Iowa

Three things stand out;

1. Hillary coming in third, and getting beat, BADLY by Obama. The polls showed a dead heat between HRC, Edwards and Obama, and then Obama beats both of them by 8 points. This really impressed me. They talked about Obama winning by so much because he was able to attract independents and even a few Republicans. Um, this is a good thing. Last time I checked, we may need independents and even a few Republicans to win a general election.

2. Huckabee is Pat Buchanan. Or any other Republican outsider who managed to win one primary. Huckabee got the lion's share of the evangelical vote which doesn't exist in New Hampshire. Mike is a one trick pony. And even if he were to win the nomination, check out the turnout statistics from yesterday, Republicans vs Democrats. We turned out a whole lot more people than they did. Obama or Edwards would crush Huckabee in a national election. And its not like Iowa and Arkansas are blue states anyway. I think we'll be fine without them.

3. Ron Paul got 10 percent of the Republican vote. God, I hope he runs as an Independent.