we know that the Democratic candidate is someone America simply can’t trust to handle the delicate world of foreign policy. Whether because they lack the experience, or they’ve simply shown a disregard for American interests and basic facts, the Democrats are not fit to represent the US on the international stage.

This point has been made time and again by the candidates themselves, but HERE’s a post on RedState by “former director of public affairs with the CIA and served as deputy communications director with the Bush-Cheney ’04 campaign”, Jennifer Millerwise Dyck - what you might be able to call “someone who knows what they’re talking about”.

I don’t know what you think you’re doing, but it’s got to stop. First, you beat Sen. Clinton in Iowa by a unpredictably huge margin, and now you’re surging in New Hampshire. Maybe no one told you, but New Hampshire is Clinton Territory and you are supposed to lose there to the establishment.

I normally wouldn’t comment on the Leftist Democratic Primaries, but you see we’ve all been looking forward to running a Republican against Sen. Hillary Clinton for a few years now, and we were all sorta pumped for the whole thing. Now you come along with your absurdly liberal ideas (or HERE) and two years serving in the US Senate, and we have to change our whole message to tell the American people how out-of-touch you are with the mainstream.

See, we had been planning on running against a different “progressive”. No one wants to run against someone as liberal as you are! I mean, do you really think the American people will fall your paper tiger platform? Sen. Clinton at least did a good job faking her moderate stances - you don’t even try!

Sincerely,

Charlie Smith

Check here:

 The Politico

They appear to have real-time returns posted across the top…

Well, we’re finally here - only moments from the Big Show in my home state (and what a great state it is by the way!) of Iowa.

For Christmas, I had the opportunity to spend a few precious days in Iowa and beyond it being a nice chance to relax with some family and friends, it was an incredible political experience. For outsiders to understand the intensity with which Iowa voters pay attention to the caucuses would be an impossibility. Iowans cherish their role in the election process, appreciate its importance, and approach voting for their candidates with an amazing amount of respect for the import of their decision. Iowans have a deep sense of responsiblity, and make their decisions grudgingly and never without a thorough examination of every candidate and every position.

At the same time the sheer volume of campaign activity was enough to take you back. Staying at my parents home in extremely-suburban Des Moines, we were inundated with mail, phone calls, and commercials on a near constant basis. By my count, not a single commercial break went by without a political ad, and there were many times when the only commercials running were from the candidates or their surrogate support organizations. Amazing in itself, it was doubly so because it was in the run-up to the Christmas shopping season - a time where the airwaves are normally dominated by Tickle-Me Elmo, not Chris Dodd.

Tonight, in but a few minutes actually, Iowans will kick off the most amazing political process on the globe - the selection of an American president. May they make wise decisions, for the whole world may depend on it.