I'm going to the Iowa Caucuses and you're not.

NO WAY!

Wow, this is amazing!!!!

It's not actually over... stations have gotten in trouble for calling too early before...

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Cycloptichorn wrote:

MSNBC has called Iowa for Obama.

OBAMARAMA! FIRST OF MANY

I hope so too!!!

I can't believe that Huckabee made it for the Republicans. Oh my!

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73% reporting, Obama at 35%, and CNN now projecting Obama as winner as well...

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Do, you think, Swimpy, that some of the supporters of the 2nd tier candidates threw in the towel when they walked in, knowing that their guy had no chance?

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I just talked to my son from Iowa City. At his precinct Obama was the only viable candidate in the first round. Hillary was gaining enough of the also rans to become viable in the end, but she won't get many delegates.

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Damn...I'm HUNGRY!

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realjohnboy wrote:

Do, you think, Swimpy, that some of the supporters of the 2nd tier candidates threw in the towel when they walked in, knowing that their guy had no chance?

The Kucinich people (both of them) sat right down with us Obama folk. they knew they were't viable right off the bat. I was more surprised to see the Richardson people moving to Obama. For some reason I thought he would steer his people to Hillary.

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CalamityJane wrote:

I can't believe that Huckabee made it for the Republicans. Oh my!

This can only be a good thing for democrats - yes?

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littlek wrote:

CalamityJane wrote:

I can't believe that Huckabee made it for the Republicans. Oh my!

This can only be a good thing for democrats - yes?

Giuliani now 5th... and on MSNBC. Hm. Interesting. Hehehe...

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Uhm, no. 6th, actually.

Goodness.

<grins madly>

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Eat!

And thank you for performing this valuable service. Seriously.

I'm surprised about Richardson too. We were talking about that earlier. I'd really thought he was lobbying Hillary for the #2 spot, and this sure wouldn't make that more likely. But then I had the thought that he's come to the conclusion that Obama is actually more likely to be bestowing the #2 spot.

Whatever, I'm surprised but VERY VERY VERY happy!!!

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littlek wrote:

CalamityJane wrote:

I can't believe that Huckabee made it for the Republicans. Oh my!

This can only be a good thing for democrats - yes?

yes

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old europe wrote:

littlek wrote:
CalamityJane wrote:

I can't believe that Huckabee made it for the Republicans. Oh my!

This can only be a good thing for democrats - yes?

Giuliani now 5th... and on MSNBC. Hm. Interesting. Hehehe...

Well, they're saying that Huckabee won because of his evangelistic ties
to the area. Predominantly women voted for Huckabee. *gheezz*

It's always scary when such religious fanatics get ahead, even if it's
only in Iowa (for now).

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I *mostly* think Huckabee has too many strikes against him to do very well if he's the Repub nominee, but the power of the religious thing scares me somewhat... the religious fanatic voting bloc is worrisome...

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Swimpy wrote:

Yea, it went way faster than I expected. People got in there groups right away and the first count was done before 7:30. The non-viables and the undecideds were given 30 minutes to either get with another group or go home. It didn't take long. Obama picked up a Kucinich and several Bidens and Richardsons. Apparently the candidates had givine the directive to their caususers to move to Obama if they were not viable.

Very cool to hear a first-hand account!

Anastasia is clearing up (visitor tomorrow) and playing Popit - she's none too interested in the elections this time - but she liked hearing about your experiences. (And says hi in case you remember her).

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JPB wrote:

littlek wrote:
CalamityJane wrote:

I can't believe that Huckabee made it for the Republicans. Oh my!

This can only be a good thing for democrats - yes?

yes

Oh, Huckabee or Romney, either of them would be good news for the Dems if they win the primaries I think! So which of the two of 'em won is perhaps a neutral thing for the Dems...

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But Huckabee would be more fun tho Razz

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There's a big Romney question mark on his Mormonism. How much does it hurt him? It seems that those who would vote along religious lines went with Huckabee.

I think in the general there's a bigger disparity between the fundy's and the rest of us vs the Mormon's and the rest of us. In that regard, it does matter.

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Swimpy, thank you from the bottom (and all that). You're the best.

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I'd never vote for him, but I like Huckabee as a person (from what you can get during the debates/interviews, etc). He's a religious freak an all, which alone means I could never support him as a candidate, but still.

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I'm going to the Iowa Caucuses and you're not.

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