The first results are in: For Dems Obama wins, Edwards does credibly, Hillary not totally embarrassed, everyone else is out (surprise!). For Republicans Huckabee wins (yay, let’s put the clueless guy in charge of the war), Romney second, Thomson and McCain both do better than I would have expected, and Giulliani gets less than 4%. I know he wasn’t campaigning in Iowa, but even so that seems like a bad hit for Rudi.
This is the bit where I provide stunning insight into what this all means, right? Well I don’t have one beyond what a chimp could work out; none of the names I’ve mentioned are out of the race, even Rudi (but I wouldn’t put my money on him), but if you’re Obama or Edwards or Huckabee you’ve got to be pretty happy.
Update: Some factual analysis from Neatorama (where else?) that suggests that the result doesn’t mean nothing, but neither does it mean lots. How’s that for insight?