From a reader:
I’m an Iowa Republican but hardly a party apparatchik. I will be going
to the caucus tonight and will be supporting Fred (and trying to
convince the other attendees.) I can absolutely appreciate the
hesitancy right now. I’m wondering about wasting my vote (full
disclosure: my wife goaded me into supporting Libby Dole for 2000 –
duh!) but I’ll happily switch if I have to.
But I want to send a message, albeit a small one. I don’t want some
local talk show host to badger people into supporting Huck just because
he’s evangelical. I want McCain to know he’s not off the hook for that
gang of 14 business. I want Romney to know that positions mean things.
And I want Paul to know I don’t subscribe to a Black Helicopter view of
this country. And I want Guliani to know he can’t have a vote just
because he’s not Hillary.
Mostly I want Fred to win because of his temperament and positions and
ability to communicate. What I want him to know is that people will be
there with him if he tries.