The results are in, and after the Iowa caucuses and the New Hampshire primary, the American electorate is clearly showing a stunning groundswell of support for ... anyone's guess. Perhaps the pundits jumped the gun a wee bit after one state caucus, ya think?

On the face of it, however, Iowa was a marginally better race for arts advocates, regardless of party affiliation. Both of Iowa's winners, Democrat Barack Obama and Republican Mike Huckabee, support the arts, on paper at least, according to Arts Action Fund.

By Judy Arginteanu