Well, Shit....

what i was afraid would happen...happened. huckabee and obama had clear, decisive victories in iowa last night.

the final results had obama garnering 37.54% of the iowa caucus vote... 20% of his supporters were independents - a number that must scare the shit out of republicans (especially maccain in new hampshire...just four days away).

edwards and clinton finished second and third... edwards barely edging out hillary with 29.71% to 29.43%.

edwards is done.

hillary is wounded... and i have to be honest - i'm afraid she's done, as well.

i'm not ready to drive the final nail into her coffin... she is still ahead by double digits in national polls and ahead handily in new hampshire as recently as yesterday.

but i watched obama's victory speech last night... it was electric. it was the type of speech that made me say "this man will one day be president" after he spoke at the 2004 democratic convention.

the energy that the room emanated FROM THE FUCKING TELEVISION.... his passion. his message. this man has become a movement.

it's hard to stop a movement. and he is impressive.

obama would easily be my top choice... if i haven't had such a long love affair with hillary and if i didn't really desire a woman in the white house.

so an obama presidency does not make me unhappy. i will easily support obama if he is the nominee.

but i retain hope (there's that word) for hillary.

my friend sally is 50. she is afraid that if hillary doesn't win the presidency she may never see another viable female presidential candidate in her lifetime. that's sad... but a possibility.

but, really, who else is out there.....? pelosi? mccaskell?

chris matthews...whom i learn to loathe a bit more every day...made an interesting point. the white men of america gave the black men of america the ability to vote in 1870. it would take another 50 YEARS before the men-folk decided to give the women-folk that same right.

so clearly the white men that run this country are more comfortable to have another MAN...even if his pigmentation is a bit darker...than a woman run this country.

it's a sad fact.

at least i can be happy in the man that may be chosen to run it. but goddamn...i still really hope it's a woman.

hillary 08.

e.