I refer to the season of mud-slinging politics. The year 2000 might seem distant and vague, but in politics two years is very little time and campaigning must soon begin in earnest. Iowans are fortunate. We get to see some of the most intense campaigning in the country. Not only will we see party vs. party, but we will see intraparty rivalry as well.
Politicians come here to get down and dirty.
Iowa is where the direct personal attacks begin. It is where the defamation of character is most bitter. Truly, party level politics is where the true nature of the politician is revealed as each tries to rise to the surface of the cesspool to lead their party to the White House. Iowans have the tremendous responsibility to rise above political pollution and breathe the rarefied air of integrity. We must watch and listen carefully in the next two years in order to make Iowa's impact a positive one in the political process.