Gridlock News

John McCain won the New Hampshire primary last night, but he did not win terribly much.  The New Hampshire primary last night proved for Republicans and Democrats that this primary season is going to be a neck and neck race right through Super Tuesday if not through actual battles at the conventions themselves. 

McCain is polling in third place in Michigan this morning for example and all the candidates seem to be jockeying around with position as the focus shifts from state to state.  Many voters have realized that this election is too important to settle for anyone less than the single person they trust.

That means that people may not shift their allegiance based on who the projected winner might be.  Barack Obama lost his 'Huge' bounce coming out of Iowa.  Voters are turning out and they are voting and they are not compromising.  This is likely to be a huge sign that this will be an extremely contentious election and at this point that contention will probably fuel at least one strong independent run if not maybe two.  We could see multiple potential spoilers for the Democrats and the Republicans.

If voters will turn out and not compromise in the primaries, its unlikely that they will change their colors come next November, especially as the economy seems halfway confirmed to slipping into a recession.

I am out in Las Vegas, NV for the Consumer Electronics Show and the thing that has more buzz this year in electronics is not a gizmo or a gadget, its the election.  People here even are able to look past all the HD flat panel TV's and HDMI Cables connecting them and realize that this election is going to be extremely significant in 2008.