Barack Wins Iowa

WOW! He really did it. Barack Obama has won the Iowa primary for the Democratic Party. OMGWTF. This is huge. Iowa, a state with less than four percent black people, has stated that they support Obama for the candidacy of President of the United States. And he won overwhelmingly, beating Edwards (who took 30% of the votes) and Clinton (who took only 29% of the votes). The momentum he gains as a result of winning this primary is phenomenal. The next two showdowns will reveal a lot. New Hampshire is next on the calendar. Then South Carolina. Many political analysts now believe that the lead Hillary had in South Carolina will end because of tonight's results. Many African-Americans were hesitant to support Obama because they feared his campaign would not translate to white votes. Tonight's primary showed that his support is not defined by race. This victory could mean many people jumping off the Clinton trail and throwing their support toward Barack. Let's see what happeneds next.

But if you didn't pay attention to the paragraph above, you missed the other big story. Hillary Clinton came in THIRD in this primary. Again - WTF. There were many that believed that Clinton's capturing the Democratic nomination was inevitable. Tonight showed that Hillary is not the shoe in everyone everyone thought she would be. She thought she had the woman vote. That went to Barack. Early during her campaigning, her strenght was her experience. But she quickly realized that change is what people want. So now, she has become the candidate for change (a bit too late, Barack already has that title).

And regarding the Republican candidates, there was another shocker. Huckabee was the star tonight. This happened in spite the fact that Romney has much, much more money and irregardless of the mud tossing that happened in the campaigning.

Were you surprised by what happened tonight in Iowa? I'd like to hear how you felt about tonight's results and what do you think will happen next. Does Hillary need to change her strategy? Does she have time to change her strategy? Will people now switch to Barack?

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