From Iowa to New Hampshire

January 3rd, 2008 by Scott

Tonight the results came in from the Iowa caucus and we have our first primary result. Republican Gov. Huckabee and Democratic Sen. Obama lead the pack, at this very early stage.

As I mentioned in my previous post about these results, we now have a preliminary result of a Democrat Senator versus a Republican Governor.

Though I missed the exact result (I called for Gov. Romney to win, and he came in second, winning 12 delegates to Huckabee’s 17), I still stand by my analysis of the 2008 presidential election. I still see Gov. Romney taking the White House this November. Of the Republican candidates, Romney is, perhaps, the strongest conservative running.

On the Democratic side, what will be interesting is to watch Mrs. Bill Clinton over the coming weeks now that she is no longer the “inevitable” candidate that she tried to portray. And with a third place ranking, it will be hard for her, even if she does win, to claim to have a “mandate.”

Of course, remember that winning Iowa doesn’t mean you win the White House. Remember several years back, one Gov. Clinton came in fourth in Iowa, and second in New Hampshire only to be the “comeback kid” and win the presidential election in 1992. It is an election and, as history has shown, anything can happen!

Only time will tell.

Update: 8 Jan 08
The New Hampshire primary has finished and Gov. Romney took the “silver” as he called it. This, combined with Iowa and Wyoming, place him at the top, with the most delegates.