A Raucous Caucus, or Meet The Pres?

First off, congratulations goes to WHAS11 alum Sarah Beyl, who became the first person ever to post a comment on one of our blogs here on Thinking Hard. Sadly, it was just about my mindless drivel about the new year, but still...

Now on to the main event, a battle royale (with cheese) of pundits and politicians in the city of two rivers, Des Moines, Iowa!

That's right, after Thursday's caucuses in the Hawkeye State, we now have a clearer picture...of who white people in Iowa think would be a good president. An ABC estimated 236,000 people turned out for the caucuses, nearly double the number of attendees in 2004, when some guy who looked like a horse ran to save the nation from Bush. Wait, didn't I see his running mate at the caucuses Thursday night? Wonder what he was doing there? Oh, wait...squeezing past Hillary Clinton in a devastating second place victory!

For those of you paying attention to the dems, Illinois Senator Barack Obama won with 38% of the vote, John Edwards in second with 30%, Hills in third with 29%, Bill Richardson stays in the (as he puts it) "final four" with, what, TWO percent? Oh, and Chris Dodd tied with Undecided (I vote for that guy every year) and a cheeseburger with 0%. Obama won in a predominantly white/hispanic state, pulled the young voters AND the women. Yes, the women of America would rather sleep with Barack Obama than Hillary Clinton...much like Bill.

Over on the republican side of things, Mike Huckabee won it with a 34% thwomping of "TV-Hair" Mitt Romney, who garnered 25%. Seriously, this guy looks like a TV news anchor...and I don't trust ANY of THEM either. And at last check, Fred "Don't I Have A Hot Wife" Thompson and John McCain were sitting at 13% each in third place. Unfortunate that a has-been TV star can get as many votes as a man held as a war prisoner. Oh, and I hear McCain has been tapped to replace Sam Waterston on "Law & Order."

Oh, and all of this voting? It means jack...Iowa doesn't "represent" the nation's voters like it used to. Now, New Hampshire gets its say...in about 5 days. It's like watching The Ring, but instead of seven days, Chuck Norris crawls out of your TV in 5 and tells you to vote for Huckabee.

Let the games begin,
-B-