Stephen Green over at VodkaPundit summed up my reaction pretty succinctly. (h/t Prof. Reynolds)
Dear Iowa Republicans,I’ll put this in language even your tiny little Iowa brains can understand: What the f*** is wrong with you people?
Most of the people I know would be categorized as “social conservatives.” So I’m especially worried about the apparent Huckaboom; it means I’m gonna have to apply smacks on the head to a lot of people I love and respect.
Because I’m sure they have fixated on his Dobson-friendly pro-life credentials, ignoring the corrupt and/or socialist tendencies that’ll make those issues moot.
I haven’t trolled around for all the candidates’ reactions, but I was happy to see Fred Thompson got the third place (though barely) everyone said he needed.