Obama Takes Iowa

Good news for America: A state full of rural whites just gave its blessing to what may turn out to be America's first black president.

Now, I know Obama is the real deal, but this win is a smackdown for Clinton. She's been whining about everything except her disastrous voting record during the Bush administration, and that now shows in the ballot results. The fact that she and Edwards are in a dead heat sniffing Obama's fumes proves that this country can get its shit together when it has to.

But...there's always a but. It's one state. There are plenty to come. Then a nominee has to be picked. Then a VP, then a national campaign. Then the actual election.

Did I mention global warming? An economic recession? Peak oil? Resource wars? So-called terrorism? Any or all of those, and more, can monkeywrench Obama's run for the White House, at any given moment. This death march isn't over at all. It's just beginning.

Good luck, righteous dude whose name rhymes with Osama.