Sun Jan 06 20:37:08 summary of Iowa and videos: I am back in the bay area, after 2 days to get to Iowa, and 19 hours to come home. It is nice to be home, but I am excited about NH and how well JRE did on the debate last night. I am considering going to Nevada, though my schedule for work conflicts a lot. We'll see. I met a cool girl named emily at a party last night. She worked on JRE's 2004 campaign in NH, and it looks like she is excited to do whatever she can this time around.
about Iowa; the real story should really be how JRE was outspent 5 to 1 by each Obama and Clinton. And yet he still managed to have such a great showing and BEAT the Clinton machine. It is obvious corporate media, and other big interest groups who are very much opposed to him winning. I hope voters pay attention to him in spite of all of this. At our precinct, the Hillary camp brought gourmet sandwiches and drinks. This was a big turn off to me, but it didn't sway the voters in Council Bluffs. The people who showed up for Hillary voted for her, but it didn't seem like she got any additional votes during realignment (JRE got a lot: Dodd and Biden, and a few Richardson).
Here is my two favorite things: The final countdown, and John Edwards, going into the caucuses. It summarizes JRE's 36 hour tour. I was at council bluffs, IA and atlantic, IA events.
While people may talk about the Obama's historic speech, this was the one that moved me after caucus night:
