The Occasional Observer

I would be remiss not to repeat a frightening statistic from the Cawkeye live blog. Fox News reported that a MAJORITY of Democrats caucusing were doing so for the first time. Oh, and secondarily, there were more than twice as many voters in Dem caucus sites than GOP, despite the fact this state went for W in '04.

Why the Dem surge? Just pick your favorite reason from the following list: B.D.S., GOP fatigue, Obama's star quality, people wanting to touch Obama's cloak to wipe away their White Guilt, or a fundamental change in the ideological outlook of American voters. What's clear is that in Iowa, people who weren't traditionally Democrats wanted to make their voice heard as part of the Dem "change machine."

To that fact I would add this story, reported from Brett Passmore this morning on Race 4 2008:

If there is any impression left in any one’s mind that Hillary has any chance of winning New Hampshire, you are now officially delusional.

Obama is about to walk out to a crowd of thousands at a High School in Nashua. They were expecting 1000 to 1200. They have 2 to 3 thousand, with traffic jammed up for miles around the school.

Hillary is speaking at a “Pick Your Pres” event to about 200 people.

(According to my eye based in the video on MSNBC, she had about 300 open seats.)

The rock star is shooting - Obama is gonna sweep this thing.

Still think I was getting ahead of myself Thursday night, MB?