At least the sows can rest easy, knowing their piglet won't be plucked from the teat for another photo op with Steve Forbes. They've taken a shine to him around the barnyard. Were a straw poll taken of those who actually bed down on it, he'd be a shoo-in. So far the high point of the Iowa campaign was Gary Bauer raffling off the septuplets for twenty-five dollars a head. Now that's family value.
People still hate the guy they hated in high school.
Now it's on to New Hampshire where, despite what they say, you can't take anything for granite. In other news, officials along the border in Texas are startled as Pat Buchanan slips through a hole in the fence and defects to Mexico. Rumor has him vying for the presidential nomination of the ruling party in Chihuahua. Hillary Clinton denies being on drugs when she slept with Vincent Foster. Elian's grandmothers arrive in the US and defect once they see Fifth Avenue.