So much for the wisdom of the polls. From MSNBC:
Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton won New Hampshire’s Democratic primary Tuesday night, pulling out a stunning victory over Sen. Barack Obama in a contest that she had been forecast to lose.
On the Republican side, Sen. John McCain defeated former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney and climbed back into contention for their party’s presidential nomination.
My wife’s been in control of the TiVo remote tonight, so I’ve had to suffice with web updates
Naturally the GOP story of the night is that Romney’s hurting (although I would have expected him to do worse, from all the hoopla) but the GOP race remains entertaining at least until we see if Giuliani can salvage Florida.
Meanwhile, the Dems have shown not to take excessive polling too seriously. The hype would have had you believe that tonight would be an Obama blowout. Nevertheless, I think we’re safely down to a two donkey race.
The two most interesting comments I saw in random blog-surfing waiting for the declaration to be made are:
- Rumors of Clinton supporters forming a 527 to swift-boat Obama; and
- Speculation that Obama’s big lead may actually have depressed turnout a little. (Although I wonder if it might be that some independents shifted parties to vote for a GOP candidate of their choice.)
Super Tuesday could prove to be most entertaining.