Let’s caucus!
I’m watching tonight’s Republican Iowa caucus, and thinking the following thoughts:
1. I miss 2008. Watching Obama win Iowa was amazing. The world was a brighter place the morning after Iowa. It’s going to be a lot less exciting watching this primary season with it only being a Republican contest.
2. I am grateful that MSNBC (and especially Rachel Maddow) is covering this. She rocks my world, and I’m not afraid to admit that I’ve got a bit of a girl crush on her and her enormous brain.
3. I’m hoping that Ron Paul takes Iowa. As much as I wouldn’t vote for him (or pretty much any Republican) in the general election, I think he’s got some interesting ideas, and he is willing to buck the Republican establishment, which is a pretty novel thing in the GOP.
4. Last but not least, Santorum must be so excited about what’s going on tonight that against his own will he’s got his own personal Santorum surge going on at his headquarters. (Ew. Gross, I know. But a girl can’t blog about the Iowa caucus without at least one Santorum reference, can she?)
OK…that’s it for me. Off to bed, where I will fall asleep before the Iowa caucus is decided. And since it’s not 2008 (and I have a toddler who will be up at the crack of dawn), I’m okay with that. Good night, political junkies!
Follow up: the morning after
And so the Republicans caucused long and hard into the wee hours of the morning (am I the only one who thinks the word caucus sounds dirty? Just wondering.) and the results were that Mitt Romney beat Rick Santorum by eight votes. EIGHT VOTES. I can only conclude the following from the results:
1. Wow, Republicans. You REALLY don’t want Mitt Romney to get this, do you?
2. Wow, Iowans. Over 30,000 of you haven’t googled Santorum yet.
See you next time in the Granite State, New Hampshire, where they are far too proper to caucus, and instead go at it primary-style.
