Iowa Caucus Results
by John Little on 3/01/2008I’ll be blogging throughout the evening. It looks like Huckabee and Hillary’s future running mate Obama are the candidates to beat. Their campaigns would benefit greatly from victories tonight but both men stand to lose more in defeat than either Clinton or Romney.
A surge from McCain would be really interesting and a real game changer since he’s polling so well nationally. The media is eager to talk up a McCain surge. If he finishes in first or second place, third even, they’ll have all the license they need.
Update: 8:29 PM CST: CNN is calling it for as Obama as well.
Update: 8:27 PM CST: CBS News is calling Obama the projected winner.
Update: 8:23 PM CST: They’ll be calling it for Obama soon. He’s leading Edwards and Clinton by increasing margins now.
Update: 8:16 PM CST: The media isn’t calling it for Obama yet. You know those trigger fingers have to be really itchy though…
Update: 8:10 PM CST: CBS and CNN show Obama starting to pull ahead of Edwards with Hillary at third. A possible finish behind Edwards (the prettiest girl in the race) has got to hurt.
Update: 8:04 PM CST: CNN is projecting a win for Mike Huckabee. Ugh. Well, at least Ron Paul didn’t get anywhere.
Update: 7:56 PM CST: Edwards is hanging within a point of Clinton and Obama or leading in most early results. Huckabee doing extremely well too. Folks in Iowa seem to have a thing for slime.
Update: 7:45 PM CST: CBS News Entrance Polls – According to early results of CBS News entrance polls of caucus-goers in Iowa, both the Democratic and Republican races are close between two candidates. Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama are battling for the lead in the Iowa Democratic caucuses and Mitt Romney and Mike Huckabee are locked in a close battle in the Republican caucuses.
Update 7:24 PM CST: CSPAN has cool live video of both the Democrats and Republicans in Iowa. The Democrats have the more confusing, and interesting, process. It’s the channel to watch.
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