Hail to the chief ... of what?

The count is in, the voting done
The press has told us who has won
But what in Dickens is the fuss?
It doesn't affect the rest of us.
Their victories are yet unearned
And as far as I'm concerned
Either Huckabee or Obama
Can be president of Iowa

Daily headlines inspire the poet in Joe Gedan, a retired U.S. magistrate judge who lives in Honolulu. His observations on the news appear on Sundays and Fridays.

gedan@hawaii.rr.com