Obama, Huckabee Clinch Iowa Caucus
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Wow, it certainly is Christmas in January!
Barak Obama wins the Democratic Iowa Caucus with John Edwards and Hillary Clinton a close second, crazy Mike Huckabee won a decisive victory over Romney, Ron Paul beat Giuliani, and Giuliani was in 6th place!
It is clear who has the momentum in this race: Democrats. Just under 220,000 Democrats versus around 115,000 Republicans caucused tonight. All three Democratic front-runners would make excellent Presidents, compared to the whole field of Republican candidates.
Break out the popcorn on Tuesday and be sure to watch the New Hampshire Primary in order to witness the modern GOP implode. If Romney can't win in NH he is over and McCain will become the De facto leader of the race (the Beltway media is already doing this). Huckabee has little chance of winning NH, but if he comes in second, then the race will heat up between the evangelical Christians and the financial conservative coalitions.
As for the Democrats, Iowa has certainly given Obama momentum but if he doesn't translate that to another win in NH, then the narrative will become that he is untested and can't last. Edwards is best seated to take advantage of his "surprising" win in Iowa, where Clinton will be seen as fading as her numbers have nowhere to go but down.
Eight more months until the Democratic and Republican Conventions and anything can happen.
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