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OPINION

Jan 3, 2008 4:13 PM CST

What Will They Say After the Caucuses?

Why wait until tonight? Get the spin for each and every result here

(Newser) - No matter what result the Iowa caucuses bring tonight, the campaigns will have plenty of spin up their sleeves. NBC’s Chuck Todd previews the politico talk:

John Edwards: No one needs this one more. A victory will be a vindication of populism and domestic issues. A loss may well

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Iowa Farm Town Meditative About Caucuses

Jan 3, 2008 1:56 PM CST

Iowa Farm Town Meditative About Caucuses

Candidates embrace inner gurus in visits to stereotype-bending Fairfield

(Newser) - To win over likely caucus-goers in Fairfield, Iowa, candidates need to tap their spiritual sides, the Wall Street Journal reports. Roughly a third of the little farm town practices transcendental meditation, and citizens have elected a meditation devotee mayor. The candidates are pandering accordingly—Barack Obama, for instance, pointed his...

Race Covered More Than Past 4 Combined

Jan 3, 2008 12:52 PM CST

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....

What Could We Learn Tonight?

OPINION

Jan 3, 2008 11:54 AM CST

What Could We Learn Tonight?

W ashington Post 's Dan Balz runs down the possibilities

(Newser) - How might the presidential race turn on tonight’s Iowa caucuses? What answers await after the election’s first vote? The Washington Post’s Dan Balz runs down some possibilities:

Will either race end immediately? Probably only if Hillary Clinton sweeps
How big a bounce can the victors expect? The

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Iowa Keeps Candidates Awake at Night

Jan 3, 2008 11:15 AM CST

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...

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...

Iowa Goes Down to the Wire

Jan 2, 2008 9:30 PM CST

Iowa Goes Down to the Wire

Candidates make last-minute appeals to voters

(Newser) - The candidates continued an all-out blitz to the finish line before tomorrow's Iowa caucuses as polls continued to show tight races, the AP reports. All three leading Democrats took out dinner-hour ads on TV. "After all the town meetings, the pie and coffee, it all comes down to this:...

Campaigning's a Family Affair— Except for Rudy

Jan 2, 2008 2:34 PM CST

Campaigning's a Family Affair— Except for Rudy

Barack's kids, Fred's grandkids trotted out, but Judith is MIA

(Newser) - Bill Clinton yesterday gave up a precious New Year's Day on the couch watching football games to stump for his wife in Iowa, where he joked to the crowd that his football sacrifice prompted Hillary to say, "Finally, after all these years I know you do love me,"...

Surging McCain Leads in NH Poll

Jan 2, 2008 11:46 AM CST

Surging McCain Leads in NH Poll

And two others show a dead heat with Romney

(Newser) - John McCain has shot to the top of the GOP field in New Hampshire, with a 31% to 25% lead over Mitt Romney in a new Suffolk University poll. "Many of the Republican candidates have been talking about faith," quipped the lead pollster, “but it looks like...

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...

Dems Jockey for 2nd in Iowa

Jan 1, 2008 2:30 PM CST

Dems Jockey for 2nd in Iowa

Unusual rules, probability of inconclusive result motivate candidates

(Newser) - Two days before the Iowa caucuses, the leading Democratic candidates are looking to exploit unusual rules that allow supporters of candidates who get less than 15% of first-round ballots in a precinct to switch their votes in a second round. Of the top three, the LA Times reports, John Edwards...

Obama Widens Iowa Lead

Jan 1, 2008 11:55 AM CST

Obama Widens Iowa Lead

Senator gains 4 points in last Register poll before caucuses; Huckabee maintains lead

(Newser) - Barack Obama gained on Hillary Clinton and John Edwards in the last Des Moines Register poll before Thursday's Iowa caucuses, pulling 32% of likely caucusgoers, to Clinton's 25% and Edwards' 24%. Obama's widening lead—4 points up from late November and the widest all year—comes in part from a...

Fact-Checkers Set Sights on Campaign Fibs

Dec 31, 2007 6:11 PM CST

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...

Obama Stealing New Hampshire Independents From McCain

Dec 30, 2007 2:14 PM CST

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

Dec 30, 2007 12:13 PM CST

'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

Dec 30, 2007 8:56 AM CST

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 Flexes Populist Muscle in Iowa

Dec 30, 2007 5:18 AM CST

Obama Flexes Populist Muscle in Iowa

Illinois senator pursues John Edwards' base

(Newser) - Watch your back, John Edwards: Barack Obama is targeting your Iowa base of working-class voters. Folksy stump speeches have bolstered Edwards in the weeks leading up to Thursday’s caucuses—but now Obama hopes to catch some of that populist wave by shifting away from his mantra of bipartisanship, reports...

Crunch Time in Iowa:
Rivals Step Up Attacks

Dec 29, 2007 7:31 PM CST

Crunch Time in Iowa: Rivals Step Up Attacks

Tight races on both sides mean no let-up in campaigning

(Newser) - Presidential candidates blitzed through Iowa on the final weekend before next week's caucuses looking to lock up the all-important camp of undecided voters, Reuters reports. The Republican race continued to turn negative, with Romney going after both McCain and Huckabee in new ads, and both candidates striking back at him...

Obama Success Rewrites
the Rules on Race

Dec 29, 2007 9:30 AM CST

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...

Obama Fires Back with Iowa TV Request

Dec 28, 2007 6:55 PM CST