In Britain's political youthocracy all three party leaders are in their 40s the 60-year-old Mr Howard was the personification of yesterday's man: one of the most-disliked members of a government that even loyal Tories try to expunge from their collective memory.
One man noted that Iowans have a government-funded public option for education in state-run universities, and asked why that won't work for health care.
There have been calls for a government of national unity to replace the one-man show that currently runs, or rather does not run, things in the Palestinian areas.