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  • May 2008

    • Obama Plans 'Victory' Trip to Iowa

      newser  |  Reuters  |  May 18, 08 6:39 AM CDT

      Obama Plans 'Victory' Trip to Iowa

      Barack Obama plans a primary-day early victory trip to Iowa, where he won the Democrats’ first contest, Reuters reports. He anticipates grabbing a majority of pledged delegates after the Oregon and Kentucky vote that will help clinch the race —though neither candidate will have enough pledged delegates to lock the nomination until the convention. “It will be a nice reunion with everybody who helped us get started,” he said. But Hillary Clinton's not giving up. More »

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      Barack Obama  • Iowa  • Iowa caucus  • pledged delegates  • campaign stops

  • March 2008
  • February 2008

    • GOP No. 2s Try Harder

      newser  |  Washington Post  |  Feb 18, 08 10:40 AM CST

      GOP No. 2s Try Harder

      If history is any guide, Mitt Romney had every reason to smile last week as he endorsed John McCain, the Washington Post reports: Every GOP nominee of the past 30 years, except George W. Bush, finished second in the previous contested primary. Judging from the presumptive 2008 nominee's support of Bush in 2000 and 2004, "McCain understood what it took," says one political scientist. More »

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      John McCain  • Mitt Romney  • Republicans  • McCain 2008  • endorsement  • Iowa caucus  • nominee

  • January 2008

    • National Effort Straining Huck

      newser  |  Wall Street Journal  |  Jan 17, 08 12:45 PM CST

      National Effort Straining Huck

      Mike Huckabee's campaign is still in post-Iowa shock, trying to figure how it can run nationally with a miniature war chest and paltry organization. The GOP candidate has no offices in any of the 21 states that vote Feb. 5—save in hometown Little Rock—and his third-place finish in Michigan was managed by a 28-year-old recruited less than a week before the vote. More »

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      Mike Huckabee  • presidential campaign  • Iowa caucus  • Super Tuesday  • Michigan primary  • evangelicals

    • Iowa Ads Got Unlikely Results

      newser  |  Advertising Age  |  Jan 7, 08 10:45 AM CST

      Iowa Ads Got Unlikely Results

      The Iowa caucus results shook up more than just political campaigns, reports Advertising Age, as age-old advertising truisms also flew out the window. Mitt Romney’s $7.9 million on broadcast ads should have sealed the deal against Mike Huckabee, who spent just $1.7 million. Like Barack Obama (who did outspend his rivals), Huckabee came across as anti-establishment, which may have clinched his victory. More »

    • Obama, Clinton Dead Even in NH, Poll Finds

      newser  |  CNN  |  Jan 6, 08 11:56 AM CST

      Obama, Clinton Dead Even in NH, Poll Finds

      Buoyed by the Iowa caucuses, Barack Obama picked up three points to claim a third of Democratic support in New Hampshire, and move into a tie with Hillary Clinton at 33%. John Edwards also benefited from Iowa in the latest CNN poll, moving up three points to 20%, while Bill Richardson follows with 4%. John McCain heads a more spread-out Republican field. More »

    • Clinton Tactics Second-Guessed

      newser  |  Washington Post  |  Jan 5, 08 3:30 PM CST

      Clinton Tactics Second-Guessed

      Despite a decisive defeat in Iowa—and much second-guessing around the campaign campfire—Hillary Clinton is sticking with the theme that won her third place in Iowa: that she has the experience to bring about change. But some advisers warn that the experience/change message could be a logical contradiction. One said that her campaign is trying to "position" her as a "change" candidate, "but sometimes positioning just isn't available." More »

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      Barack Obama  • Hillary Clinton  • Bill Clinton  • Iowa caucus  • New Hampshire primary

    • Obama Raises Black Hopes

      newser  |  New York Times  |  Jan 5, 08 1:35 PM CST

      Obama Raises Black Hopes

      African-Americans across the country are largely proud, amazed, and thrilled after Barack Obama's Iowa win, writes the New York Times . Interviews across the country found that while Obama's support among black people is not universal, his triumph in a white state is nonetheless worthy of celebration. “I think he’s already made a significant change in the mindset of people,” said one Maryland man. More »

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      Barack Obama  • election 2008  • Iowa caucus  • race relations  • African Americans  • black community

    • Pundits Pile Up Predictions

      newser  |  Talking Points Memo  |  Jan 4, 08 6:36 PM CST

      Pundits Pile Up Predictions

      And they’re off! Not just the candidates, but also the pundits. Here’s an early roundup of what four, from both sides of the aisle, say: Talking Points Memo founder Josh Marshall says Mitt Romney’s trouncing makes John McCain the GOP nominee. Marshall’s not happy about that—the lefty says McCain makes a pretty good candidate. More »

