'I think it did change history.' How one man’s snap decision in 1976 explains the rise and fall of the Iowa caucuses.
It was January 1976, and Tom Whitney was minutes away from achieving a goal he’d been pursuing for nearly three years: establishing Iowa’s first-in-the-nation presidential caucuses as a can’t-miss political spectacle.
Thanks largely to his efforts, the entire firmament of American political journalism had flocked to Des Moines to cover the vote for the first time. In a nearby ballroom, dozens of reporters hovered over typewriters, eyeing the clock.
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