The caucuses have begun!

I briefly thought that C-SPAN was the best bet for coverage; not a good thing. They WILL be broadcasting the local news from Des Moines at 10 p.m. which is a nice touch but one of the talking heads that C-SPAN has recruited (from Drake University) either has a horrible stain on his sweater or has been lit in such a way as to cast a giant, stain-sized shadow on his sweater. So I've switched to MSNBC where my beloved Tom Brokaw is there with Tim Russert and Chris Matthews. See, cable rocks! NBC can run its normal Monday night programming for normal people who have no interest in the caucus while still deploying its heavyweights on the MSNBC channel.

I guess everyone else figured this out a looooong time ago but I'm excited.

The MSNBC reporter who is loitering around the hotel where the Dean party is being held is really cute.

Okay, so who had the bright idea to have McGovern endorse Clark? Actually, what is the advantage of McGovern endorsing ANYBODY?