In a world of change (not the least in Iowa), there is interesting news Iceland:

...voters overwhelming selected as prime minister Johanna Sigurdardottir, who’d first taken the job in February, replacing David Oddsson, who’d shepherded the nation into a free-market bankruptcy....
Siguarsdottir is also the first openly gay prime minister, though voters are likely more concerned about economics than labels.

(This came via a useful site, http://www.womensvoicesforchange.org/)