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CUs Should Take a Note from Decision '08

Earlier this month we saw former Arkansas Governor Mike Huckabee (R) come out of nowhere to handily win the Iowa Republican caucus, while freshman Senator Barack Obama (D-Ill.) and former Senator John Edwards (D-N.C.) both defeated the Clinton machine that previously seemed unstoppable.

By Sarah Snell Cooke | Updated on January 15, 2008

Earlier this month we saw former Arkansas Governor Mike Huckabee (R) come out of nowhere to handily win the Iowa Republican caucus, while freshman Senator Barack Obama (D-Ill.) and former Senator John Edwards (D-N.C.) both defeated the Clinton machine that previously seemed unstoppable. Then, five days later, Senator John McCain (R-Ariz.) handed former Massachusetts Governor Mitt Romney (R)–in his own backyard of New Hampshire–a second defeat in the Republican primary where Romney was expected to make a strong showing.

With so many history-making possibilities, the American electorate seems more energized than it has in a long time. The possibility of the nation’s first female or minority president brought record numbers out in Iowa’s Democratic Caucus and unusually high voter turn out in New Hampshire.

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