Gloria Penner on the Iowa Caucuses

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Published December 18, 2007 at 1:22 PM PST

This story was published more than 16 years ago.

On Jan. 3, Iowa will once again hold the nation's first major electoral event for the nominating process for the next president. The caucus process is generally defined as a "gathering of neighbors" w

Tom Fudge: You may be still catching up on sleep from your New Year's Eve party while Iowans are trudging through the snow on their way to vote for president. That's right; the Iowa caucuses arrive on Jan. 3, just a little over two weeks from now. But then, maybe you know that. The national media usually goes nuts over the caucuses, and has been following the earnest voters of Iowa through the months of October and November.

I've actually had a bit of experience voting in the Iowa caucuses , and our political correspondent Gloria Penner has been reading up on them.

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Gloria Penner , political correspondent and host of Editors Roundtable for KPBS. She also writes a weekly political blog for KPBS.org.