Iowa numbers

Lots of analysis going on this morning. You can't take away from Obama the stunning margin of victory. However, one of my favorite blogs, Hoffmania, put up this interesting little table:

Total Voter Turnout (approximate) 356,000

Percentage of total vote
24.5% Obama
20.5% Edwards
19.8% Clinton
11.4% Huckabee (R)

Think about it, looking at the totality of votes cast last night, in both parties. The Democrat who came in 3rd (being treated in the mainstream press today as a 'major defeat') still managed to pull in almost twice as many votes as the Republican winner.