skeptics

Ankush Khardori throws cold water on anyone who’s out there hootin’ and hollerin’:

Folks, one state had its caucuses. One rural state. One disproportionately white state. If you haven’t already, you need to reject the idea that the results give you extremely significant results, because this is only the case if the media says it is and if people, in turn, accept this nonsense. …

It is not the case, as David Axeldrod says, that “there was a hunger for change in this country.” At best, there was “a hunger for change” among Iowa Democratic caucusgoers. “The country” appears to have a different view of things for the time being.

Engram, writing before the results were in, was also careful to draw his readers’ attention to the national polls:

Hillary’s lead over Obama nationally is just incredibly strong, and both are already known quantities. I don’t really see how this national trend is going to change very much (except on a temporary basis) if Obama wins the first two primaries.

It’s a nice win, though, isn’t it?  Who isn’t rooting for Obama (on some level)? You’d have to be awfully cold-hearted to deny the powerful message such a win contains. No matter what happens, the message it sends is uplifting. Nice.