Obama is Jimmy Carter. An Outsider who came to Washington. Who does not have the support, trust or help of the establishment and as such will have to not only fight the GOP but the DNC as well.

Even I forgot how powerfully entrenched the DNC is in this nation and how they are still a throw back from the early days of back door politics.

Obama will no more be able to change things then Bush, or Carter or Mr. Smith Going To Washington. Its all just talk and I think the people that were not 18-24 years old understood this last night now that blogs all over the world are starting to take Mr. Obama seriously and ask the tough question every other candidate has been asked a billion times.

(2008-01-08) — In the wake of the unexpected outcome of the New Hampshire Democrat primary Tuesday, sources at the Democrat National Committee (DNC) said they’re still trying to figure out whom to sue amid a flurry of allegations of fraud, malfunctioning electronic voting machines and voter intimidation.

“It’s a forgone conclusion that if the race outcome defies the pollster predictions, there must have been corruption,” said an unnamed DNC source. “Just because it’s an intra-party contest, doesn’t mean we’ll subject the results to less scrutiny.”

The DNC source added that “Americans need to have faith in the electoral process, but the New Hampshire Democrat primary has the smell of Bush-Gore 2000 all over it. We’re determined to follow the facts where they lead.”

I'm kidding and I don't think she would ever commit voter fraud. But I couldn't resist it… especially given how yesterday everyone was supporting Obama and yet Hillary managed to win today. Good for her.

Even though I'm an Obama supporter and was thrilled he won Iowa by such a large margin, at the time he won IA, I did predict Hillary would win NH, but the vote would be close. The last couple of days I was hoping Obama would win, just given the sheer lead he had in the polls…. but I wasn't going to place the cart before the horse. I thought Hillary would win in NH because of her history with the state over the years.

Anyway, I hope it's her last win, and at the risk of ruining my track record (hey, that's half the fun anyway), I predict that SC will go to H/O/E, but E will have closer margins to H and O in SC than he did today in NH.

The only good thing out of the NH primary is that it proves that none of the top vote getters should be counted as being out with just one (or even a few mediocre) showings.

With that, I think Kucinich and what's-his-name… Gravel (is he still running?) will pack it in. I don't think any Republican will pack it in just yet. They've all had mixed results and this early in the game they have plenty of… hope. They will all hang in a little longer. Though I think Thompson will probably be the next Repub. to go.

Go Obama!