Barry Jackson

He’s the new Karl Rove and he’s awesome.

Mr. Bush named Barry Jackson in September to replace Mr. Rove, the “architect” of Mr. Bush’s electoral successes, and his understated style is credited with rallying Capitol Hill Republicans to wins on Iraq, spending and national health insurance.

While friends and colleagues of Mr. Rove use words like “flamboyant,” “gregarious” and “flashy” to describe him, they portray his former deputy, Mr. Jackson, as “a man of few words” who is the right fit for a president now reliant on Republican legislators sticking with him.

“It’s no accident that the president has had the four best months of his presidency ever in dealing with the Congress,” said Terry Holt, a Republican consultant who worked with Mr. Jackson in Congress.

Iowa

Congratulation to Barack Obama!! No matter what, Hillary can not win. Please.

Now a question for you all.
How is it that we can have story, story, story, and not one mention of Fred Thompson who came in 3rd place in Iowa? (ok, maybe it was a low number at 13%, but still…3rd place for Thompson?!)

If I had to venture a guess (as a person who isn’t paying super close attention except to note that Huckabee is no Republican) Obama and Huckabee won because they are genuine people. They come across as real and not as political robots. There is no way Huckabee is going anywhere, but watch Thompson. There is more to learn there.