Obama has widened to a 7-point lead over Hillary Clinton in Iowa, according to the latest poll released tonight (yes, I was pounding the refresh button waiting for the results), three days away from the Caucuses.
If Barack wins Iowa, he'll likely win New Hampshire (where, last I knew, he was leading too), and if he wins N.H., he'll definitely win South Carolina, and if he wins S.C., he'll effectively be the Democratic nominee.
If he is nominated, the pundits will say it's because of his freshness, his judgment and character, his ability to unite the nation and give the U.S. a fresh face on the world stage, and his proven ability to attract not only Independents but Republicans to create the first landslide election in 25 years... All that is true, but I know the real reason: Iowa's own Brandon "Superman" Routh was campaigning for Barack today.
But in all seriousness, the fact that a Barack Hussein Obama has such a fair shot at the presidency makes me proud. The United States is supposed to be a country where we don't care about the color of your skin, or what your name is, or who your father was. But of course we always have cared about those things very much, to our detriment. If we are now beginning to look past those things, you could argue that Barack's candidacy has already begun to transform the country.
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