...at least according to Drudge. Seems like that could indicate HUGE numbers for Obama. Then again...maybe it means Hillary's supporters are pulling out all the stops...

http://www.drudgereport.com/

The Land of Moo

Co-Founder of Bloggers for Darfur

Finally Americans getting off their butts to vote! No idea what it means for whom, but just so excited to see big numbers at the polls. YES!

Politics & News Contributing Editor
Queen of Spain

On Obama/Clinton: "But what worries me is that he is seen as unifying by his race while she is seen as divisive by her sex.

What worries me is that she is accused of 'playing the gender card' when citing the old boys’ club, while he is seen as unifying by citing civil rights confrontations.

What worries me is that male Iowa voters were seen as gender-free when supporting their own, while female voters were seen as biased if they did and disloyal if they didn’t.

What worries me is that reporters ignore Mr. Obama’s dependence on the old — for instance, the frequent campaign comparisons to John F. Kennedy — while not challenging the slander that her progressive policies are part of the Washington status quo.

What worries me is that some women, perhaps especially younger ones, hope to deny or escape the sexual caste system; thus Iowa women over 50 and 60, who disproportionately supported Senator Clinton, proved once again that women are the one group that grows more radical with age. "

Politics & News Contributing Editor
Queen of Spain

MinnesotaMom
www.minnesotamom.wordpress.com

Check out this link to help you figure out the candidate your are closest to on the issues. I found it very enlightening.

PopConsumer

I have heard many interesting comments here in the Galveston, TX area when talking about the primaries & upcoming general election. Here are just a few...

I would have a hard time voting against John McCain.
If you want change, you can't vote for the candidate with the last name Clinton.
Huckabee scares me - God should not be included in campaign speak.
Can you spell Giuliani (without looking or guessing)?
Mitt Romney is creepy.
I love Ron Paul, I wish he could win.
Who is Kucinich and where is he from again?
Is Bill Richardson running for a cabinet appointment?
I hate the news and I can't wait for this to be over.
John Edwards is too pretty for my taste.
I really want to like Hillary.
McCain is too old to be president.
I can't vote for a Mormon president.
Why haven't we seen Jesse Jackson & Al Sharpton on CNN pushing Obama?

Good or bad, like them or not, these are just some of the sentences I have heard in recent conversations in my neighborhood and larger community when the elections are mentioned.

Me? I am leaning towards Obama but still holding back, waiting for more information on his healthcare strategy. Additionally, I love the amazing voter turnout. What a country!

Erin
ExpectingExecutive

Watching MSNBC right now, I can see how much the media just loathes Hillary Clinton. It's as if Iowa gave them the chance to let loose all the hatred of the Clintons they have been holding in since 1999.

Echidne of the snakes writes brilliantly about Steinem's op-ed in which she flips Obama's and Clinton's credentials, especially here:

Note that the children are young. Lots of people would be up in arms about a mother leaving her young children without care. Fathers are still not expected to be in charge of that care.

Yes. But I think a lot of Obama's rise and Hillary's steep steep fall is down to her, her family, and everything she represents. And for that, I cannot blame gender, but too much Clinton, too much of the old.

Also check out Ann Althouse on media love of Obama.

here. I wish she had done this before.

MSM projecting McCain in New Hampshire

Politics & News Contributing Editor
Queen of Spain

nearly 60% of precincts in New Hampshire reporting and still no clear Democratic winner-Clinton and Obama remain within thousands-Clinton ahead at this hour. Amazing!

Politics & News Contributing Editor
Queen of Spain

Contributing Editor Catherine Morgan
also at CatherineBlogs.com and The Political Voices of Women

I am really anxious to hear the spin, pundits, etc after this one-last poll I saw BEFORE NH was Obama up by 10.

Amazing

Politics & News Contributing Editor
Queen of Spain

I wavered on who would get my vote for well over a year. On Saturday, I talked with one dear friend who I trust, is quite active in the community, who was also undecided, and felt this nation was more ready for a black *man* as president than a woman. Interesting observation, mirroring comments of Shirley Chisholm decades ago. Anyway, I sensed she was leaning Hillary.

And later, I asked Denise for her take. Denise doesn't often put her pol views out here, not like I do, shooting my mouth off quite frequently. Usually when she says something, it has much merit, a well considered pov.

So tonight, after fighting traffic to reach the polling station, I walked into the booth, stared at the ballot, stared at Barack's name, then Hillary's name. I thought about how his message resonates with me. I thought about how qualified they are, both. I thought about 215 years of history.

And voted for Hillary.

56% of Republican voters were men, according to an MSNBC exit poll; 57% of Democratic voters were women, giving Hillary a 13% margin. Women were the difference makers.

We've long talked on how vital our votes are. Single women were for Hillary by something like a 19% margin.

For the first time in history, at least as far as I can tell, a woman has one a US presidential primary.

nelle

I'm sure they will spin it with the "tears"...they already are.

Contributing Editor Catherine Morgan
also at CatherineBlogs.com and The Political Voices of Women

by Chris Matthews were really annoying, playing on this 'emotional outburst' by Clinton over the weekend.

These comments will get worse.

nelle

And are you kidding me? That was the outburst? That was the melt-down? That was the tearful moment?

I get more teary watching some commercials.

People must be so used to thinking of Hillary as a robot that any show of emotion seems over the top.

I feel led astray by the media...what a shock.

Elisa Camahort
BlogHer
elisa@blogher.org

Kudos to the Clinton campaign for pulling off the NH victory when everyone (pundits) predicted they were 'done.' As an Obama supporter, I'd say this...

* I heard someone tonight (Wes Clark, I think) talk about how exemplary Hillary's "record" is. I must be missing something. She was elected to the Senate in 2000...Obama was elected to the Senate in 2004. So she's running on 4 years more experience, right? Where does the "35 years of change" thing come in? Because if she's gonna count being married to an elected official...then surely he gets to start counting when he was elected the first African-American president of the Harvard Law Review (in '90).

* Unprompted from me, my 73-year-old (white) mother said tonight she thought Hillary's tearful moment was staged and that the questioner was a plant. Just sharing that since pundits like to assume that older, white women are automatically for Hillary.

* I've always liked Bill Clinton in many respects (although I think his lack of action in Rwanda forever taints his legacy)...but that "fairy tale" video of him undid decades of goodwill for me. In that moment, he came across to me not as a well-loved (by many) former President, but as a desperate, entitled, arrogant white male who is a very sore loser.

* The "ganging up on Hillary" thing from Saturday night's debate is confusing to me. I watched that segment twice--on the WMUR live feed and again on the West Coast broadcast...didn't that whole thing start because Gibson gave Hillary the opportunity to 'vet' Obama? She started attacking some of his positions, so Barack defended them. Then Edwards jumped on her with the status quo stuff. So if she was attacked, it seemed like it was by Edwards. I didn't see it as the two of them as ganging up on her. Just my take...

I think it's an exciting race! Who wants the whole thing decided after votes from just two small (mostly white) states? I just hope that Hillary's so-called tearful moment didn't sway voters in NH...because if women are going to vote for a woman just because she cries, I think it does a disservice to women.

Alright, Clinton supporters...let's hear your side...

The Land of Moo

Co-Founder of Bloggers for Darfur

Someone I work with shared this with me... her 4 year old son accompanied her into the voting booth. She asked him who he liked in the election, and told her he liked McCain. He then told his mom she should not vote for a girl, no Hillary!

Ayeee. She gave me details of where this came from (guess) and it just shows how entrenched patriarchy is in opposition to women in high profile leadership positions.

There is something wrong when young men are worried about having to 'endure' living in an environment where a woman is top dog in this nation. For too long we have allowed this attitude to be passed through to new generations, an attitude such that men feel humiliation at someone holding a prestigious position - humiliation felt solely because of gender, of how we should not challenge and mess with men being perceived as societal leaders.

It would be interesting to do a sociological study of the peripheral results of Hillary (assuming she continues to do well) as she moves toward the nomination. Until now, the notion of a woman running for president was rather abstract - no votes were cast. Now... with votes cast, this is real, it CAN happen... and believe it or not, this creates a need for therapists who specialise in helping men reconcile this with their lifelong sense of entitlement.

nelle