The independents who are Obama's backbone of support thought the Iowa results made it safe to vote for McCain, whom they wrongly perceive as a progressive. Look at the results again.
Clinton 39 63,040
Obama 36 58,666
Edwards 17 26,773
Richardson 5 7,633
McCain 37 44,472
Romney 31 38,014
Huckabee 11 13,549
I think the neocons are using McCain's false reputation as a progressive to upend Obama.
Unfortunately, alot of progressive idependents give McCain progressive brownie points because the the McCain Feingold Amendent. They don't know what a
war hawk McCain is so they think they are doing progressives a favor by helping him win the republican primaries.
Mydd probably needs to start the McCain google bomb again.
The second issue was the young people didn't turn out. The college kids in New Hampshire are ivy leaguers so they don't have to worry about the poverty draft.