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Let the campaign begin

Posted at 11:07 AM on November 5, 2008 by Bob Collins (16 Comments)
Filed under: Politics

The estimated 2012 Iowa caucuses begin in:

(Update: IE7 users may not see that but that's what you get for using IE7.)

Comments (16)

That's not funny, that's sick.

Posted by Erik Hare | November 5, 2008 11:25 AM

Ah, yo watch, Erik. Jon Stewart will do some riff on this idea tonight and people will be twittering it all over the universe.

Posted by Bob Collins | November 5, 2008 11:31 AM

sick!! It is that kind of thing that keeps food on my familes table. Where did you get it?

Posted by brian hanf | November 5, 2008 11:32 AM

oh god oh god oh god oh god

Posted by mulad | November 5, 2008 12:18 PM

The writer of the comic XKCD feels exactly the same way today:

http://xkcd.com/500/

Posted by Paul | November 5, 2008 12:19 PM

Not just no, but HELL no.

Can we at least wait 6 months before this crap? Maybe even until next fall? Besides, 2012 will be like shooting retarded republican fish in a barrel.

Posted by justin | November 5, 2008 12:24 PM

My math says the 2012 caucuses are scheduled for 2020.

Posted by bsimon | November 5, 2008 12:35 PM

can't wait, suffering map withdrawl as we speak

Posted by Bambi | November 5, 2008 2:30 PM

If we take 4 years each at 365.25 days (to account for leap year) we have 1460 days. That's simply until the election. We should then subtract some days because of prior time for the caucus. You should have been in my math class. We could have fixed that problem for you.

Posted by David Weisser | November 5, 2008 2:32 PM

And just like that, my election anxiety has returned.

THANKS ALOT.

Posted by Hannah | November 5, 2008 2:52 PM

David, I'm not seeing your point. The difference between the number you've provided and the second week in January 2012 is 309 days. What doesn't add up?

Posted by Bob Collins | November 5, 2008 3:18 PM

Um, Bob? Daivd was responding to bsimon's calculation that the next round of caucuses were going to occur in 2012. Just some context for you!

Posted by Meg | November 5, 2008 4:02 PM

Ah. Stupid pronouns! (g) Thanks, meg.

Posted by Bob Collins | November 5, 2008 4:04 PM

Perhaps I am the only person that sees a calculation of 4438 days on the countdown timer.

By my calculations, 4438 days takes us into 2020, not 2012.

cut 'n paste of the timer is:
4438 Days, 12 Hours, 51 Minutes, 00 Seconds.

Posted by bsimon | November 5, 2008 4:09 PM

Yeah, that's the problem. It's 1161 days. Might be the IE7 problem. Shall I call John Hodgman?

Posted by Bob Collins | November 5, 2008 4:22 PM

Has Nader announced his intention to run again yet?