In the past, Iowa has been a presidential proving ground that separates the cowards from the courageous. Januaries in the Hawkeye State can turn any campaign into a grueling, exasperating experience. One day it’s merely cold and crisp and a candidate has to deal with wrangling pigs, walking through thick mud and talking to people individually that they will never have to face if they are elevated to the presidency. The next day they are driving into a white out (stop drooling coke heads, it means something else in this context) to deliver a speech before the Sunday men/ladies gathering of the local amalgamated groupof those unattached to other organizations meeting.
Vivek Ramaswamy choked this week, delaying campaign stops due to weather, while Donald Trump decided to avoid Iowa in order to show up and campaign in Washington D.C. before a panel of judges who will rule on whether or not Trump has immunity from prosecution for crimes he may have committed before, during and after his presidency. Meanwhile, after he refused to say that he’d stick to the facts of the case and not engage in ad hominem attacks, Judge Arthur Engoron in Trump’s New York civil fraud case denied the former president the ability to deliver part of his closing arguments himself.
