Election 2008

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For Candidates, NH Looms as Moving Target

Home of 1st primary, onetime GOP bastion, morphs into swing state

(Newser) - In New Hampshire, the accent is on the "New." In recent years, the state has gone from blue collar to white, drawing left-leaning “swamp yuppies” to the traditionally right-leaning state, McClatchy reports. Couple that with "Live Free or Die" Republicans' frustration with the increasingly socially conservative...

Edwards Presses Ahead in NH
Edwards Presses Ahead in NH
Jan 4, 2008 9:20 AM CST

Edwards Presses Ahead in NH

He emphasizes his anti-corporate message

(Newser) - John Edwards pressed ahead in New Hampshire today, embracing his underdog status and signaling that he would focus on beating Barack Obama instead of Hillary Clinton, the AP reports. Edwards, who finished just ahead of Clinton for second place in Iowa, said New Hampshire voters now have "two choices,...

Obama Victory a Post-Partisan Vindication

Refusing to play ugly, Obama wins big in mostly white Iowa

(Newser) - Barack Obama's decisive victory in Iowa last night defied conventional wisdom, writes the Washington Post, with a new kind of candidate conducting a new kind of campaign. Obama faced substantial pressure to alter his style to aggressively attack Hillary Clinton when her nearly 30-point lead gave her an aura of...

Confident Rudy: Iowa, Schmiowa
Confident Rudy: Iowa, Schmiowa
Jan 4, 2008 4:09 AM CST

Confident Rudy: Iowa, Schmiowa

Insists skipping early states all part of the plan

(Newser) - Before the Iowa vote dropped him in sixth place, GOP hopeful Rudy Giuliani told reporters he had no regrets about mostly skipping the state, New York Newsday writes. As other candidates were making a final push in Iowa, Giuliani was already in New Hampshire. He quickly moved on to Florida...

Race Covered More Than Past 4 Combined

Network airtime soars with new anchors, celeb candidates

(Newser) - The nightly network newscasts allotted more minutes to the presidential campaign in 2007 than they did in the pre-election years of 2003, 1999, 1995 and 1991—combined. The big three stations have all seen anchor changes since the last round, but Politico divines other reasons for the rise in airtime....

Bloomberg: I Am Not a Candidate
Bloomberg: I Am Not a Candidate
Jan 3, 2008 12:40 PM CST

Bloomberg: I Am Not a Candidate

NY mayor denies presidential ambition

(Newser) - New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg today shot down lingering speculation that he’ll attempt an independent bid for the presidency. “I am not a candidate,” he said on NBC's "Today Show." “I’m not going to be a candidate. I’m going to be mayor....

Iowa Keeps Candidates Awake at Night

24/7 campaigns have made for a raft of fatigue-induced gaffes

(Newser) - Fatigue has officially taken hold in Iowa, and not just for voters. “I won’t remember Iowans,” a sleep-deprived Mitt Romney said recently (he meant “I’ll never forget”), while Mike Huckabee offered “apologies” over Benazir Bhutto’s death (he’s not a suspect), and...

Iowa Tests Appeal of Populism
Iowa Tests Appeal of Populism
Jan 3, 2008 9:37 AM CST

Iowa Tests Appeal of Populism

Will anti-business rhetoric work for Huckabee, Edwards?

(Newser) - Tonight's Iowa caucuses are the first test for the aggressively populist message of Mike Huckabee and John Edwards; even if the candidates falter, writes the Wall Street Journal, their stridently anti-business message—"corporate greed is squeezing the middle class," Edwards declared yesterday—has played well in Iowa, and...

This Week's Other Caucus
This Week's Other Caucus
Jan 3, 2008 8:05 AM CST

This Week's Other Caucus

Wyoming Republicans choose a candidate Saturday, but nobody knows who's in the lead

(Newser) - With all eyes focused on Iowa, another state is gearing up for its own caucus: Wyoming, whose Republican Party will choose delegates this Saturday. Only three candidates have bothered to visit Dick Cheney's home state ahead of the poll, and none are planning to show up between now and Saturday...

Clinton Drops to 3rd in Last Poll
Clinton Drops to 3rd in Last Poll
Jan 3, 2008 6:59 AM CST

Clinton Drops to 3rd in Last Poll

Obama leads Edwards by 4% hours before Iowa caucus

(Newser) - A new poll conducted hours before the Iowa caucus gives a surging Barack Obama a 4-point lead over John Edwards, with Hillary Clinton slipping to third place. The Reuters/Zogby poll puts Obama at 31% support among likely Democratic caucus-goers, with Edwards polling 27% and Clinton 24%. Among Republicans, Mike Huckabee...

