An Iowa Caucus to remember

...Or not. I'm sure by now anyone who so much as breathes in the presence of a computer knows the results of the Iowa Caucus for 2008. Still, take a moment, and read the following, taken from CNN this evening (with the names of the candidates removed):

With all Democratic precincts reporting, ___ had the support of 38 percent of voters, compared to 30 percent for ___ and 29 percent for ___.

"The numbers tell us this was a debate between change and experience, and change won," said CNN political analyst Bill Schneider...

On the GOP side, ___, whose campaign was languishing six months ago, and ___ are now tied for first place in New Hampshire, according to the poll, which was released Wednesday.

___ left Iowa before caucus night even began. He was already in New Hampshire by Thursday afternoon, trying to get a jump on his rivals...

___, who has turned the focus of his campaign to the February 5 "Super Tuesday" primaries, trailed with 4 percent.

"We've paid a lot of attention to states that some other candidates haven't paid a lot of attention to," ___ said, adding, "Time will tell what the best strategy is."

___ was vastly outspent by ___, who poured millions of dollars into a sophisticated get-out-the-vote operation.

"People really are more important than the purse, and what a great lesson for America to learn," ___ said in thanking his supporters.

For most of 2007, ___ languished in the single digits in the polls and had very little success raising money. But his momentum picked up in the final six weeks of the year when social conservatives -- an important voting bloc in Iowa -- began to move his way.

"We won the silver ... You win the silver in one event. It doesn't mean you're not going to come back and win the gold in the final event, and that we are going to do," ___ said.

Boring, isn't it? More importantly, my point is just that these people all sound and behave the same. We act so tired of the same old crap when it comes to politicians. We get tired of politicians acting like politicians with smooth talking, corruption, and idiocy; yet we continue to elect them.

So next election, when those people are languishing with less than 1% of the vote, how about you not laugh at them? Maybe they're not doing well because they don't know how to be politicians; and maybe that's what we need for once.