Congratulations go out to Barack Obama this morning, with the Illinois senator winning in his first presidential contest. Final tallies had Obama receiving roughly 38 percent of the vote in the Iowa caucus, compared to approximately 30 percent for Earnest John Edwards and 29 or so for Hillary Clinton. Around 236,000 attended the Iowa caucuses.

Naturally, this is a huge boost to the Obama campaign and the overwhelming general consensus was well summarized by Des Moines Register political columnist David Yepsen, enjoying his last bit in the national spotlight for a while with FOX News: Yepsen predicted that the "anti-Hillary Clinton vote [would] coalesce around Barack Obama. That's part of the story tonight."

Hillary tried to exude as much optimism and confidence as possible, cleverly giving her concession/rallying speech with ever-popular husband Bill and daughter Chelsea. With fervor did she proclaim herself "so ready for the rest of this campaign, and I am so ready to lead." Most pundits reckon Clinton as holding a comfortable lead in New Hampshire, which votes Tuesday.

As for Edwards, though the man's strength is yet to come on Super Tuesday, some folks already figure the beginning of the end has begun for Edwards.

A nice, thorough poll of those participating in the Iowa caucus is running over at CBSNews.com. For the Democrats, particularly illuminating was the age breakdown of voters. While Clinton's lead over Obama and Edwards among the over-45s was "decisive," over 50 percent of under-30s voted Obama, and Obama crushed Clinton for the Generation X voters, i.e. those aged 30 to 44, by a 2:1 ratio.