Hawkeye Trump

To the great surprise of nobody, Donald Trump swept to victory in the Iowa caucuses, with Republican voters in the socially conservative state apparently willing to overlook his various legal entanglements. There is some suggestion that Nikki Haley may run him a little closer in more cosmopolitan New Hampshire, but to all intents and purposes the race seems to be over.

Interestingly, Iowa was apparently once thought of as a bastion of progress; it desegregated schools in 1868, and gave married women property rights in 1851. How times change.

The Biden camp seems to be welcoming the prospect of a rematch, on the basis that independents and moderate Republicans will turn away from Trump’s proto-fascism despite their misgivings about Biden’s handling of the economy. That makes sense I guess, so barring a Supreme Court intervention obliging the GOP to nominate a more sensible candidate, it’s looking like Uncle Joe might be good for another four years.