I would not count her out yet. Iowa nor NH usually decide the race on either side as history shows.
I also wonder how much “support” at the Iowa polls was from young people from out of state who came to campaign for Obama and participated in the caucus. It’s a strange system there with little to prevent voter fraud as I understand it.
Its still the first inning despite all the excitement from the media.
You don’t need to win Iowa or New Hampshire to win the nomination, true. But I think losing both states could be crippling if you went into them with the universal assumption that you were the annointed winner.
So far, Hillary has been damaged the most. And Romney will be damaged if he loses again, because he also was a favorite to win both states.
That’s why smart candidates set the expectations lower than the results. But it’s too late for hillary or Romney to do that. These were states that both were expected to win.