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Posted at 9:00am on Jan. 3, 2008 I-Day. [UPDATED: Now an I-Day Open Thread.]

Come now the hawkeye caucii.

By Leon H Wolf

It's absolutely absurd that I should be saying this on January the third, but the Hawkeye Caucii are "finally" here. Despite the ludicriously early date for this earliest of Presidential contests, it's appropriate to say "finally" because it already seems like this particular Presidental election has been going on for over a year, and in a sense it has; since the Republicans took a beating in November of 2006, we have all looked expectantly toward the day when we would have a chance to redeem ourselves as a party. For over a year, there have been speeches, debates, polls, spin, prognosticating, spin, gladhanding, media coverage, and more spin. Today, for the first time in this year's election, votes that matter will be cast and counted.

Although the main event in this year's contest is the Huckabee/Romney showdown, each and every candidate has something they need to accomplish in Iowa. Read below for a blow-by-blow of what each candidate must accomplish in today's contest.

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