Dick Polman reminds us of another important result to come out of Iowa tonight:

Thursday night, it also will be worth comparing the Democratic and Republican turnout totals, just to see which camp is more enthused about its prospects in 2008. According to the latest Iowa State University poll, Democratic turnout could outpace GOP turnout by 60 percent; by contrast, in the 2000 Iowa caucuses (the last time both races were open), the GOP turnout outpaced the Democrats by 30 percent.

Democratic voters need to show up in force this November -- in part, to help offset much of the voter chicanery that's been occurring in the last few elections.