Obama wins

Posted: Thursday, January 03, 2008 9:25 PM by Domenico Montanaro

NBC News projects Obama the winner of the Democratic caucus.

*** UPDATE *** Clinton, Edwards in a very tight race for second place for delegate equivalents.

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I'm 53 - young people, if you want a change from the this 8 year long disaster, register NOW and go out and vote. It can happen!!

OBAMA 08

Larry, Knoxville TN (Sent Thursday, January 03, 2008 10:22 PM)

It ain't over, by a long shot.

C.B. (Sent Thursday, January 03, 2008 10:26 PM)

We will see ya' in New Hampshire. hillaryclinton.com

C.B. (Sent Thursday, January 03, 2008 10:27 PM)

As Republicans we decided to vote in the Democratic caucus for Obama so our candidate would not have to go up against Hillary. I am happy for the way the caucus went.

GOP (Sent Thursday, January 03, 2008 10:28 PM)

The Lord is about to restore all things for America! Obama 2008... Thank you Jesus.

Ayo Abraham (Sent Thursday, January 03, 2008 10:29 PM)

My Congratulations to Barack Obama. Thruout his campaign, he has stood Tall above the rest. He stayed on message, while his Character was Attacked relentlessly.The people of Iowa have spoken to That.You will Not tear this good man down with Garbage. Attack him on issues, not on Character.It was soundly REJECTED!!!!!!!

Rick,ky (Sent Thursday, January 03, 2008 10:30 PM)

Um, "GOP" poster guy, that might be a little more believable if you hadn't just admitted to it, lol.

Seems a pretty strong indicator that Clinton supporters are pretending to be Republicans to spread the misinformation that the GOP is afraid of Hillary.

Paul Miller, Woodbridge, VA (Sent Thursday, January 03, 2008 10:34 PM)

The democrat turnout in Iowa leaves me very hopeful for November. With the possibility of a black candidate, just think of all the people who will turn out because they now believe their votes will mean something! YAY OBAMA!

MBR (Sent Thursday, January 03, 2008 10:36 PM)

I'm just waiting for Dickie Flatts To Comment ... and Cathy from Upstate NY ... and a few of the others who have been lurking on the Obama stories ... we miss your insights:)

Ralph in Chicago (Sent Thursday, January 03, 2008 10:36 PM)

Too bad for you Hal, that's why things never change and we keep getting the same old same old. Think outside of the box Obama is it!!!

Falesa, FL (Sent Thursday, January 03, 2008 10:37 PM)

I see coments from Nassua and London. The whole world is also looking for change. History is being made.

Rawlins, Wyoming (Sent Thursday, January 03, 2008 10:37 PM)

Thank you Iowa!!!! I am from Illinois and believe Obama a denison of change. Hillary can do nothing as she has had no experience except as being a first lady. What good does that do as she wasn't even there most of the second term of Billy. I really wish there were a law firm that challenged her ""experience"". My wife is from Iowa and I from Illinois - - what better of a team for OBAMA!!!!!!

Jon Pool, Chambersburg, IL (Sent Thursday, January 03, 2008 10:38 PM)

I must have hit my head on the toilet and woke up in an alternative universe where people think a completely inexperienced, almost one term Senator is capable of leading the United States out of the mess that King George is leaving behind here, and around the world (hmmm...same resume as Edwards, and Clinton, though Clinton got reelected, and did get to pick out the china pattern for the White House). The chair of the European subcommittee of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee (Obama) has not even seen fit to convene it once! No foreign policy experience, no executive experience, a virtually non-existant voting record as a state rep ("present" is not a vote), a desire to rekindle the radioactive fires of nuclear power in America...Karl Rove did you type all these pro Obama responses? You are one clever dude. With any luck Bill Richardson will make a showing in New Hampshire and we can put the boy-man from Illinois to bed. In 8 years, if he has proven himself an effective leader in the Senate, then I'll think better of him. Folks, being a good lookin' idealistic guy who gave a good speech and the '04 convention does not qualify anyone to be President; not at this time in history anyway. If you want change then elect someone who can bring it; someone who has brought change to his home state as Governor: Bill Richardson. A two term governor, Secretary of Energy, Ambassador to the UN, a seven term Congressman, a five time Nobel Prize nominee. He's raised the minimum wage in his state, brought health care to every child in New Mexico 5 and younger, has passed an energy program reducing NM's greenhouse emissions, stimulated a stagnant economy, helped convince the North Koreans to shut down their nuclear reactor while all Bush did was rattle sabres...I could go on. I'll take that resume over Obama any day. Don't throw America down the tubes on good looks and platitudes. Richardson for President!

