My wise friend Paul Harris reminds us how silly the whole idea of the Iowa Caucuses are…and how they probably don't even reflect who the people of Iowa want to see be elected president.
Still though, everyone is so eager for the election — especially the Republican side — to progress towards a decision that great importance will be attached to the outcome there. The fact that the past winners there have generally not gone on to the White House will be forgotten by folks who oughta know better and they'll be discussing how the outcome helps or hurts the Cruz campaign, how inevitable it makes Trump, who should or will drop out, etc. So it doesn't mean anything but it may still have a lot of impact. Politics is full of things that don't mean anything except that since people think they do, they do.