Hasta La Gadget!

Over at The New York Times, Jonathan Martin has the story about the GOP state party officials in Iowa, fretting that they’re facing the possibility that their state’s primacy in the presidential primary season may be “diminishing” ahead of the 2016 elections. Their concerns have nothing to do with the perennial efforts of other states attempting to siphon off some of Iowa’s mojo. Rather, the Iowa GOP is concerned that their state is destined to become a playground for a set of candidates that they deem … well — let’s say déclassé:

But Iowa’s political leaders, always looking ahead to the next campaign, worry that looks can be deceiving and that the prized role of the Republican caucuses is in jeopardy. Establishment Republicans fear that conservatives have become such a dominant force in the nominating process here that they may drive mainstream presidential candidates away.

That would relegate the caucuses to little more than a test of the party’s right-wing sentiment, and would do little to identify and propel the eventual nominee.

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