Iowa Results & Clinton Reality Distortion

I worked from the laptop while taking in the Iowa results from my periphery. The Huckabee win is not a surprise, but the margin might be. Same goes for Obama’s win for the donkeys. I’m also not surprised by Fred Thompson’s third (or maybe fourth) place finish… that’s been expected for a while. The only thing that did surprise me tonight was something that also shouldn’t have. Hillary’s post-caucus speech was just another moment of the Clinton-Cameleon effect… something her husband perfected in the White House. When you’ve been beaten, take on the mantle of the victor, claiming the cause and the win as your own. Her husband was a master of that, and she certainly can claim she learned that from him, even if her other “experience” is questionable. It does sit a bit disingenuous when someone claims experience and 35 years of politics (yes that is the number she used) yet claims to be the agent of change. But whatever, the Clintons continue to live in their own private reality.