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Letters: Are we seriously taking caucuses seriously?

Voters listen to instructions during a Democratic Party caucus in Nevada, Iowa, on Monday.
Voters listen to instructions during a Democratic Party caucus in Nevada, Iowa, on Monday. Patrick Semansky AP
Columbia, SC

The fiasco that was the Iowa caucusing should bring some serious discussion at the party level and in the media of why we even have them in the national spotlight.

Really … flipping coins to decide a winner. These caucuses are little more than fodder for the 24-hour news cycle.

Bill Rogers

Columbia

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