Officially underway.....

As the state of Iowa says goodbye to all the Presidential candidates and New Hampshire welcomes them in, things have become much clearer after the first caucus concluded last night.

Mike Huckabee and Martin O'Malley have dropped out of the race so that helps clear things up a bit.

Sarcasm and political maneuvering seem to go hand in hand when trying to explain the current state of affairs regarding who will take the oath of office next January.

AT THIS POINT THERE IS NO FRONT RUNNER...FOR EITHER PARTY.

The Donald lost his first attempt to validate that a celebrity doesn't have to have political experience to win a political office.  The people of Iowa made a small statement by selecting Ted Cruz over Donnie and the Rube from Florida.  It was close but Eddie Munster can now walk into New Hampshire claiming a victory.  Mr. Trump can simply write it off by saying something special like...."have you ever been to Iowa?"

On the Democratic side Mrs. Bill Clinton is claiming victory and if 49.6 vs 49.3 is a victory than God bless her.

Bernie Sanders and Hillary Clinton will split the delegates in the state of Iowa and in my humble opinion that seems like a tie.  When you consider that six months ago Bernie had less than 3% of the vote and 98% of the people in Iowa wondered why an ex-Yankee center fielder thought he could be the new Potus... this was a monster night for him

To say Mr. Sanders made a statement in Iowa does his campaign an injustice.

HE KICKED HILLARY'S ASS.

SPLITTING THE DELEGATES WITH THE MOST FAMOUS POLITICAL WOMAN IN THE UNITED STATES, IF NOT THE WORLD, IS A HUGE WIN.

After he takes New Hampshire the pundits will finally have to acknowledge that there is not only a race on the Democratic ticket but BERNIE SANDERS CAN ACTUALLY WIN THE NOMINATION.

AND THEN WHEN HE PICKS HILLARY FOR HIS RUNNING MATE
LIGHTS OUT

Please don't suggest that Hilly's ego won't allow her to play second fiddle.  She's done it before and there's really no shame in being the first female Vice-President of the United States.  In fact....it might be the best job for her.  

She can travel the world with the sole purpose of elevating the plight of women on every social and economic level.  And then when she announces that she is gay that's another banner she could carry....and everybody loves rainbows....right?

The fact that Bernie is 74 should also make her think twice about not doing it.....the actual average life span of an adult American male is 77 so she might not have to wait that long.

It will be interesting to see how the southern primaries shape up...on both sides.  Texas vs Florida vs
Television star on one side and pinko commie liberal Jewish dude vs loud mouth probably gay babe on the other.

I'm just teasing.............................................................aren't I?

Hillary became well known through her Arkansas connection but she's actually from the Chicago area so there might not be a deep relationship for her with those loving tolerant souls in the south.  Bernie has multiple issues and it might be interesting to see a few primaries on the Demo side where the voter turnout is 5%.

I've said it before and I'll say in again....

BERNIE is the only person who seems interested in what happens to your good old middle class and underprivileged  Americans..........can he do anything about the banking industry or wall street?
Probably not....but at least he points out the problem.

The consolidation of the banking industry is borderline monopolistic.  

His vision of a actual health care system that includes everyone is the future of a government that taxes it's average citizens far beyond  any sense of reason and allows it's privileged citizens loop hole upon loop hole.

All the GOP candidates do is rip Obama, claim we have no more military and tear up Hillary.
All Hillary does is tell us how she gets things done.

The race is now on the course and within a couple months there will only be a few runners left.

I still think the conventions will yield some epic surprises.

Bye Bye Iowa....hello America.

Michael Timothy McAlevey