Obama wins convincing victory in Iowa
By Christi Parsons and John McCormick | Tribune political reporters8:53 PM CST, January 3, 2008
DES MOINES - Fueled by record turnout among young and new voters, Sen. Barack Obama won an historic and convincing victory in the Iowa caucuses Thursday night, a win that validated his status as a leading candidate for the Democratic presidential nomination. - chicagotribune.com
Are you as surprised as I am? Can Sen. Obama really win the nomination? Are you excited?
This will be front page news in every major newspaper in the world tomorrow.
This will be front page news in every major newspaper in the world tomorrow.
8 comments:
I totally cried the whole time I watched his victory speech. I cried so much I have a headache now.
I think he can win the nomination. I am so hopeful.
I am loving it! yes, I think he can win the nomination.
Liz and JJ B,
I have goosebumps! I can't believe how excited I am! I can barely type!
I'm not that surprised. He ran a good campaign in the last few weeks. I'll start getting excited if he prevails next week!
I'm impressed he received 57% of the youth vote. I wonder just how many young people voted?
I am not surprised. I had a feeling all along that the pundits who crowned Hillary months ago, didn't have the whole story. People want change. The remaining candidates of change are Obama and Edwards. I hope these results lift them both through the coming primaries.
Professor Tracey,
If he wins in New Hampshire that's going to be colossal!
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Symphony,
I'm not sure but I know he campaigned really hard with the college kids. They must have come out in pretty big numbers though because they broke records for participants in the caucus.
I wonder how the college vote will translate nationally for him.
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Tami,
I saw Edwards on TV this morning, e seemed pretty please and enthusiastic. So you never know.
New Hampshire is going to be very interesting.
Edwards speech was quite inspirational too. I am surprised that Clinton came in third. I'm sure she was too. LOL But, the even more surprising thing is Obama won the women's votes from clinton. The 50 and over women Clinton though she had a lock on. She has some major retooling to do.
Yayyyyy! Obama!
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