The Circus Is In Town As 2020 Dems Swarm Iowa

The state of Iowa has been invaded by 2020 Democrats as the massive field looks to appeal to gullible suckers in advance of the first big debates that are scheduled at the end of the month.

With the inordinate amount of importance that the media and political establishment have long placed on the Hawkeye State with the caucuses signaling the official kickoff of any presidential campaign cycle, it is imperative for any serious hopefuls to get traction early on with Iowa voters.

Nearly twenty Democrats have descended for Sunday’s annual Iowa Democratic Party Hall of Fame dinner where they will be presented with an early opportunity to test out their stump speeches and pander to Iowans in their own unique way.

For example, Comrade Bernie Sanders will march into the Cedar Rapids Convention Complex accompanied by a small army of McDonald’s workers who have been conscripted by the socialist’s crusade for a national $15 minimum wage for griddle jockeys and other menial low-skill workers.

The media’s gay heartthrob South Bend “Mayor Pete” Buttigieg will be able to road test his homespun appeal to white working-class voters that has made him into a budding superstar. Buttigieg will hold a good old fashioned picnic on Sunday along with – get this – face painting which couldn’t be a more perfect metaphor for the cavalcade of clowns vying for the nomination.

Meanwhile, the rest of the pack will have to grapple for whatever crumbs are left over after the marquee names suck up all of the attention.

There will be Kamala and Cory, Pocahontas and a veritable clown cavalcade of no-hopers like John Hickenlooper who is already on the outs after being booed offstage last weekend in California when he spoke in less than enthusiastic terms about socialism.

Conspicuous by his absence is one Joseph R. Biden who will not be in attendance.

According to Reuters:

The 19 candidates who attend the dinner in Cedar Rapids will each get five minutes to give a rapid-fire speech to more than 1,400 guests. Former Vice President Joe Biden, the Democratic front-runner in opinion polls, is skipping the event but will campaign in Iowa later in the week.

Biden has led polls in Iowa and nationally over the second-place Sanders and other leading contenders. Several Iowa party leaders said they did not think it would hurt Biden to skip the dinner on Sunday.

“After I hear from 19 different people, I’ll probably be OK without the 20th,” said Steve Drahozal, chairman of the Dubuque County Democrats.

Biden’s campaign did not respond to a question from Reuters about why he was skipping the Iowa event. His aides told party officials in the state that he had a scheduling conflict.

Biden also did not attend last week’s California state convention that drew 14 Democratic candidates.

The early presumptive favorite for the nomination is coming off of a terrible week in which he found himself in the midst of yet another plagiarism scandal and then at the behest of batty D-list actress Alyssa Milano, reversed his longstanding opposition to federally funded abortions overnight, a flip-flop that may well come back to bite him in the ass.

The 76-year-old career politician has also been facing ridicule for his number of campaign events as compared to the other members of the clown troupe and some have mocked his scarcity on the stump as an “old man schedule” which is not a good omen considering that it’s over a year before the Democratic National Convention, an eternity for a senior citizen like Biden who may not be physically up to the rigors of what promises to be a grueling battle BEFORE the winner squares off against President Trump.

His no-show will likely provide plenty of fodder to those who made the trip who will gleefully take advantage of Biden’s absence to get a leg up on “lunchpail” Joe.