The Case for a Single-Day National Primary

I cannot be the only person who has a hard time believing that the Iowa caucus is less than a month away. Not just because we are still in the middle of impeachment proceedings brought against a first-term president running for re-election, but because, with the exception of John Delaney (Google him), none of the candidates seem to be taking Iowa very seriously this year. South Bend Mayor Pete Buttigieg, for example, has been in Texas; Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) has been in New York (which doesn't hold a primary until the end of April). Former Vice President Joe Biden is busing surrogates around the Hawkeye state. Meanwhile, Michael Bloomberg is simply pretending that Iowa and New Hampshire don't even exist.