ANALYZING IOWA: TWO HISTORIC VICTORIES

ANALYZING IOWA: TWO HISTORIC VICTORIES: "Particularly important for Obama is the poor finish of John Edwards, who has campaigned in Iowa for six year. Despite that almost-exclusive focus on continuing and expanding his 2004 base, he has once again finished second. Now Obama can count on being the nearly unanimous choice of the anti-Hillary voters. No longer will the vote be divided.

Hillary faces a serious problem: Voters rejected her and rejected Bill on a very personal basis. Iowa was a referendum on her, and she lost 30 percent to 70 percent. Her argument of experience only reinforced her phoniness and her issues-positioning showed how contrived her ideology is. This is a stinging personal defeat for Sen. Clinton.

But what will happen next? With the limelight comes the spotlight. Obama will be subject to the scrutiny that comes with being the leader. Can he weather the examination?

Perhaps not. Democrats may turn on him, worried that he may not win in November. The doubts about Obama, up to now hidden behind concerns about Hillary's candidacy, will be on center stage."

Here is the beginning of my post. And here is the rest of it.