The big news this morning was the result of the Iowa Caucus. The big news this afternoon was the Iowa Caucus. By this evening the big news was the "Obama juggernaut" and the "revolution" and, oh yeah, the Iowa Caucus. One commentator commented that the Presidential race was now between Obama, Clinton, and Edwards. Another used the term "destined" when speaking of Obama's run for the White House. Yet another ask how Clinton could possibly counter a young, charismatic, African American who seemed pre-determined to be the next President. More yet offered that yesterdays results in IOWA clearly showed that the entire NATION was demanding change. In fact, I don't think we need to hold primaries in the other 49 states; the press has decided that Obama and Huckabee are the candidates. I mean why bother.
We should forget that Iowa and New Hampshire are smaller states. We should forget that they are both mostly rural states. We should forget that they are but two of the 50 states. I wonder (and am too lazy to research) how many of the candidates who won Iowa and/or New Hampshire did well in the end. McCane didn't. Howard Dean didn't. Gary Hart didn't.
Or maybe, just maybe, the press is over-hyping this just a wee bit. Ya think? Like watching the first four plays of the Superbowl or the first frame of a bowling game and then getting all excited about the destined winner.
Oh, and Huckabee was mentioned a few times. They talked about how he blends social values (read that as pro-life evengelical type thinking) with issues that the average American cares about (which was explained to mean things like a stagnating buying power or heathcare availability). See right there, Huckabee's out as far as I'm concerned. Eight years of King Gheorge and the Party Of God is already too much. (I stuck a silent "h" in "George" because it's the first letter of the word holy, dontcha know. I probably should have said "Duhbyha" so he could be twice as holy.) Huckabee is an "evengelical Republican" from the Bible belt and that flunks my test, no matter how aw-shucks-golly-gee likeable he is.
Problem is I don't really like ANY of the three leading Democrats either.
On statistic that I heard, that if true, should scare the pants off any Republican candidate. Apparently 100,000 people participated in the Republican Caucus and 200,000 people participated in the Democrat Caucus. It looks like, whoever eventually wins the various nominations, 2008 will be a year that leaves the GOP longing for the glory days of 1930 and 1932.
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