January 3 - "Incredibly Expensive and Disturbingly Lazy"; Young Iowans For Ron Paul; The Author of "Why Iowa?"

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Part 1	We begin with David Sirota, a nationally-syndicated weekly newspaper columnist, award-winning radio host and best-selling author. He has an article at Salon that argues the intense media coverage of the Iowa caucuses has been incredibly expensive and disturbingly lazy.
Part 2	Then we speak with a reporter on the ground in Iowa who has been covering the candidates and has spoken with prospective voters. Elise Foley, a reporter with the Huffington Post based in Washington DC, joins us. We discuss how young voters are reacting to candidates trying to appeal to the youth vote and how Iowans who have been bombarded with negative TV ads, are reacting to last-minute pitches by candidates who at the end of the day will be spending up to 250 dollars per vote.
Part 3	Then finally, we look into the significance of this relatively recent electoral phenomenon that is breaking campaign spending records and attracting unprecedented media coverage, yet has a mixed record in picking presidential winners. David Redlawsk, a polling expert and professor of political science at Rutgers University joins us. He is the author of “Why Iowa?: How Caucuses and Sequential Elections Improve the Presidential Nominating Process”.
	MUSIC: Built to Spill - Center of the Universe; Arcade Fire - City With No Children; Wilco - Side With The Seeds; Radiohead - Electioneering