The shock of the new

The victories of Barack Obama and Mike Huckabee in Iowa on Thursday night have given the US political parties plenty to think about.

Read the results any way you want, but there can be no disagreement that the Iowa result has sent the Democratic and Republican political establishments into a tizzy. Nor can there be any denying that something unpredictable and unexpected is stirring in America’s soul, given the intensity of what happened ...