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"Everyone is still churning over the Iowa results, even while New Hampshire is upon us. In my other job, as host of XM Radio&amp;#x27;s political coverage, I co-anchored the Iowa caucus at our DC studio, which meant five straight hours live on the radio, with (very) occasional breaks. I am enough of a political junkie that this was a great Thursday night for me&amp;amp;#8212;by turns hilarious, maddening, fascinating, tedious, and ridiculous. I also learned a few things... Single women are making the difference this year. Barack Obama would not have won Iowa without young people and single women. Historically, single women have voted much less often than married ones&amp;amp;#8212;to the point where marital status is a big predictor of voting habits. But not in Iowa&amp;amp;#8212;single women turned out big and helped put Obama ahead. It&amp;#x27;s exciting to me to see this new, powerful demographic emerge. (Even though I&amp;#x27;m married.) Sometimes it&amp;#x27;s not about which candidate has the most money. Mike Huckabee won the Republican caucuses despite being out-spent, out-prepared, and out-staffed. Indeed, his Iowa field team consisted almost entirely of his daughter Sarah. (Also a young, single woman!) This result has a lot of experts trying to figure out what it means, but to me the lesson is clear: this year, we should question all assumptions. A few other insights: If you&amp;#x27;re going to spend five hours on the radio, bring lip balm. If you have to keep talking about &amp;quot;SDEs&amp;quot; (State Delegate Equivalents) throughout the evening, try not to think &amp;quot;STDs&amp;quot; like an 11-year-old, or you risk laughing on air. Also, chocolate-covered cherries are not dinner. This week is New Hampshire, and another late night anchoring the returns. By Wednesday morning, I&amp;#x27;ll know if these Iowa lessons have actually stuck. I certainly plan to bring lip balm. &amp;amp;#8212;Rebecca Tomorrow on Glamocracy: Amanda Carpenter on why Republicans do health care better than Dems"^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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