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Thursday, January 03, 2008 - Posts
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The Edwards campaign is trying to spin their second-place finish by saying 70 percent of caucusgoers voted against Hillary Clinton tonight. That, they say, means change beat experience. They're right, but not because Clinton lost, nor because Barack Obama Read More...
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You can bet Mike Bloomberg's TV was on tonight, and I doubt he liked what he saw. Bloomberg—and the rest of the third-party potentials—can't be happy that Barack Obama turned out so many independent voters in Iowa. Obviously, the independents only turned Read More...
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Here's Mike Huckabee giving his acceptance speech, flanked by future Secretary of Defense Chuck Norris: Read More...
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Bill Richardson, who got two percent of the delegates in Iowa, just sent out this laughable spin: "We made it to the final four," Richardson said. "My staff and volunteers worked their hearts out to get us here. Now we are going to take the fight to New Read More...
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GRINNELL, Iowa—It’s Obama. He got 21 delegates, Edwards got 10, and Biden got six with help from Dodd and Richardson supporters. “The caucus is not over yet,” caucus chair Don Smith reminds the crowd, even as everyone starts putting on their jackets. Read More...
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GRINNELL, Iowa—A gaggle of kids is hovering over a table covered in snack food. The spread was set up by Hillary supporters but has since been abandoned. “This is the beauty of politics,” says Griffin, 10, shoving an open bag of Doritos in my face. “Free Read More...
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A quick thought: Are any of the second-tier Democrats going to exceed 5 percent? As of now, Politico is showing Richardson at 2 percent, Biden at 1 percent, and Dodd, Kucinich, and Gravel at zero percent. This doesn't mean only 2 percent of Iowans voted Read More...
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GRINNELL, Iowa—So, Hillary isn’t viable. Neither is Biden, Richardson, or Dodd. You know what that means: deal-making time. Biden’s people break off to discuss merging with other groups. If they decide to form a big “uncommitted” delegation of 73 or more Read More...
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GRINNELL, Iowa—It’s 6:59. The doors are now closed. Don Smith, an older guy serving as the caucus chair, comes to the podium in the gym and asks supporters for each candidate to separate into bunches. He tells us there are 484 people caucusing. Fifteen Read More...
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GRINNELL, Iowa—I swing by the groups caucusing for Biden and Richardson. A lonely female Biden supporter is looking for a sticker. “Do you guys have any stickers?” “I have a button,” says an old lady. One Biden fan, Vera Cousins, says she doesn’t know Read More...
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GRINNELL, Iowa—About 150 students have come in from out of town. Out of a student population of 1,500, 85 percent of whom are from outside Iowa, that’s not a whole lot. But since only a few hundred people are caucusing, the out-of-towners do make a difference. Read More...
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GRINNELL, Iowa—People are just starting to trickle into the Harris Center here at Grinnell College, where I’ll be observing the caucus here for the next couple of hours. It’s a college town, obviously, so students and faculty are expected to be a big Read More...
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Entry to Trailhead's first-ever contest has closed. Here are the percentage breakdowns of where the candidates will finish tonight, according to Slate readers. These are the percent of readers who think the given candidate will finish first, second, or Read More...
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For every candidate who moves one step closer to the presidency tonight, there will be several whose lust for the White House will be squelched. Starting today, we'll keep track of whose candidacy is most likely to bite the dust. Think of it as a Bizarro Read More...
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Former Iowa Governor Tom Vilsack, per Politico : Former Iowa Gov. Tom Vilsack, who is backing Hillary Rodham Clinton, just told me Clinton’s secret weapon in Iowa: the Asian and Pacific Islander community here...“Many of them are boat people,” Vilsack Read More...
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DES MOINES, Iowa—There’s a lot of talk here about how seriously Iowans take their caucuses. But that doesn’t include everyone. Hence the T-shirts that say, “Iowa: Our Caucus Is Bigger, Better, And Comes Before New Hampshire.” This and other caucus-themed Read More...
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DES MOINES – At a speech last night at Hoover High School, after nearly a year of breakneck campaigning, Barack Obama sounded tired. His voice was hoarse. He looked a little pale. People were still screaming. But it felt like there was a disconnect between Read More...
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There is a Chris Dodd lookalike roaming Des Moines. He was first spotted at a rally for John Edwards at the Steelworkers Local 164 on Jan. 1. Then yesterday, at the see-and-be-seen bar Centro, someone said that Chris Dodd was in the dining room and he'd Read More...
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Months before caucus mania descended on the country, various story lines were floated by the political media to try and create a little drama. But now that the caucuses are upon us, it's worth a look back at the story fads that turned out to be useless. Read More...
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Biden's campaign just sent out this release, probably because they're sick of getting asked about it: “There are no discussions underway and there will be no deal with any campaign. We believe Sen. Biden is strong enough on his own. Everyone knows that Read More...
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Nothing like washing that turkey sandwich down with a good ol' fashioned contest. Enter Trailhead's primary prediction competition to win the respect of all of your Trailhead peers. Visit the original post for the rules, or figure it out yourself by downloading Read More...
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