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In 2008, hugely interesting year it swelled to 18%. contrast that with the new hampshire primary where in 2008, another year there was a lot of interest you're looking at like 70%. or you go down to south carolina, a state that's even smaller than iowa, but three times as many people participated in the republican primary in south carolina in 2008 as participated in the iowa caucuses in 2008. so it's this really -- the demographics of the people who are there, 60% of the people who participated in the iowa republican caucuses in '08 identified themselves as evangelicals. that's a staggering nu...

that's what it looks like. but the way that this has ended, the way that this total political disaster for the republicans has come about has given us really two things in american politics. it has shown us one interesting new thing about the democratic party and the way democratic politics are working right now. and it has raised one really important question about the republican party. first on the democratic side, the critique from some parts of the left, and not just from the left but from -- even from obama supporters who say they wanted more out of this presidency, one of the c...

of your paychecks starting january 1st. that's what it looks like. but the way that this has ended, the way that this total political disaster for the republicans has come about has given us really two things in american politics. it has shown us one interesting new thing about the democratic party and the way democratic politics are working right now. and it has raised one really important question about the republican party. first on the democratic side, the critique from some parts of the left, and not just from the left but from -- even from obama supporters who say they wanted m...

the two-month band aid, the two-month extension that has already been passed by the senate. listen. >> our house gop negotiators are here and ready to work with their counterparts in the senate. >> he's not lucy, i'm not charlie brown. we're not falling for that football stunt, again. okay, lucy and charlie brown. that's what we've come to now, kate. it can be silly season up there sometimes. but just getting more and more silly, it seems. so, is this just all for show and eventually what people want to know, whether or not this is going to get done, is it? >> well, it's a good quest...