<p>Obama wins in IOWA!!!!</p>
<p>hooray for the underdog. watta stud.</p>
<p>He wasn't an underdog, and he won't win it.</p>
<p>I thought this thread said "Go Osama!!!!!"</p>
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<p>I think it's so funny that CNN is almost only talking about Huckabee's victory. It's like they're tying to forget the fact that Hillary lost.</p>
<p>imho, Huckabee was more of a surprise than Obama. Just months ago he was battling for sixth in pre-Iowa polls. And now, well...there you have it.</p>
<p>But Edwards! Edging out Hillary for second! And the media's been trying to play it off like a two-person battle... I was quite psyched.</p>
<p>Seriously! Where the hell did Edwards come from? But, does anybody really like Huckabee? (Obviously, I guess)</p>
<p>The title of this thread should read: </p>
<p>"GO HUCKABEE!!!!!!!!!!!!"</p>
<p>=)
I actually jumped and squealed in joy in front of my computer when I saw the news in the screen.</p>
<p>i'm not a huckabee fan. He'll get smashed by the democrats if he's representing the republicans... and if hillary wins the dems, then it could be really bad.</p>
<p>^ Agreed.</p>
<p>All Fox News would talk about was how 'historic' Obama's victory was in the history of America - no matter who wins the election, they said, Obama has just earned his name in the history books, because this is the first time a black man has ever had such a strong polling in Iowa, which is a 90-95% white state. And Obama, suprisingly, lost the minority vote in Iowa according to exit polls, so he must have really scored it in with the white voters.</p>
<p>With this, and with Hillary completing losing in Iowa even to John Edwards, Obama is likely to see a 10-point gain in the polls next week. Cya Clinton, your husband was nice (I met him) but someone else is going to take the oval office.</p>
<p>I think we all know who our next Mr. President shall be.</p>
<p>I think Huckabee's kind of a crazy-head. He's said all sorts of strange, backwards stuff about religion, he's almost Nixon-like in his campaigning strategies, and remember that whole thing w/ him and his wife asking people to buy them stuff at Target or wherever?</p>
<p>Obama and hillary smell bad. That's going to be my basis for all judgments concerning them :D</p>
<p>^^</p>
<p>This is why we have bush as a president.</p>
<p>Kerry smelled bad too? I didn't know :(</p>
<p>Personally, I'm a Clinton fan, and although the whole Mr. President bit sounded a little mean, congrats goes to Obama for being such a strong candidate and really having a great campaign in Iowa.</p>
<p>i am happy obama won, even though i don't like him, my only concern is that hillary won't win. Obama is not gonna win. For god sake he is as old as my parents! (obama is a lil older) No way my parents generation ready to control the most powerful country in the world. No thoedore roosevelt could do it and thats cos he was the best.</p>
<p>Ron Paul!!!</p>
<p>^^^^^^^^^^^^yes!!!!!!!!!!!!!</p>
<p>ron paul is too crazy. i like a lot of his ideas, but president? ...i don't want him.
I would like for somebody to make him their advisor whenever they become president.
*stupid grammar, how i hate you. i'm too lazy to fix it....</p>
<p>Ron Paul is too out there...too on the fringes/non-mainstream to accomplish anything as president.</p>
<p>Honestly, the caucuses surprised me in a good way. My preferred candidates showed well.</p>
<p>On the Democratic side, I thought Hilary would win, but I'd rather Obama won. When Obama blew both Hilary and populist Edwards out of the water, I was elated. I find his political beliefs to be nearly identical to Hilary, but he has far more character. He's definitely something fresh and new and I think he comes across as very intelligent and charismatic. Edwards...I disagree w/ almost all of his opinions.</p>
<p>On the GOP side (which I lean towards overall), I'm pulling for Rudy. However, I realized he had no shot at Iowa and so I had my fingers crossed for Huckabee to beat Romney...and he did! Romney is a total phony in my opinion. Huckabee has said some questionable things and is clearly one-dimensional in that he appeals to the Christian right...his political views are not strong enough to attract those who don't choose their candidate on religious/character/moral grounds. However, I find him WAY more honest and honorable than Romney.</p>
<p>The GOP election is SO wide-open and is indicative of the Republican party's lack of identity right now, as evidenced by the fact that whoever takes the lead loses it:
-At the beginning of this campaign, Romney was the favorite, with a reputation for being a man of action. Now, he's known as a "say one thing, do another" guy...a typical politician
-Giuliani took the lead next and then "blew it" by not paying attention to Iowa and New Hampshire and by apparently overplaying 9/11 and being too socially liberal for the GOP voters
-Now, Huckabee's emerged, but he won't last long. He won't win NH, McCain will. McCain doesn't have enough support elsewhere to hold any sort of lead.</p>
<p>I have no idea who will win, but whoever it is, he won't be overwhelmingly popular.</p>
<p>One last note: what's up with Giuliani and Fred Thompson? Neither does anything in Iowa, yet Rudy gets 4% and Fred gets 13%? I don't see his appeal...maybe a lot of Iowa residents watch Law & Order.</p>
<p>What if the democratic party decided to "Play it safe" this election and just continue the WASP-y legacy with John Edwards. (As they can choose whoever they want right?)</p>
<p>I think I would probably vote for the republicans out of spite</p>
<p>oh snap, i'm a senior member now.</p>