Iowa Caucuses

Some good things and some bad things from the Iowa caucuses. Opening with some humor, one commenter I read noted the misfortune that Santorum didn’t pull it out in the end, providing the amusement of “Comes From Behind” headlines. In all honesty, Rick “If You’re Going To Live Under My Roof When I’m In The White House You’ll Do As I Say” Santorum is the only candidate who’s a marginally worse choice for your vote than Obama. Romney’s victory is sad and disheartening, though it would have been equally disheartening to see a Gingrich or Perry victory there – these candidates are such a minimally better choice than the status quo that we might as well at least keep what rights we have (as long as, heaven forbid, the current nimwit doesn’t get to appoint any more Supreme Court justices) and save a few million in redecorating costs for the White House.

On the plus side, Michele Bachmann is finally out of the race, though I fear the votes that remained behind her will shift to InSantorum as I see them as the two candidates with the greatest parity on the ticket (with Paul/Johnson as the second closest and Romney/Gingrich rounding out the pairings IMO). Seeing Perry and Gingrich satisfyingly distant is encouraging, but it’s still the first caucus and I’m not sure either of them put any real focus on Iowa. Perhaps best, while Ron Paul came in third, he’ll still get the same seven delegates as the top two vote-takers.

What’s the takeaway? Whatever else you do, don’t vote for Santorum. Or Obama.