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Scot Lehigh

Caucuses are a test for Iowa

By Scot Lehigh

 |  Globe Columnist  

  December 28, 2011

Iowa picks corn, sniff Granite State panjandrums; New Hampshire picks presidents. On the Republican side, there’s something to that dismissive formulation, which is why next week’s caucuses are as much a test of Iowa as they are of the leading candidates. Here’s one thing that can be said with near certainty about next week’s caucuses: They will play a winnowing role among the three lesser candidates vying to become the favorite of committed religious and social-issue conservatives.

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