re: #185 Dark_Falcon

One other thing to note is that Bernie Sanders has opened up a massive lead in New Hampshire. Hillary Clinton can afford to lose there, but if she loses 60-33, even after a close win in Iowa, then she’s got some real trouble.

I somewhat disagree. I think that we give Iowa and New Hampshire too much credit and influence over the primary process. Eight years ago it was Clinton who won NH after losing to Obama in Iowa and it really just delayed the inevitable. Now I do think that it made the Obama campaign work more in other states later that primary season, and it paid off in the general election. My hope is that a similar thing works out. But Sanders should win NH by double digits plus on a bad day. In fact, for Iowa and NH, you are looking at two of the least diverse states that could exist (at least on the Democratic side) as a slice of the electorate. Now after the first four (add in SC and NV) and you have more of a representation of the Democratic Party. If Sanders is still in a somewhat strong position after that, then and only then will this get really interesting.