There’s some controversy over whether this is true or not, that an after victory party for Obama was blaring Jay-Z’s 99 Problems, but apparently as both Taylor Marsh and Politico point out, the Obama camp has not called for a retraction and they were given days to confirm or deny. The story from The New York Post is that as […]
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Why the Progressive Movement Needs to Unite Behind John Edwards
By Hank Edson
At the end of last summer, I proposed in two sequential opinion pieces that perhaps John Edwards was the man progressives should rally around in order to have the most beneficial impact on our direction as a nation. (See Edwards, Does He Mean It? […]
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“Decisions, Decisions.” In this election it seems that many voters can’t make up their minds. They are not alone explains Meredith Chaiken. Chaiken was was Sen. John F. Kerry’s deputy political director in New Hampshire during the 2004 primary and is a senior analyst with the Mellman Group polling and consulting firm.
Chaiken takes a look back at Kerry […]
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Senator Obama’s win in Iowa is a real step forward for the Democratic Party and the Country. But the real results of Iowa are the inside numbers. The number show both promise and danger for the Democrats in November.
First, it was great to see so many more participants in the Democratic party caucus, particularly Republicans […]
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This statement is from Chris Dodd. Again a classy exit…
I count the past year of campaigning for the presidency as one of the most rewarding in a career of public service. Uunfortunately, I am withdrawing from that campaign tonight.
But there is no reason to hang our heads this evening — only the opportunity to look […]
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“We are one nation, one people and the time for change has come.” - Barack Obama
Obama’s speech was electrifying. At times I felt his voice reminded me of MLK, deep and resonating. Watch it:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yqoFwZUp5vc
The pundits are bouncing off the walls with predictions, but time will tell, as I have said here many times leading up […]
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There were rumors earlier that Chris Dodd would drop out of the race tonight. NBC has confirmed that Chris Dodd has dropped out of the Democratic race for president. I’m really sorry to see him drop out… The Boston Globe has more on Chris Dodd’s decision.
UPDATE: Joe Biden has also dropped out of the race.
I […]
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I’m watching Matthews and Olberman on MSNBC.. NBC has just called the GOP caucus for Mike Huckabee.
With 40% of the vote in for the Dems, it’s Obama at 33%, 32% for Edwards and Clinton.
Apparently, it’s the “values” or evangelical voters again who are picking the candidate for the GOP in Iowa.
MSNBC says the “turn out […]
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I received the press release below from Emily’s List a while ago. Reading through it, I was very impressed with the rather unprecedented effort they put into their GOTV effort for Hillary Clinton in Iowa particularly with women who had no history of caucus participation. This is a very important voting block that is so […]
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Here’s a look at John Mellencamp on the stump for John Edwards in Iowa yesterday:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j9JsVo2VpCY
Oh, those lucky Edwards supporters! H/T to ultraist at DU. Adam Nagourney noted today in the N.Y.Times that domestic issues now outweigh the issue of the Iraq war. If that is the case, Edwards call to bring the troops home a couple […]
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The latest poll from American Research Group throws a monkey wrench at the polls that show Clinton is down in Iowa. ARG puts Clinton 9 points ahead of Obama and 13 points ahead of Edwards:
Iowa
Likely Democratic Caucus Goers
Nov 10-14
Nov 26-29
Dec 16-19
Dec 20-23
Dec 26-28
Dec 31- Jan 2
Biden
5%
8%
8%
8%
5%
8%
Clinton
27%
25%
29%
34%
31%
34%
Dodd
3%
3%
3%
2%
3%
2%
Edwards
20%
23%
18%
20%
24%
21%
Gravel
-
-
-
-
-
1%
Kucinich
2%
2%
2%
2%
1%
1%
Obama
21%
27%
25%
19%
24%
25%
Richardson
12%
4%
7%
5%
5%
6%
Undecided
10%
8%
8%
10%
7%
2%
ARG also notes:
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While all eyes are on the last minute ads and campaign stops in Iowa, Mark Leibovich reports in the N.Y.Times (via Megite), that the “epic fight now is against sleep deprivation.” Sleep deprivation is that “gaffe-inducing monster that looms over every campaign in its final hours.” Beware of foot in mouth…
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