Shtuey (Sent Thursday, January 03, 2008 10:38 PM)

GOT HOPE?!

ROLL THE DICE! Barack got a 7, Hillary got snake-eyes!

Ron, TX (Sent Thursday, January 03, 2008 10:40 PM)

GB is the statement that the republicans win in Nov a racial thing or a emotional thing or what.

realistically Iowa is a swing state and the heavy dem turnout says the state is going democratic in the national election. Based on the electorial college Iowa is in play in the national electorial votes. Therefore i would like to know the basis of your statement

Bill from Chicago (Sent Thursday, January 03, 2008 10:42 PM)

YES! THE RIGHT MAN WILL TAKE! OBAMA, I LUV YA!

Atlanta, GA (Sent Thursday, January 03, 2008 10:43 PM)

Now that Edwards has lost Iowa and is a distant 3rd in NH, his supporters will start peeling off and going to Obama. The Edwards supporters are mainly in the anti-Clinton camp. The majority of them aren't going to Clinton. Hillary is in trouble.

Ava (Sent Thursday, January 03, 2008 10:48 PM)

Hurray, Obama? What is he going to do for us, exactly? Has he actually stated something in detail?He has been slinging more mud than all campaigns combined, and then steps back with hands raised. "Not me. Not me." The media is skewing this thing people. There is no democratic process in this country - witness George Bush - and certainly no place for an intelligent, strong, disciplined woman who can make men cry with how smart she is. That's the real kicker and they can't take it.

Beans, CT (Sent Thursday, January 03, 2008 10:51 PM)

Obama didn't just win, he opened a can.

Thank You, Iowa.

Darrius, Arkansas (Sent Thursday, January 03, 2008 10:53 PM)

OB is no Kennedy but Bush has hurt that party beyond repair. Any Dem is better than one of them. Guess what, we need a change of a major type

F One (Sent Thursday, January 03, 2008 10:56 PM)

I do not want Hillary in power that is disaster for the country!!!!!!

dave stenvold (Sent Thursday, January 03, 2008 10:57 PM)

I'm female, white, and 64 (and a registered Republican). I agree that OBAMA needs to be this country's next President! Then we'll see some changes made!!

S Peck, Grants Pass, Oregon (Sent Thursday, January 03, 2008 10:58 PM)

Hay, J. Merle Stanley, Mr. the Democratic party should nominate the candidate, Not independents. Barack Obama 32%, Hillary Clinton 31%. YeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeHaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaW!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Rick,ky (Sent Thursday, January 03, 2008 11:01 PM)

OB is no Kennedy but Bush has hurt that party beyond repair. Any Dem is better than one of them. Guess what, we need a change of a major type

F Oneto, Sacramento, CA (Sent Thursday, January 03, 2008 11:04 PM)

This country fought against anointed kings. Go Obama!, you have brought hope again to a generation that is tired of political families. It feels like a breath of fresh wind is finally blowing. It feels good to see the people were listening. Bring on New Hampshire, South Carolina, and SUPER TUESDAY..

Michael, Chicago, IL (Sent Thursday, January 03, 2008 11:08 PM)

IOWA!! YOU LIT THE ROCKET!!!!

Let's hope the rest of the country follows suit and embraces the place you have set for yourself in the history of the country. OK, N.H. and S.C. go ahead and confirm that there is no longer an electability issue. Barack had a broad based coalition.

POLpursun (Sent Thursday, January 03, 2008 11:09 PM)

I am very happy that IOWA gave Obama a win! I would vote for him in the General Election but NEVER Hilliary. I want the Bushes GONE and I want the Clintons GONE. It is time for change and time for us to move forward. He and his campaign is very KENNEDY LIKE... Great job! I believe

Wendell (Sent Thursday, January 03, 2008 11:19 PM)

I am so proud to be an Obama supporter tonight!

And let's show some love to the >220K Dems who showed up in Iowa to start giving us our voice back...

OBAMA '08!

