Iowa Dem results

Close but no cigar on my predictions. Obama. Obama. Obama. I actually thought that John Edwards' hard work was going to pay off. In retrospect, maybe it did. After all he did finish in front of Hillary. The story of the night was Obama's victory and not just by a little. If you saw his victory speech you had to feel good. The son of a girl from Kansas and a guy from Kenya. The "USA" chant. Political affiliation didn't matter. It make you feel good. Maybe that was the whole point.

Contrast that with the Hillary's "I'm Still in the Game" speech. "Look at all of these people from the 1990's lined up behind me. Don't we all look like losers. I can't believe I actually have to go to New Hampshire. Damn it, just make me President. Now. Please."

Lame.

Bill looked like he was hoping for another tsunami to hit so he could to catch the next flight out of town. He seemed tired and beaten. Now the pundits are tring to make Hillary the next "Comeback Kid". Only they forgot something - you need to be likeable. If you had the opportunity to hit Starbucks for just 10 minutes with one of the candidates would you pick Hillary? Would she even be in the top 5? She might be a really smart, experienced person. She's just not that likeable.

Edward's speech was just as impassioned as his campaigning. Is that enough? Probably not. This isn't 1968. He's not Bobby Kennedy. The working-class, union coalition just doesn't exist anymore. I appreciate the fact that his family worked so hard to give him a better life. I can identify with that from my own family experience. But that lifestyle and those types of jobs are never coming back. I feel his passion but unless he wins New Hampshire and then South Carolina I can't see him continuing. And he's not going to win South Carolina.