Campaign Fever

So I looked at drudge today and saw Iowa’s primary results. I got the feva and read all the articles there related to it and I still haven’t satisfied my need. Therefore I’ve decided to grace all 2 of you with my ramblings in hopes that if I say something where someone might read it I’ll find some relief.

Look at these results!
Obama 37.53; Edwards 29.88; Clinton 29.41
Huckabee 34; Romney 25; Thompson 14; McCain 13%; Paul 10%

That is crazy. I knew it was possible for these people to win but not by that much! Obama was 9 points ahead and Huckabee the same. I thought a landslide would be a win by 4 or 5 but 9!!! 9 is crazy!!

Also notice that Thompson beat McCain. For those of you who don’t even know who Thompson is he’s the guy that can’t decide whether to campaign or not…..and he even beat McCain in Iowa!

This is great news for Obama. A win here is crucial and the fact that Hillary couldn’t even get second is a really good sign for him. Huckabee still has a battle I think since for the past 4 months he hasn’t left Iowa at all. There are other early primary states besides Iowa and a win there is good but you need more than that to win it all. It will be interesting to see what he does next with this win.

My guess is Hillary goes dirty, really dirty immediately to ensure she doesn’t lose again. Unfortunately because Obama has never done anything before there’s not much to be negative about. I bet Romney either forgets evangelicals altogether after this and goes after Guiliani’s country club republicans or he starts mentioning the Bible, values, and God in every stump from now until the end of the primaries. Obviously his “both and” strategy didn’t work out too well in Iowa….and he spent a ton there.

Sitting here I’m thinking of my friends on the Romney campaign who all probably feel completely deflated. Its tough in the biz to take bad news because you’ve already worked so hard and you can’t let up at all for a pity party but at the same time the thoughts of “its all over and I lost” keep coming back to your mind. Thankfully the next bit of good news invigorates you and the same curse of campaigns moving fast becomes a blessing.

I miss the trail. I miss having a dog in the race. I’m a junky still and read the news like a hack. Who even cares who wins Iowa since every state this year is an “early state.” The Michigan Democratic Party this year wanted to be an early state so bad they sacrificed even being able to give input on who their nominee is…..in case you haven’t heard the MDP violated national party rules by having their primary too early and because of this it won’t be counted in the actual nomination and will basically be a big waste.

Ok, now I feel better. I still miss the ‘big dance’ but that ramble was good.