Dem Donations Hit Record High
Dem Donations Hit Record High
Jan 1, 2008 3:48 PM CST

Dem Donations Hit Record High

Clinton, Obama 2007 totals top $100M

(Newser) - The race for the presidency is crowded, but that isn't stopping candidates from raising huge sums of money, the Washington Post reports. The power of the internet to raise cash from both grassroots supporters and wealthy donors is credited with helping Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama raise over $100 million...

Huckabee Goes Negative ... Sort Of
Huckabee
Goes Negative ... Sort Of
Jan 1, 2008 12:38 PM CST

Huckabee Goes Negative ... Sort Of

Candidate ditches anti-Romney spot after screening for the media

(Newser) - Negative campaigning has finally gone meta. Mike Huckabee held a press conference yesterday to announce that he wouldn't air his latest campaign ad—a 30-second attack on his closest rival, Mitt Romney—then aired it in full for the press corps, the Washington Post reports. Huckabee says he pulled the...

Fact-Checkers Set Sights on Campaign Fibs

Internet, 24-hour news make embellishments harder for hopefuls

(Newser) - Did Mitt Romney really see his father march with Martin Luther King Jr.? Did the US Constitution truly spark a "Christian nation," as John McCain asserts? Is Barack Obama right when he says more young black males are in prison than college? The answer is no to...

What's Bill Doing in This Picture?
What's Bill Doing in This Picture?
OPINION
Dec 31, 2007 11:25 AM CST

What's Bill Doing in This Picture?

Billary could become first woman* president, opines Politico scribe

(Newser) - Once, Hillary Clinton wanted to keep Bill and his baggage tucked safely in the backseat. Now, as panic takes hold in Iowa, she's set him loose, the latest swerve in a "herky-jerky" campaign that has hopped from strategy to strategy, writes the Politico’s Elizabeth Drew in an analysis...

On 7th Day, They Campaigned
On 7th Day, They Campaigned
Dec 31, 2007 3:15 AM CST

On 7th Day, They Campaigned

Candidates turn to the tube as Iowa caucus looms

(Newser) - With four days of campaigning left in Iowa, leading White House hopefuls skipped church services and attended another weekend ritual—Sunday political talk shows. GOP frontrunner Mike Huckabee missed a service at the Cornerstone Family Church to appear on NBC, and Hillary Clinton arrived late and slipped out early at...

Obama Stealing New Hampshire Independents From McCain

Bloc handed victory to GOP senator in 2000

(Newser) - They gave John McCain the margin of victory in 2000, but this time around New Hampshire Independents are breaking from the Republican and toward Democrat Barack Obama, according to a Los Angeles Times/Bloomberg poll. As the Jan. 8 primary approaches, 61% on Independents say they are voting Democratic and more...

'It's Now or Never,' Says Michelle Obama

Would-be first lady sees hubby as agent of 'big change'

(Newser) - Since Barack Obama hit the campaign trail, Michelle Obama has been flaunting her own brand of sarcasm and earnestness alongside his undeniable charisma. Now, with primary season imminent, she has stepped up her sense of urgency, too: "I am desperate for change—now," she recently told supporters. "...

Hillary Leads in Iowa; Huck, Mitt Neck-and-Neck

Clinton clings to slim lead, but poll finds 'lots of potential for change'

(Newser) - With just four days left before Iowans gather to caucus, a Reuters/C-Span/Zogby poll released today found Hillary Clinton leads Barack Obama 31% to 27%, while GOP heavyweights Mitt Romney and Mike Huckabee are in a dead heat. Third-place Democratic contender John Edwards was running a strong 24%. Republican John McCain,...

Obama Success Rewrites the Rules on Race

In the fact of Barack's campaign, some already see a victory

(Newser) - With only three black US Senators and two black governors elected since Reconstruction, and the vast majority of black politicians representing predominately black communities, veteran race watchers anticipated another decade before a candidate of color could be a top contender for the Oval Office. But that was before Obama. The...

Huckabee Calls for Anti-Pakistani Fence

Rivals pounce on GOP hopeful's goofs

(Newser) - Mike Huckabee's foreign affairs knowledge is under scrutiny after the GOP hopeful made several factual errors in talking about Pakistan, and tried to use the assassination of Benazir Bhutto to highlight the need for a fence along the Mexican border, the New York Times reports. "The immigration issue is...

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