I'm going to take a quick break from thinking about the Granite State and plug an important project that's going on for Iowa.

As you probably know, the Ames Straw Poll is going to happen on August 11th, and a good showing in Iowa would be another "go head, keep ignoring me" notch on Dr. Paul's belt. The trick? Getting enough folks there to counteract the hordes being bussed in by Romney, et al. They have to be Iowans and they have to vote for Paul. Luckily, there is something the rest of us can do.

Go to the Paul campaign's Iowa page and sign up to help on either the Call Iowa or Mail Iowa program. You'll be volunteering to help the campaign reach out to Iowa Republicans, urging them to get to the straw poll and support our guy. You can do a little or a lot—every phone call or letter matters. This is the kind of work that a grassroots network like ours is for, and Ron Paul needs you. So get on it.

On a related note, you can also, apparently, Adopt an Iowan. That's right; it costs $35 to get into Ames and vote, and a few wonderful Meetup organizers have taken it upon themselves to fundraise and buy tickets for folks who want to go support Ron Paul. Today, they reached their original goal of $10,000 raised, so they've upped the goal to $35,000. Go use your PayPaul account for something good.