History suggests all’s not lost for caucus losers

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Iowans might have the first say in choosing the country’s next president, but they don’t always get everything right. In 2008, Senator John McCain of Arizona, the eventual GOP nominee, won the support of only 14 percent of caucusgoers, trailing two former governors, Mike Huckabee of Arkansas and Mitt Romney of Massachusetts. That same year, however, Illinois Senator Barack Obama pulled an upset in Iowa by beating Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton - who soon after beat Obama in New Hampshire.

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