Posted on 01/04/2008 5:29:23 AM PST by COUNTrecount
And so it begins.
We wanted exciting, we got exciting.
As this is written, late on the night of the caucuses, the outlines of the decisions seem clear: Barack Obama won.
Hillary Clinton, the inevitable, the avatar of the machine, lost.
It's huge. Even though people have been talking about this possibility for six weeks now, it's still huge. She had the money, she had the organization, the party's stars, she had Elvis behind her, and the Clinton name in a base that loved Bill. And she lost. There are always a lot of reasons for a loss, but the Ur reason in this case, the thing it all comes down to? There's something about her that makes you look, watch, think, look again, weigh and say: No.
She started out way ahead, met everyone, and lost.
As for Sen. Obama, his victory is similarly huge. He won the five biggest counties in Iowa, from the center of the state to the South Dakota border. He carried the young in a tidal wave. He outpolled Mrs. Clinton among women.
He did it with a classy campaign, an unruffled manner, and an appeal on the stump that said every day, through the lines: Look at who I am and see me, the change that you desire is right here, move on with me and we will bring it forward together.
He had a harder row to hoe than Mrs. Clinton did. He was lesser known, too young, lacked an establishment. He had to knock her down while building himself up. (She only had to build herself up until the end, when she went after his grade-school essays.)
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Interesting line.
Oh, Peggy. huckabee has more problems than rollins. His record for one. I do not buy his schtick.
And hillary better get the hint. haha!! she is SUCH OLD news and doesn’t even know it. UNlikeable at that!!
hahaha!!
Now that's good news. Hillary counted on a high percentage of women being dumb enough to vote for her just because she's a woman.
OH HUCKY DAY
This line sent chills through me re: the Huckster, and why people voted for him:
“they don’t need to see the triumph of supply-side thinking, they want to see that suffering woman down the street get the help she needs.”
If we have Huck and a Dem Congress, the odds have to be 8 billion to 1 that taxes are not raised on everything and everyone...but, as the bleeding hearts will say, “It’s for the children....”
“they want to see that suffering woman down the street get the help she needs.”
Then why don’t they help her? The false assumption is that government does a better job than people can do themselves.
She and Bill have raised millions...If she drops out, do they get to keep the money?
My sense is that Mr. Huckabee's good supporters deserve a better leader.
Yes they do.
I hate to say this about my fellow females, but many will vote for a guy they think is attractive. It worked for JFK, and it’s working for Obama.
A friend suggested that people be allowed to choose to vote for American Idol or president, but not both. I think that’s an excellent idea. It eliminates much of the airhead vote.
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