ALL THE NEWS UNFIT TO PRINT

Another day in election 2008 over.. Victory in Nevada for Mitt Romney.. Victory in Nevada for Hillary Clinton .. Victory in South Carolina for John McCain.. The big stories:

The food service union didn't help Obama much in Nevada. Not nearly as much as Bill and Hillary publicly said it would. The Clintons once again doing the remarkable: Convincing everyone their overstatements of possibilities are true! They deserve credit for over blowing their protests of caucuses taking place in casinos..

Mitt Romney won Nevada, but a bigger story may be the fact that Ron Paul came in second place.. Though devastatingly behind winner Romney, Ron Paul was helped by the libertarian spirit of Nevada--enough so to propel him to a second place showing over John McCain..

The big story from South Carolina: The state that got ugly and messy in the year 2000 helped John McCain become a front runner in 2008. The results were exceptionally close.. a nail biter to the final vote .. Fred Thompson most surely took votes that Huck would have received. McCain can now roll into Florida with the fervor of a front runner.. The biggest story, though, is the continuing lack of 21st century newness.. The election of 2008 may be remembered by future generations as the election that transformed America into a 21st century nation. But the votes being cast are for 20th century figures.. Hillary Clinton and John McCain are so far set to battle for the heart and soul of America.. But isn't their story yesteryear? Aren't their battles those that should remain in the 20th century? Are they going to be able to unite a nation after eight years of some of the most divisive policy and politics in modern history? The stakes are enormous. Politics is a game of personal ambition. No one running doesn't love themselves. But there is a war, real lives are at issue.. what will we do in Iraq to help their government form a better quality for Iraqis .. and when will we come home? The economy is losing some steam. What will each candidate do? Health care is a mess.. A total mess. Their plans? Big issues. Major issues. But as their ideas form, it will be fascinating to watch and see .. Will 21st Century America move forward with one of these old 20th Century leaders? Or will we keep voting, state by state, and end up with a new fresh person that will sweep America into a new century with ideas and debate? This could be a transformational election .. or not. It's playing out for all us of to see.. An amazing process.

PHOTOS McCain- AP, Clinton- Reuters

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All the news unfit to print for Saturday, January 19, 2008

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