Figured we slide in a political post late on a Friday, when many folks have probably left for a four-day weekend. So here’s the deal – next Thursday, Iowa, the first caucus. Manute Bol will be in the house! We’d love for a reader to head down to the scene and quickly bang out a first-person account (with photos would be rad), but we understand that is a lot to ask. (But the offer stands!) At any rate, 2008 is an election year, and we know you’re not supposed to mix politics with sports, but F it. There’s a strong possibility that someone other than a white male could be President of the United States, and chronicling history is always fun. There are about four kajillion polls floating about (we saw one with Belichick leading all Republicans in Massachusetts; it also had Tom Brady leading Democrats in Vermont, even though he claims to be an Independent), so we’ll spare you links to any of those. But since everyone loves a history lesson … the last three Democrats to win Iowa have won the nomination (one ran opposed); the last four Republicans to take Iowa have earned the nomination (two ran opposed).