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      election 2008  • Iowa caucus  • pundits

    • Clinton Retools for Nastier NH Push

      newser  |  Politico  |  Jan 4, 08 12:22 PM CST

      Clinton Retools for Nastier NH Push

      After an embarrassing third-place Iowa finish, Hillary Clinton is refocusing on New Hampshire and taking the gloves off. Her campaign plans to aggressively paint Barack Obama as too inexperienced for the presidency, Politico reports. Clinton barely mentioned Obama’s name in Iowa, but now you can expect attack ads to fly. “Being the underdog will be very liberating,” said one Clinton supporter. More »

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      Barack Obama  • Hillary Clinton  • John Edwards  • Iowa caucus  • New Hampshire primary

    • Romney: New Hampshire or Bust

      newser  |  Time  |  Jan 4, 08 9:45 AM CST

      Romney: New Hampshire or Bust

      Mitt Romney has been left scrambling to find a way to restore momentum to his presidential campaign in the wake of a costly, humiliating defeat in Iowa, Time reports. Mike Huckabee's legions of evangelical Christians disrupted what Ana Marie Cox calls his "carefully calibrated strategy to conduct the political version of a leveraged buyout." And a surging John McCain will be a bigger threat than the man one of Mitt's supporters called incredulously "a country sleaze." More »

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      John McCain  • Mitt Romney  • Mike Huckabee  • Iowa caucus  • New Hampshire primary  • Ron Paul

    • Edwards Presses Ahead in NH

      newser  |  Associated Press  |  Jan 4, 08 9:20 AM CST

      Edwards Presses Ahead in NH

      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," implying that the former first lady's third-place finish had doomed her candidacy. More »

    • So Much for Clinton's Air of Inevitability

      newser  |  Bloomberg  |  Jan 4, 08 8:55 AM CST

      So Much for Clinton's Air of Inevitability

      Hillary Clinton is suddenly an underdog and must now prove she has the same resilience her husband showed after a sluggish start in the primaries 15 years ago. The strategy of running as an incumbent  didn't play with Iowans, Margaret Carlson notes on Bloomberg. "The folks in Iowa didn't seem to be yearning for a third Clinton term, hers if not his," Carlson writes.  More »

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      Barack Obama  • Hillary Clinton  • Bill Clinton  • Democratic presidential primaries  • Iowa  • New Hampshire  • Iowa caucus

    • Evangelicals Drive Huckabee to Iowa Win

      newser  |  New York Times  |  Jan 4, 08 7:13 AM CST

      Evangelicals Drive Huckabee to Iowa Win

      Iowa’s Evangelicals came out in unprecedented numbers last night to support Mike Huckabee’s rise from also-ran to caucus victor. About 80% of Huckabee’s support came from Evangelicals, who represented 60% of Republican caucus-goers, compared to their typical 40% showing, the New York Times reports. Huckabee’s affable brand of Christian populism struck a chord with voters, powering him past numerous gaffes. More »

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      Mike Huckabee  • Iowa caucus  • evangelicals  • Republican evangelicals

    • Obama Victory a Post-Partisan Vindication

      newser  |  Washington Post  |  Jan 4, 08 6:58 AM CST

      Obama Victory a Post-Partisan Vindication

      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 "inevitability."  But he stuck with his "post-partisan" message to win an overwhelmingly white state by more than eight points over second- and third-place finishers John Edwards and Clinton. More »

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      Barack Obama  • election 2008  • Iowa caucus  • black community

    • Confident Rudy: Iowa, Schmiowa

      newser  |  Newsday  |  Jan 4, 08 4:09 AM CST

      Confident Rudy: Iowa, Schmiowa

      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 yesterday to keep step with his strategy of focusing on delegate-rich states. More »

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      election 2008  • Rudy Giuliani  • New Hampshire  • Iowa caucus  • Republican candidates

    • Obama Wins Iowa; Edwards 2nd, Clinton Close 3rd

      newser  |  Chicago Tribune  |  Jan 4, 08 3:00 AM CST

      Obama Wins Iowa; Edwards 2nd, Clinton Close 3rd

      Riding a record turnout of young, independent and new voters, Barack Obama decisively won the Democratic caucuses in Iowa last night, with John Edwards narrowly edging out Hillary Clinton for second. With all Democratic precincts reporting, Obama, aiming to be the first black president of the United States, prevailed with a commanding 38%; Edwards took 30% and Clinton 29%, CNN reports. More »

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