What a night, what a spanking, what a butt whipping of the pretenders to the throne! The presumed old guard is licking its wounds. The Obama lightning charge to the Whie House has begun.

According to NBS’s Thursday night Caucus polls many of the Baby Boomers and an overwhelming proportion of Gen-Xers and Gen-Yers want young blood at the reigns on Pennsylvania Avenue come January 2009. If that’s a trend that continues around the country then not only will the Clinton hegemony be broken in the Democrat party but the younger generations of the country will have displayed their national electoral civic duty en-masse for the first time in generations. See Tim Russert’s comments on this perspective.

Even female Iowans liked Obama more than Hellary. So much for the assumed theory of women jumping on her bandwagon just because she is one. They aren’t going for the fear mongering any more than men are. Nothing like a mature electorate – nothing. For those of you who thought the Oprah effect was a sham keep paying attention and continue to be amazed.

I’m proud of the 50 and younger crowd. Keep up the good work and continue to show your verve like you mean it. This is exactly the degree of momentum required to take the New Hampshire primaries next Tuesday. I’m confident the voters on the east coast want the same thing the midwesterners proved on Thursday – someone and something darn different from what we’ve had had these last few terms.

What did you think about the night’s events? How are you voting when election day comes around? Let’s talk and share some thoughts.