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Edwards Lie Cost Hillary the Nomination, Aide Says

...and hence the nomination

Aug 11, 08 11:51 AM CDT
(Newser) - Hillary Clinton’s former communications director is convinced that had the media outed John Edwards last year, Clinton would be the Democratic nominee. “We would have won Iowa,” Howard Wolfson tells ABC. “Our voters and Edwards’ voters were the same people. They were older, pro-union.” Obama... More »

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Barack Obama • Hillary Clinton • John Edwards • Iowa caucus • Howard Wolfson • Rielle Hunter

 Obama Plans 
 'Victory' Trip to Iowa 

Senator hopes to move closer to nod in state that started it all

May 18, 08 6:39 AM CDT
(Newser) - 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... More »

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

Superdelegates Should Follow Voters: Pelosi

Speaker agrees with Obama as hopeful gains 14 delegates

Mar 16, 08 7:11 PM CDT
(Newser) - Nancy Pelosi boosted Barack Obama today by saying superdelegates should vote with the people, Politico reports. “If the votes of the superdelegates overturn what happened in the elections, it would be harmful to the Democratic Party,” the House speaker said on ABC’s "This Week". Ex-lawmaker Bill... More »

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Nancy Pelosi • Barack Obama • Hillary Clinton • Iowa caucus • delegates • California primary • superdelegates • Election 2008 • delegate count • Leon Panetta

Obama Wins
in Iowa, Again

He nets 7 delegates over Clinton as Edwards backers shift in second-round voting

Mar 15, 08 10:24 PM CDT
(Newser) - Barack Obama netted seven more delegates in Iowa tonight, two months after the state held its caucuses, the AP reports. How so? Some of the delegates who originally backed John Edwards shifted to Obama during the state's county conventions, the second part of Iowa's election process. These are generally of... More »

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Barack Obama • Hillary Clinton • John Edwards • Iowa • Democratic National Convention • Democratic nomination • Iowa caucus • Hillary Clinton supporters • Barack Obama supporters • convention delegates

Dems Queue Up Keystone Plans

Clinton to spend less, get personal; Obama to stump elsewhere, but hopes time helps in Pa.

Mar 12, 08 1:42 PM CDT
(Newser) - Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama have staked out very different strategies ahead of the April 22 Pennsylvania primary—with the pre-vote lull the longest the Democrats have faced since the run-up to Iowa. Camp Clinton won't shower Pennsylvania with the same lavish expenses it did in Hawkeye country, instead focusing... More »

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Barack Obama • Hillary Clinton • Democratic nomination • Iowa caucus • Pennsylvania primary • April 22

Obama Relies on
Volunteers to Sway Texas

His campaign got a relatively late start in crucial state

Mar 1, 08 12:50 PM CST
(Newser) - Volunteers, not the paid staff Barack Obama has relied on to win previous primaries, are at the core of his campaign in Texas, reports the Wall Street Journal. It's "like a baling wire and duct tape thing," says his campaign chief in the state. A year ago, it... More »

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Barack Obama • Hillary Clinton • Texas • Clinton 2008 • Obama 2008 • Iowa caucus • Democratic presidential primaries • South Carolina primary • Ohio primary • campaign staff

GOP No. 2s Try Harder

Runners-up enjoy inside track next time around

Feb 18, 08 10:40 AM CST
(Newser) - 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... More »

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

National Effort Straining Huck

Early success leaves campaign stretched thin for countrywide push

Jan 17, 08 12:45 PM CST
(Newser) - 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... More »

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

Iowa Ads Got Unlikely Results

Caucusgoers may have known too much about 'establishment' candidates

Jan 7, 08 10:45 AM CST
(Newser) - 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... More »

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Mitt Romney • Barack Obama • Hillary Clinton • Mike Huckabee • political advertising • Iowa caucus • negative campaigning • caucusgoers • Election 2008

Obama, Clinton Dead Even in NH, Poll Finds

McCain, buoyed by Iowa, leads Romney among GOP pack

Jan 6, 08 11:56 AM CST
(Newser) - 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... More »

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Mitt Romney • Barack Obama • Hillary Clinton • John McCain • John Edwards • Rudy Giuliani • Bill Richardson • Dennis Kucinich • Mike Huckabee • Iowa caucus • New Hampshire primary

Clinton Tactics Second-Guessed

Supporters pan 'inevitability' mantle; urge senator to embrace defeat

Jan 5, 08 3:30 PM CST
(Newser) - 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... More »

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

Obama Raises Black Hopes

Across the nation, his win brings pride, joy, and hope

Jan 5, 08 1:35 PM CST
(Newser) - 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’... More »

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

OPINION

Pundits Pile Up Predictions

Josh Marshall, John O'Sullivan, Frank Foer, and Andrew Sullivan have a few ideas

Jan 4, 08 6:36 PM CST
(Newser) - 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
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pundits • Iowa caucus • Election 2008

Clinton Retools for Nastier
NH Push

Campaign predicts victory, plans to play experience angle

Jan 4, 08 12:22 PM CST
(Newser) - 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... More »

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

Romney: New Hampshire or Bust

 Iowa 2d place leaves Romney scrambling

Jan 4, 08 9:45 AM CST
(Newser) - 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... More »

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

Edwards Presses Ahead in NH

He emphasizes his anti-corporate message

Jan 4, 08 9:20 AM CST
(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,... More »

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Barack Obama • Hillary Clinton • John Edwards • Democratic presidential candidates • Iowa caucus • Election 2008

So Much for Clinton's
Air of Inevitability

Obama's message of change sits better with voters

Jan 4, 08 8:55 AM CST
(Newser) - 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... More »

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

Evangelicals Drive Huckabee to Iowa Win

Unorthodox populist campaign makes GOP queasy

Jan 4, 08 7:13 AM CST
(Newser) - 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... More »

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Mike Huckabee • Republican evangelicals • evangelicals • Iowa caucus

Obama Victory
a Post-Partisan
Vindication

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

Jan 4, 08 6:58 AM CST
(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... More »

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Barack Obama • black community • Iowa caucus • Election 2008

Confident Rudy: Iowa, Schmiowa

Insists skipping early states all part of the plan

Jan 4, 08 4:09 AM CST
(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... More »

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Rudy Giuliani • New Hampshire • Republican candidate • Iowa caucus • Election 2008

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