On to New Hampshire

I was pleased with the results from Iowa. It was interesting to see the media coverage leading up to the caucuses. All the polls I saw with the exception of the Des Moines Register poll showed a dead heat which is not how it turned out. Barack beat Senator Clinton by nine percentage points. Everyone wants to little deal that point, but the facts are that nine points is a huge margin especially given the size of the field.

The other factor that was telling was the demographics of the results. The only group that Senator Clinton carried were the older voters. Granted, the are the most likely to vote, but they can’t continue to carry the day. Barack brought in a lot of NEW caucus participants. Couple his with with the turnout and a much different picture appears. People are excited about Barack and rightfully so considering three years ago he was a state senator.

Many knock him on experience, but if you look at the current administration, experience doesn’t equal quality. Bush has some extremely experienced people in his administration but look at the results. We now have a secretive government that appears to be corrupt. We have a war that is about something and that something changes almost weekly. This has to end. Experience is not the end all. With experience should travel integrity, currently though it seems this is lacking.

Super Tuesday is coming and we need a change. We need someone who wants to re-establish the rule of law. We need transparency in our government and we need to stop using the supposed end to justify our means. We need to be better than the rest of the world. We need to be more honest. We need to treat people better. We need a lot of things that we don’t currently have.

I’m willing to bet the farm on Barack Obama. He will make mistakes. The difference will be how he deals with his mistakes. I think he will deal with them honestly and with honor. I may be disappointed, but I’m willing to give him a chance. I don’t see those qualities in the rest of the field.