often we hold
presidential elections.
Thanks to the latter, my fair state of Iowa
has enjoyed the national spotlight – at least the national political spotlight
- for the weeks leading up to the Feb. 1 Iowa Caucuses. When an
incumbent is running, the focus isn't as intense because only one party has to
determine who its candidate will be. Media attention has been high as Donald
Trump and Hillary Clinton currently hold slim leads.
Yet which candidate from what party is
leading in the polls in the run-up to the Caucuses is losing center stage
to none other than Mother Nature. She could throw a wrinkle into
this year’s Caucuses because the forecast is calling for about a foot of
snow across much of the state.
I tuned in to CNN today to catch pre-Caucus
coverage, and low and behold, there was the weather forecast among the poll
numbers.
No matter what the weather situation, one
outcome is always the same. After wrapping up the results of the Iowa Caucuses
on Tuesday, the media will move on to New Hampshire. That's just fine. We
here in Iowa will see you again in four years.
