And if they want to vote for Pat Buchanan, they may have to leave the GOP, since the commentator's fifth-place finish may push him toward the Reform Party. The Founding Fathers wore wigs, but not bright green or orange ones accompanied by big clown shoes and bulbous red noses. If so, the festival part started long before the democracy part. Hours before the first vote was cast, candidates began luring passers-by into the tents that dotted the Iowa State University landscape. Real estate, like votes, was for sale here.
Teenage beauty queens from various counties milled about in tiaras and full-length satin gowns.
His was the space with the inflatable mountain, slide, and spacewalk, as well as the only air-conditioned tent in all of Ames. Most of those who went outside waited for food instead-and waited and waited. While they waited, supporters donned their free Forbes T-shirts in a particularly garish shade of orange. Bush operatives eyed the orange line nervously, clearly hoping it was a function of poor planning rather than huge numbers. Crystal Gayle provided the star power here, and it proved far more potent than the candidate's.