The other big winner in Iowa was the blog or newspaper or whatever it is called Politico

Imagine that. Nobody was waiting for the NYT or even signing on to see what the result was. Ha, ha, ha, ha, ha.

OK, I am sorry I laughed at them, becoz my chances of getting a job with them is now bust. They signed on Bill Kristol to write a column for them. Double ha, ha, ha, ha, ha.

I turned on BBC and CNN to see the results. DW was not gonna be help I figured. But BBC came through as did CNN.

BBC had Matt Frei and I immediately got the results without waiting and he was talking to John Harris of Politico.

CNN also came through and I saw John King and Anderson Cooper, also Donna Brazile, and others.

Then I saw Wolf Blitzer.

Then John Roberts and Kiran Chetry and John was talking to Jim Vandehei from Politico.

I had been mad at Jim Vandehei for months and years becoz he played gotcha with Wesley Clark in the first campaign interview and ambushed him with a question about the Iraq war vote that got the peaceniks mad and had Wesley Clark scrambling over and over for clarifications.

But now I figure that is a reporter's job, to play gotcha, even if occasionally it is somebody on our side and if the thinking is not clear, well, then it is to focus the mind of the candidate.

So now I think Jim Vandehei is OK and I saw Politico on 2 international channels, so it was a winner.

Also, I saw the Iowa caucus news almost immediately on Times Now which teams up with Reuters and is a local Indian channel.

This is very good that they are not just paying attention but also being prompt, becoz people waking up Friday Morning in Mumbai would want to have that information.

So thanks to all the channels who brought it to us and also kudos to Politico and Jim Vandehei, you're in the clear now, only try not to be a weasel but be a mensch and if you are gonna play gotcha, try to pick on somebody who deserves it. Preferably. Or at least report the nuances.

Bye bye