37.6% Obama wins Iowa!

WillParbury Fri Jan 04, 2008 at 09:55:14 AM GMT Print-friendly version Facebook

Wow Obama has just blown the democratic primary wide open!



Considering that most the polls had been to close to call it wasn’t so much a victory as a rout.

37.6% Obama

29.8% Edwards

29.5% Clinton

2.1% Richardson

Perhaps it’s time to look a little closer at the junior senator from Illinois because this guy might very well end up being the next president of the United States of America. OK it’s a long way to go but this has got to be the best start Obama could have wished for.

So how did Obama get here? The speech he made to the 2004 Democratic convention was a crucial moment. You can watch it here in Part I & Part II. The Chicago Magazine also has an excellent article on it. He may be a new boy on the senate block but he’s guided by an old hand in his Senate chief of staff Peter Rouse and for the full Obama course try Barack 101

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37.6% Obama wins Iowa! | 7 comments (7 topical)

Re: 37.6% Obama wins Iowa! (#1)

by TonyH on Fri Jan 04, 2008 at 11:22:14 AM GMT

I've been following it. There's a brilliant and very telling profile of Obama here:






Re: 37.6% Obama wins Iowa! (#2)

by RedRooster on Fri Jan 04, 2008 at 12:16:23 PM GMT

Fantastic result.  I always liked Barack- particularly his ability to demonstrate the practical implications of legislation he was working on.  Hillary Clinton reminds me a bit of (deep breath) Gordon Brown, in that it was assumed for so long that she would get the nomination, she never had to crystalize exactly why she SHOULD get the nomination.


Re: 37.6% Obama wins Iowa! (#3)

by swatantra on Fri Jan 04, 2008 at 12:18:31 PM GMT

A new begining for America. Barak did well.


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Re: 37.6% Obama wins Iowa! (#4)

by HOWLERMONKEY on Fri Jan 04, 2008 at 12:38:25 PM GMT

He did well. But super tuesday will be the true test.


Re: 37.6% Obama wins Iowa! (#5)

by NorthernMonkey on Fri Jan 04, 2008 at 01:00:31 PM GMT

He certainly did do very well last night. I think if Obama and Huckabee get the nomination then Obama would win comfortably out of those. But there's a danger that Bloomberg might stand and sweep up the independent voters since neither of them are particularly centrist.


Re: 37.6% Obama wins Iowa! (#6)

by swatantra on Fri Jan 04, 2008 at 01:36:34 PM GMT

Don't you just hate these Independents who don't really stand for anything other than themselves and throw their hat in the ring, and spoil everything. In 2000 and 2004 it was Nader and Liebermann. Perhaps they should do what the French do and have 2 elections, the first to eliminate the has-beens.


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Re: 37.6% Obama wins Iowa! (#7)

by jkitleft on Fri Jan 04, 2008 at 04:15:39 PM GMT

Lieberman stood in 2000 as the Democrat veep candidate, and 2004 as an unsuccessful presidential candidate for the Democrats. 2006 was the year he stood as an Independent Senate candidate.

I was expecting this result. I though Obama would win here, (I've always doubted that Clinton would rout this contest). I was expecting Huckabee to win. If Romney doesn't do that well in New Hampshire, he's done. Don't discount John McCain yet (and I know I'll get slaughtered for this, but he's my second favourite candidate behind Obama).

And Rudy '9/11' Giuliani, recently diagnosed with 9/11 Tourettes Syndrome, will come into play in the bigger states, which is a suspect strategy. Rudy, Rudy, Rudy, Rudy has a problem, in that, although his fantastic leadership of NYC can not be doubted, has seemed to position himself as the candidate most experienced with dealing with terrorism. He was mayor when the attacks happened. That was the federal government's problem. I am not blaming him for the attacks, I'm just saying he didn't do anything. He was there. That doesn't make him more experienced to deal with terrorism.


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37.6% Obama wins Iowa! | 7 comments (7 topical)