Next Monday at 6:30 in the evening, Iowans will gather at Floyd and Julie Zeis-man's house in Alden, a steak house in Baxter, Des Moines' Messiah Lutheran Church and a couple thousand other meeting places to select their Democratic presidential nominee. The venues are scattered throughout the state, but they are all located at the intersection of politics and television. Every four years, the Iowa Caucuses kick off the primary season that culminates in the selection of the parties' presidential candidates in the summer. Every four years, Iowa TV newsrooms jump to the front row of the political parade. "We know that this is a big story and the national spotlight is on Iowa," says Dave Busiek, news director at KCCI(TV) Des Moines and past chairman of the Radio-Television News Directors Association.
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