Oh wait, come Monday morning when middle America, mainstream America, or whatever one wants to call 'em is getting ready for work, who is going to get the ultimately non-critical spotlight on Good Morning America, the Early Show, and the Today show? 

Iowaians (is that what you call them?) represent the heartland, which for a lot of Americans (mainly white) represents true America.  To hear that Bachmann won, without the nuance that it was a just straw poll, not to mention mainly just the people who were bussed in by the candidates, goes along way toward giving legitimacy to her views.

Moreover, because of the nature of the straw poll in Iowa, it represents candidates political structure in the state (eg able to bus people in).  So it would indicate we will be hearing from Bachmann for awhile.  In fact, because the media has already decided it is a battle between Bachmann and Perry (or is that Parry?) for the right to take on Mitt, she and Perry with an A will get all the more media attention, giving even more legitimacy to her and her views.  Even if she doesn't win the nomination, as Palin shows, the long term legacy on the national discourse can be disasterous.

Wait, Parry (with an "a") didn't get any votes‽‽