For the record, besides cable television (MSNBC and FNC), here’s how I’m keeping up on events tonight:
- Hotline On Call
- The Corner
- Memeorandum
- Ground Game
- BlogNetNews/Iowa
- Google Maps
- William Beutler on Twitter
- IowaCaucus on Twitter
- Drudge Siren alerts, via Gmail
- Several Gchat windows, also via Gmail
Feel free to recommend something in the comments; I’ll add anything that I end up following.
For the record, I’m hoping for a strong third-place finish for Fred Thompson, and a Huckabee win to keep Romney from getting one. For the Democrats, I’m hoping for a persuasive Obama (not Edwards) victory to keep things interesting. One thing I am definitely rooting against: respectable wins by Romney and Hillary; that is to say, I’m rooting against Iowa.
8:58 update: It’s not even 9:00 Eastern and Fox News is calling it for Huckabee, with Thompson third: 36-23-14. Haha, only if she’s 5'3".
9:28 update: Half an hour later, MSNBC calls Iowa for Obama first, Fox follows close behind. Things will get more interesting.
9:32 update: The Google Maps Iowa caucus page still says:
Come back tonight for live results!
9:45 update: You know, the Dem results came back a lot faster than expected. So much for Edwards’ momentum, though it seems to be playing as a Hillary loss. Meanwhile, Jim Geraghty guessed correctly this morning in a piece that should get a second look.
10:28 update: Back and forth between the non-concession speeches [updated: and in 2OT, victory speeches] on CNN and the down-to-the-wire Blazer game on TNT. For once I need picture-in-picture. [Final update: "115-109, THE HOTTEST TEAM IN THE NBA GOES TO 20 AND 13!"]
11:58 update: Looks like Chris Dodd already had his throwing-in-the-towel banner ready to go:
Whereas it appears that Joe Biden did not:
No great surprise, Mike Gravel’s website hasn’t been throwing rocks into the lake since December 31. [Update: Gravel is still in the race, eh? That'll teach me to believe what Keith Olbermann says.]
12:37 update: Not to pile on Dodd, who wasn’t the only sub-1% Democrat tonight, but the best headline of the night belongs to Eric Pfeiffer:
Chris Dodd .08!
12:52 update: While the most unlikely reportage is Isaac Chotiner’s:
TNR friend Charles Barkley writes to say that Obama winning Iowa is a “great start” and he hopes it leads to Obama “winning it all.” And who wants to argue with Sir Charles?
1:01 update: Calling it a night.
No, wait. One last update: If you’ll allow me to indulge, via Twitter:
