According to CNN, Barack Obama has won Iowa. He took 38% of the delegates, with Edwards's 30% and Clinton's 29% far ahead of the pack. Interestingly, Bill Richardson took 4th with 2% and--my favorite speaker at Alito's confirmation--Joe Biden finished 5th with 1%. Dodd, Gravel (who??), and Kucinich tied for last with 0%. Dodd's and Biden's campaigns have reportedly given up the ghost. With only 49 states left, Obama has the early lead.
With only 93% of Republican precincts reporting as of 11:21 p.m., Huckabee (34%) has a 9-point lead over conceded runner-up Romney (25%). Thompson and McCain are basically tied for third (13%), with Ron Paul taking fifth (10%) and Rudolph taking sixth (4%). Hunter--another candidate whom I don't know--has so far gathered 499 votes and one delegate to finish seventh.
I don't know how important Iowa will be in the long run, but it's exciting that Primary Season is starting. Can't wait to see what happens next week in New Hampshire!
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Hunter Thompson is a great conservative, but he really didn't stand a chance on this ballot with all the big names around him. I predict that this is Huckabee's one shining moment, which will soon fade... I think Obama will stay in the lead for a while, though. I'm a pretty hardcore right winger, and I rolled my eyes out of my head listening to (and yelling at) Hilary and Edwards give their banal and lifeless speeches tonight, but I gotta admit that Obama can talk good and stuff. The man was pretty captivating.
In other related news, if I can find it among all of the crap I brought back into town, I'm wearing my Hawkeye shirt tomorrow or monday. How topical!
Ms. ALV,
I hate to quibble over details, but Hunter S. Thompson is the author that wrote "Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas", and he is not a conservative by any stretch of the imagination.
U.S. Representative (R) Duncan Hunter, who is currently running President, is probably the name Mr. Masten is searching for.
LOL, yes, forgive me. I blame a serious sleep deprivation from a cold, NOT ignorance of either politics or "literature". Also, I blame seeing the name "Thompson" (referring of course to Fred) to make that horrible leap. :)
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