First Impressions

More tomorrow, after digestion and cogitation, but for now, some first impressions:

Hillary is wounded and deeply humiliated. I've never believed she has Bill's political smarts, charisma, courage or strength. This loss in a race she thought dems would hand her on a silver platter is going to crack that pretty shell and reveal the shallow tool she's always been.

Edwards beat Hillary. That's a victory, no matter what anyone says. I sent money to him this morning, and I bet I'm not the only one.

Obama. I'm actually fucking choking up here. As a Southerner of a certain age, I'm moved by his win in ways that you youngsters can't appreciate. As Molly once wrote, all liberal Southerners who grew up in the South before civil rights come from the same place: race.

I still say the winning team next year is going to be Edwards-Obama, but right now I want to find every Iowan who caucused for Barack and hug them.

Huckabee, Huckabee, he's our man! If he can't kill the republican party, nobody can!

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First Person Account--Local Results

In our ward the count at the first division was:
Obama 21
Edwards 18
Hillary 13
Richardson 3
Biden 3
Undecided 4
All Others 0

At the second division the count was
Obama 29
Edwards 20
Hillary 13

This translated to a delegate count of Obama 5, Edwards 3, Hillary 2
Other wards meeting at our school came out like this:
Obama 4, Hillary 3, Edwards 1
Obama 5, Hillary 5, Edwards 1
A person from a fourth ward said that Hillary won theirs.

I'll write up more later, but let's just say that Henry was force.

Also: The Obama staffer receive a text from the campaign "Boiler Room" saying that Obama was ahead in all the polls and internals.

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