OBAMA: “You know, they said this day would never come. They said our sights were set too high. They said this country was too divided, too disillusioned to ever come together around a common purpose. But on this January night, at this defining moment in history, you have done what the cynics said we couldn’t do. . . . You have done what America can do in this new year, 2008.”
HUCKABEE: “What is happening tonight in Iowa is going to start really a prairie fire of new hope and zeal. And it’s already happening across this nation because it is about we; we the people. We saw it tonight. . . . And we’re going to continue to see it because this country yearns and is hungry for leadership that recognizes that when one is elected to public office, one is not elected to be a part of the ruling class; he’s elected to be a part of the serving class.”
CLINTON: “We’re going to take this enthusiasm and go straight to New Hampshire…We have always planned on running a national campaign all the way through the early contests…What is most important now is that, as we go on with this contest, that we keep focused on the two big issues, that we answer correctly the questions that each of us has posed. How will we win in November 2008, by nominating a candidate who will be able to go the distance? And who will be the best president on day one? I am ready for that contest.”
EDWARDS: “The one thing that’s clear from the results in Iowa tonight is the status quo lost and change won. And now we move on. We move on from Iowa to New Hampshire and to the other states to determine who’s best suited to bring about the change that this country so desperately needed.”
ROMNEY: “Well, well, we won the silver. But just as Dan Jansen pointed out – you win the silver in one event, it doesn’t mean you’re not going to come back and win the gold in the final event.”
THOMPSON: “It looks like someone’s gonna have to carry a strong conservative message, and it looks like it’s gonna be me.”