JB, Charlotte, NC (Sent Thursday, January 03, 2008 11:23 PM)

Well maybe we will hear something good from the news media about Obama now. Hurray OBAMA. Anyone but Hillary please.

Eva Pinehurst Idaho (Sent Thursday, January 03, 2008 11:29 PM)

Gee Hillary.....

Time to fire Mark Penn

That sleaze bag was a TOTAL BUST !
Great strategy, running as the 'inevitable' candidate

Great move, smearing Obama without any substance behind your smears

You've still got a good chance (40% ?)
Better get a new campaign manager

David Gergen just said Slick Willie is 'devaastated'

On CNN someone just called Hillary's speech 'emotionless' and 'graceless'
Lovable Hillary !!

(;-D

Sierra,SF (Sent Thursday, January 03, 2008 11:30 PM)

Wow that was some speech Obama just gave. I don't know if I've ever seen a better one.

I think before now people were mostly inspired by the idea of what Obama could be. Don't mean to be overdramatic, but I think he just took a major step toward personafying that idea. Did he just become the next president?

Paul Miller, Woodbridge, VA (Sent Thursday, January 03, 2008 11:32 PM)

John Edwards, i think, did'nt Congratulate Barack in his speech. I did'nt listen to all of Hillary's, did she Congratulate Barack? Does anyone know?

Rick,ky (Sent Thursday, January 03, 2008 11:43 PM)

Congratulations Obama!! You came to speak in MN for Tim Walz and Amy Klobuchar in Rochester, MN and I was lucky enough to be upfront to hear you speak. You are one of kind and can take our country in a new direction.

Democrats, this is a candidate YOU CAN BE PROUD IN!! I am a BIG Edwards fan but I believe that it is Obama's time. I hope that Edwards fans in NH will go for Obama and the Edwards will be the VP, with Biden as the Secretary of State. How great would that be!!

Obama/Edwards'08

Jesse, Burnsville, MN (Sent Thursday, January 03, 2008 11:45 PM)

I am soo excited for this election as an African, I see this as a universal wind of change .Let the people who will bring change do it.It is time people.

Shionah Chancellor, Evanston, Illinois (Sent Thursday, January 03, 2008 11:49 PM)

Thank God most of our Iowa neighbors could see through HRC's chameleon behavior. Ever since her senatorial campaign when I heard her say "but 'ay, this is New York," I've waited with bated breath for her next adaptation. As I heard her addressing Iowa she sounded strangely mid-western and down to earth. What's next, Hillary, a speech thanking the academy? BTW, I'm another old baby boomer who is ready for change. Go Barack.

citizen from Nebraska (Sent Thursday, January 03, 2008 11:50 PM)

Iowa, you elevated our nation by being the first aggregate group of Americans to literally take our country across the threshold into the 21st century.

Yes, what you have done truely marks the beginning of the next 100 years. If Barack should become the next president your state, and her people, will appear right along with him in the annals of our country's history. What faith! What hope! I feel the burdens of a divided country on the brink of unity.

Now, it is my hope that the rest of the states will do as you have done and continue to lift up (restore) this great country and all her people.

May God bless each of you and may God bless the New America!

Reggie Boykins, St. Louis, MO (Sent Thursday, January 03, 2008 11:51 PM)

thank You Iowa. You have chosen well.

Patrick Digker, Evanston Il. (Sent Thursday, January 03, 2008 11:51 PM)

Rick,Topeka Ks writes "Baby Boomer generation had there chance, and I think it's over. The Popularization of the Clinton,George W Bush and Newt Gingrich. Barack Obama winning shows it's a new generations chance to lead."

UH...Hate to tell you this, Rick, but if Obama was born before 1964 and after 1945 then he is a baby boomer. So unless BO is younger than 42 or older than 63 then he is a boomer! BTW, Chris Matthews licks Obamas booty each and every night. So he is not your most objective source.

Rob, Phoenix, AZ (Sent Thursday, January 03, 2008 11:55 PM)

Obama and Huckabee- the worst possible choice on either side. Although Clinton and McCain are pretty bad.

Rhj (Sent Friday, January 04, 2008 12:00 AM)

May the Lord continue to bless this country, for it is he who allows and gives such a person such great responsiblilty to be Presendent of the U.S. The position of such placement is ordered by his choosing so that all the world may someday know who he is in one way or another.
Much congrats to Obama, history has been changed forever once again...
From the Midnight striking hour of Freed People in the South, to the I O W A Mid West Caucus of Change....
America is still a great country...
Thank you my fello Iowans...

