Iowa Surprises

Hey folks,

Happy Friday to you. Iowa surprises? Not really. Here is the break down.

Republican side: Huckabee wins 9 points ahead of nearest rival. 34 %. Romney second with 25 % . Followed by Thomson with 13.4% and McCain with 13.1%.

Democrat side: Obama comes back from trailing Edwards, who was leading as the numbers came in, and wins it with 37 %. Followed by Edwards with 29.7%. Hillary coming in third, if you will, with 29.5% and finishing last is Richardson with just 2%

On the Democrat side, Senator Joe Biden bowed out.

"There is nothing sad about tonight. We are so incredibly proud of you all. So many of you have sacrificed for me and I am so indebted to you. I feel no regret. I ain't goin' away.

I want to thank the people of Delaware and I'll be going back to the Senate as chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee," he said.

Should McCain now do the same? I doubt it. He all of a sudden has a surge behind him, including a little help from the Mainstream Media. This is why I feel Huckabee won. No one was really pushing against him. There were a few negative stories out there, but they amazingly disappeared as fast as fast as they came out. Even the Democrat contenders did not attack Huckabee all that much.

The answer to this is simple. The Mainstream Media and the Democrat Party both WANT Huckabee to win the nomination. In many the same ways as some on the Right, would LOVE to see Supreme Leader Wannabe Hillary to win the Democrat nomination. They do not feel that either can possibly win, making it an easy victory in the General elections.

Now I’m sure that we are going to hear today, how “Iowa really doesn’t matter that much anymore.” “You have to understand there was a low turn out.” “Hillary is so brave to go there when she knew she was going to lose.”“ It showed her character.”“ How brave she was facing a no win scenario” ETC.

The winners of course say they are unifiers, and how they will bring both sides together, which is what they ALWAYS say. Even the Democrats said this in 06. Look what we got then. Onward to New Hampshire.

This is interesting though. According to Union Leader.com - McCain says he must win New Hampshire

MANCHESTER – Sen. John McCain says he must win New Hampshire and he's confident Republican primary voters will give him another stunning victory here come Tuesday.

The Republican presidential hopeful made his declaration in an exclusive interview last night with the New Hampshire Union Leader as he arrived in Manchester for the final campaign push.

So time is ticking by for McCain again. New Hampshire SHOULD be a must win for all those that finished poorly in Iowa. But we will have to wait to see.

Special Saturday edition of the From the Emails segment tomorrow. See you then.
Peter