Iowa Bowl

When talking about the big game this evening, many might think first of the Orange Bowl with the Kansas Jayhawks versus Virginia Tech. However, a more significant bowl is playing out in the great state of Iowa, the Iowa Caucus, the first major battle of the 2008 presidential election.

Sparing non significant filler material, I'll cut to the chase. Obama and Huckabee won. Here's how the top three candidates stacked up according to the Drudge Report around 9:30 PM.

Obama 37.53%
Edwards 29.88%
Clinton 29.41%

Huckabee 34%
Romney 25%
Thompson 14%

As has been detailed in the media, the Democratic side of the race is much closer than the Republican side, however it is clear at this point that Obama dominated. Edwards and Clinton are still too close to call definitively, but it is clear now that Hillary Clinton will have a bit of a tougher time winning in other states, now that her aura of invincibility has been crushed.

While I intend to bring attention and spend time covering the early primaries, I don't want to over do it. While being first is nice and all, there really hasn't been much correlation over the years as to who wins Iowa and who becomes president. Just remember, Howard Dean won Iowa in 2004, we all know how that ended...