Infinite MonkeysBest news of the night: The Hillary Coronation has been canceled. As Peter Robinson at The Corner pointed out, Seventy percent of Democrats voted against Hillary Clinton. She may yet win the nomination — no way the Clinton Machine rattles to a stop quietly — but she would have to do it by tearing down Obama. And as the Politico notes, that is difficult to do "in a way that doesn’t make her look small or desperate." Boy, I'm going to enjoy watching that.
Worst news of the night: Romney's stumble. I don't think many monkeys are happy with Huck's win, me included. But I'm still confident in my long-held view that the party will not be stupid enough to nominate this man for the top of the ticket. But Romney was supposed to be one of the "out" candidates. And if the polls are correct and he is beaten by McCain in New Hampshire, he shrinks considerably.
Biggest overrraction of the night: I am just aghast at the idea that a state that is 94 percent white, rural, provincial and quirky has such a say in who becomes president. And then I realize, that they often don't. Reagan lost Iowa. Bush the Elder lost Iowa. Dukakis and Clinton both lost, too. Let's wait until at least Michigan before the press starts picking out drapes for Obama, shall we?
Biggest loser: Hugh Hewitt. Seriously. I find it hilarious that Hugh is now strangely quiet after his guy got creamed. He can only spin, saying "Shades of 1976 --the long march begins." And say little else. I agree that it's a long march (see above), but I suspect that Hugh would be doing cyber back flips if Romney got within even 5 percentage points of Huck. It's a little small on Hugh's part to not post some opinion of his own, and perhaps display a little humility, after what is really a humiliation for him, too.
Biggest winner: Obama, obviously. This was an historic night. A man of mixed heritage, identified as black by Americans, has just won in an open primary in probably the whitest state in the country. I'm happy he won for three reasons: He's not Hillary; he's not Edwards, and he'll probably lose in the general election despite an effort by the media that will make its efforts on behalf of Clinton, Gore and Kerry look like sleepwalking. Lose that is, to anyone buck Huck.
Posted by Dr. Zaius at January 3, 2008 11:33 PM | TrackBackThe only reason Iowans picked Huck and Obama was because Ned Flanders and Oprah weren't on the ticket.
Posted by: Exurban Jon at January 4, 2008 12:49 PMHilarious. Jon is too modest to point to his original jokes on that front here and here.
Posted by: Dr. Zaius at January 4, 2008 11:52 PM