Another e-mail, this one the caucus bar scene:

I’ll be back to give you the upshot as soon as I am able, but my local precinct is roughly 20 miles away this year (??!!?). Our county committee has elected to hold a few larger meetings as opposed to more numerous living room setting type this year to help alleviate staffing problems and streamline reporting. It seems the media types gathering in Des Moines really want the news right away, and sometimes the smaller meetings are accompanied by a few cocktails and time gets away from us. So apparently it’s all business this year. I have the feeling you will know who won the Iowa caucus before I do, if platform voting and delegate selection take as long as they did last time. Love NR’s election coverage!