Tony, Davenport Iowa (Sent Friday, January 04, 2008 12:02 AM)

Rick and Kit,
I'm assuming when you say the Baby Boomers had their chance, you're referring to the two B.B. Presidents, Bill Clinton and George Bush, and not the voters of that generation.
The polical philosophy of the Baby Boomer generation is very varied, but we are, after all, the generation that supported, and/or marched with M.L.King Jr., demonstrated against Viet Nam, refused induction into the draft, and watched as three of our political heroes were assasinated. We're still politically involved, and our opinions on the war, the economy, the government, and the courage of our generation to recognize the need for and bring about change began long before before this presidential initiative. I campaigned for Bobby Kennedy in NY in 1967, and attended one of the earliest fund raisers for Barak Obama in Virginia forty years later. It's a frame of mind, not a generational thing.

Chris, Virginia Beach, VA (Sent Friday, January 04, 2008 12:18 AM)

Sorry, Repulican Forever--But even stepping in front of a freight train beats the Slow Boat(or is it 'Swift Boat'?)to China we have been on for 8 years---Glad to know the GOP has chosen another candidate who has been "Called By God" to lead this heathen country--I'm kinda glad that I'm not rich enough to vote Republican--

BarefootFreddie--SW VA. (Sent Friday, January 04, 2008 12:45 AM)

Iowa,we thank you from the very core of our being.I never stopped believing inhumanity and the common good.What you've accompliished through your hard work and commitment is something you can be very proud ofand I thank you so much.On to NH now,there's no time for celebration. Pundits you all said Barack was out of it,before the first vote was cast.How wrong you all were now own up to it.Congrats to Sen Barack

Theresa Dumas (Sent Friday, January 04, 2008 12:58 AM)

An Obama/Wesley Clark ticket or A Hillary/Edwards ticket--Either way the Dems have this former Republican/Independant's Vote--Time for each of us to unite and take back/return this great nation to it's former glory---Our respect and world wide image must be restored from years of Bush/Cheney/Rove disgrace--Let's unite to again be the most admired and respected country on this planet--U.S.A.---0

BarefootFreddie--SW VA. (Sent Friday, January 04, 2008 1:24 AM)

Im a diehard Democrat, but an Obama(Osama) win, the Republicans will win in Nov, 2008. My Democratic choice is Hillary. Huckabee would be nice for the Republicans.

ar_dennis51 Malvern, AR (Sent Friday, January 04, 2008 7:12 AM)

Im shocked that Obama won. However, Im thrilled that democrats came out to show there opposition to the meglomaniac GOP president in place now. It was a good night for America. The turnout shows that there will be change. Not keen on obama though..

Lynette, NYC (Sent Friday, January 04, 2008 8:32 AM)

We Asians have the say for OBAMA... it's time for a change.!!!

Cebu (Sent Friday, January 04, 2008 8:39 AM)

ar_dennis51 Malvern, AR, wrote, "Im a diehard Democrat, but an Obama(Osama) win, the Republicans will win in Nov, 2008. My Democratic choice is Hillary. Huckabee would be nice for the Republicans."
Yeah, people like you just don't want to move on. You just want to live in the past. I think it's people like you who resort to being radicals, using violence when everyone else seems to want to move towards a progressive period. Of course you have the right to support whom ever you want. You are entitled to not want to support Senator Obama but what's it with the name calling? On a day like this, you could at least congratulate him and move on to the next stage. Goodness gracious, what does it take to move you people? So I guess it's all about you and your own interests, huh? Can you at least understand that a tiny white state had started something that could make history? Obama could prove to be a bust. However that begs the question in my opinion. I think it's all about a country that's tired of the bickering, tearing down, and bitter partisanship. What will you do if those young folks are for real? Are you going to move away? Are you going to use violence to curb the progress? Will you accept any change at all unless it comes your way?

Doles, Miami, FL (Sent Friday, January 04, 2008 8:43 AM)

Obama is the man ... Finally i am vindicated and i believe the people of IA made the right choice. I am fired up and ready to go...

Bee, South Africa (Sent Friday, January 04, 2008 9:16 AM)

Thank you Iowa!!

Crystal (Sent Friday, January 04, 2008 9:46 AM)

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