Paul Scott comment: Forget "Electability" and vote your passion

It's finally time for the 2020 Iowa Caucuses.  After Monday night the Presidential candidates and the network TV satellite trucks will have headed down I-80 and we'll once again be able to watch television without sitting through a slew of political ads.

I've always thought the practice of news media endorsing a particular candidate is a mistaken one.  Our job, I believe, is to tell you what politicians are saying--and to determine if what they're saying is accurate.  Beyond that, a Des Moines Register endorsement isn't going to sway me.

But I do have one piece of advice I'd like you to consider carefully.  Whatever you do, caucus for a candidate you're passionate about--and not for one the news media believes is "most electable."  Because the news media's record on accurately predicting who will get elected is a pretty mediocre one.  Remember President Hillary Clinton?  I didn't think so.  Or President Jeb Bush?  Or President Al Gore?  For that matter, there were a lot of news media predicting Donald Trump "could never win."  How did that prediction turn out?

So ignore what news reporters are saying--except for what this news reporter is saying.  Caucus for the person you think would do the best job of being President.  Accept no substitutes!