No, Iowa doesn’t choose losers. Rather, Iowa – as the first state to elect anyone – provides the venue by which those who have no support anywhere are able to graciously step out of the race. John McCain’s fourth place in 2008 did not set his course as loser in the nominee race, nor did it deflect the eventuality of Huckabee, Romney, and Thompson losing the nomination.

To suggest that Iowa determined Bachmann’s fate is rather naive.

Iowa doesn’t choose winners. It chooses the losers. Bachmann and Perry are now out and Gingrich is on the ropes (although Perry seems to now be undecided on that point now). To say it determined nothing is naive at best.