Am I the only one surprised by this? I bow down to the power of Oprah. Anyway, the fight moves forward to New Hampshire.
via [ABC News]
Obama Wins Iowa
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Hey Nicole, I was partially joking on that “Oprah remark.” I know she’s been campaigning for him. Heard it was a very high turn out.
jmc — I pretty much had the same expectations. I guess this serves as a wake up call for her. Obama is the one to beat.
Hey Karen, this win is a big boost for him.
It surprised the hell outta me, but very pleased all the same.
Coming from Iowa here, I don’t really think Oprah made that huge a difference. Her presence didn’t seem that huge. But Obama was the only candidate that I ever heard who had real people doing the political calling. All the others I ever got were recordings.
I was surprised by Edwards beating Clinton, but it looks like a ton more younger people came out for the caucus this time around, and Clinton isn’t getting the younger votes. I wonder if she’ll change things up to do that.
I was quite surprised. I really thought it would be Clinton-Obama. And I’m a bit peeved by the spin of all the news casting it as Obama-Clinton-Edwards when Edwards edged Clinton…even though she outspent him 2:1 and Obama outspent him 3:1.