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NEWS ABOUT: Iowa caucuses

Iowa caucuses stories: 6 news summaries

Edwards Cost Clinton Dearly: Penn

Ex-senator's fall from grace touches off second-guessing

May 1, 09 4:24 PM CDT
(Newser) - Hillary Clinton strategist Mark Penn is kicking himself in the wake of reports that Elizabeth Edwards thinks her husband shouldn't have run for president, ABC News reports. If news of John Edwards' infidelity had forced him to drop out of the race, Penn said, “No question in my mind,... More »

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Barack Obama • Hillary Clinton • John Edwards • Elizabeth Edwards • Clinton 2008 • Mark Penn • political strategists • Iowa caucuses • Rielle Hunter • extramarital affair

 Court Is King in 
 Obama Campaign 

Basketball is essential outlet when things get tense

Oct 4, 08 1:44 PM CDT
(Newser) - For Barack Obama, shooting hoops is an essential element of any tense day. In frequent sessions usually closed to reporters, the senator faces off with friends from the campaign and elsewhere, even flying in Chicago buddies to hit the court, the Los Angeles Times reports. But his aides make sure... More »

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Barack Obama • basketball • Obama 2008 • Democratic presidential primaries • Election 2008 • Iowa caucuses

(Newser) - A no-traffic-light, one-store New Hampshire town is scrambling to prepare for Friday's joint appearance by Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton, the first since she bowed out of the presidential race and endorsed him, reports the Concord Monitor. They're the biggest names to hit town since Arlo Guthrie in 1979,... More »

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Barack Obama • Hillary Clinton • New Hampshire primary • Iowa caucuses • Unity, NH

analysis

The Winning Combination:
Passion Plus Efficiency

Obama's campaign uses both to perfection

Jun 6, 08 9:40 AM CDT
(Newser) - Barack Obama triumphed because he managed to infuse his campaign with that rarest of combinations, writes Karen Tumulty in Time—"the energy of an insurgency and the efficiency of a corporation." His camp also has been remarkably free of drama and unshakable from its core message of change.... More »

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Barack Obama • Hillary Clinton • Howard Dean • Joe Trippi • Iowa caucuses

OPINION

 Clinton Insiders 
 Offer Post Mortem 

Strategist Penn, oblivious campaign, haughty candidate get (anonymous) blame

May 28, 08 5:42 PM CDT
(Newser) - The New Republic asked (anonymous) Hillary Clinton camp insiders why their candidate isn’t booking her ticket to Denver:
  • “I just don't think she was hungry enough for it …It wasn't really until the 10-in-a-row loss that she started doing stuff like Saturday Night Live and Jon
... More »

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Saturday Night Live • Hillary Clinton • Bill Clinton • The Daily Show • Jeremiah Wright • Iowa caucuses

 Obama Manager 
 Speaks Softly, 
 Spins Ably 

Plouffe won expectations game early on

Apr 22, 08 5:59 PM CDT
(Newser) - David Plouffe isn’t your typical political operative, but Barack Obama’s campaign manager is the genius who’s winning the ground war and the media contest. He’s obsessed with crunching numbers, the commander of a “nerd army,” and knows how to stay understated until it's time... More »

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Barack Obama • Super Tuesday • David Plouffe • Iowa caucuses

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