Obama, a first-term Illinois senator, stressed a need for change as he campaigned to become the first black president in history.

Clinton, a New York senator, boasted of her experience as she worked to follow her husband into the White House and become the first woman to occupy the Oval Office.

Edwards, his party’s 2004 vice presidential candidate, cast himself as the implacable enemy of special interests as he aimed to improve on last time’s second-place showing in the state.

Breaking News: Obama wins demoratic caucus in Iowa as projected by MSNBC.

Now that Obama has won in Iowa, he has a better chance of winning in New Hampshire, and if he wins New Hampshire, he could win South Carolina.

More than $27 million was spent in Iowa alone to win the state’s caucus election.

It’s now clear that Obama clearly represents not just a paradigm shift on race politics but a next stage for America.

Obama’s crowds were younger and they include independents and Republicans.

The argument in the past says these people don’t caucus.

Regardless if that’s true, however, the old-school Democrats who do caucus may well see in Obama’s supporters the face of the party they’ve been searching for.