Today is Caucus Day in Iowa, arguably the most inherently undemocratic way to start of the official election of the world’s beacon of democracy.

All that aside, I’m still slightly nostalgic for the three weeks I spent in Iowa in 2004 organizing students to caucus for Dean. To give some perspective on the timeline for 2004 versus 2008:

2004 Caucus date: January 19
2008 Caucus date: January 3

I only arrived in Iowa on December 31, 2003, and had three weeks to organize two colleges and four high schools to turn out for Dean. This year’s schedule is so crunched it’s a completely different ball game.

Anyway, to complete this nostalgia, here’s a slideshow of photos from my time in Iowa in 2004.