Barack Obama is clear winner in Iowa with 37% to 30.2% for Edwards (2nd place) and 30% for Clinton (3rd place) in the Iowa Caucus race. Edwards and Clinton appear to be in a tie for 2nd. Mike Huckabee has big victory over the other Republcan candidates. Mitt Romney, the businessman and former Governor, loses big to Huckabee. McCain seen gaining over Romney for the New Hampshire race because of the Huckabee win in Iowa .Do not count Hillary out yet according to Rachel Maddow speaking on MSNBC from Air America. Hillary gives an upbeat concession speech supporting a Democrat for President, making the point that she is the best Democrat for the job at the same time giving her salute to the Dems for having such good candidates and for bringing in so many participants to the Dem caucuses. Edwards makes a rousing speech attacking the corporate interests and only referring at the very end to the fact he came in second.
Obama comes in after the Biden concession speech and gives an inspirational oration that was really quite impressive with overtones of the spirit of Martin Luther King and The Kennedy's. The Obama speech stresses unity and hope for a different kind of world. He takes a page from Shakespeare when he talks ( I am paraphrasing) about how all of us will look back on this moment and remember Iowa as being the great turning point reminding me of the St. Crispian Day Victory speech of yore fictionally given by Henry V and written by the great master playwright of all times. Something about the cadence of Obama's speech was mesmerizing and noticeably unusual. One can only hope that Obama's words and his future deeds if he wins the Presidency will become one.
It is interesting to note that Obama received more of the women's vote than Hillary partly because he received more support from both younger women and many votes from women of all ages than did Hillary.
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