Posted on January 3rd, 2008 by Pamela Leavey
The second big rumor on caucus day comes from the Republicans with Politico noting that Fred Thompson may drop out of the race and support John McCain if he has a poor showing in the Iowa caucus.
Several Republican officials close to Fred Thompson’s presidential campaign said they expect the candidate will drop out of the race within [...]
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Posted on January 3rd, 2008 by Pamela Leavey
Chase Martyn reported late last on the Iowa Independent that Bill Richardson was set to send Obama his supporters as a second choice move.
Gov. Bill Richardson’s campaign is expected to direct their supporters to caucus for Sen. Barack Obama in the second round of voting at Thursday’s caucuses in precincts where he is not viable. [...]
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Posted on January 3rd, 2008 by Dennis Chin
The candidate who stands for America standing together will win the hearts and minds of a nation craving new leadership. Community values tie Iowa, our nation and our world together.
Check out Sally Kohn’s take on the Iowa caucuses at the Movement Vision Lab:
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Posted on January 3rd, 2008 by Pamela Leavey
It’s face off time in Iowa and Rasmussen Reports has the latest favorability ratings for the front-runners. Who would have thought:
Favorability Ratings Among Presidential Candidates
Favorable
Unfavorable
McCain
53%
27%
Edwards
49%
42%
Clinton
48%
50%
Obama
43%
51%
Thompson
42%
42%
Giuliani
40%
55%
Huckabee
40%
47%
Romney
38%
51%
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Posted on January 3rd, 2008 by Pamela Leavey
Here’s Hillary Clinton’s closing ad for the Iowa caucuses. It’s worth a watch:
MSNBC reports that both “Clinton and Obama have bought two minutes of airtime for their closing ads during tonight’s local newscasts in Iowa and that Edwards has bought 60 seconds.”
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Posted on January 3rd, 2008 by Pamela Leavey
Good for Chris Dodd. In the wake of the news yesterday that Dennis Kucinich was urging his supporters in Iowa to make Barack Obama their sceond choice in the caucus, Chris Dodd announced on Wednesday that he would not make a deal for his supporters with any other campaign. Crooks and Liars reports (and has [...]
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Posted on January 2nd, 2008 by Stuart O'Neill
What if Iowa sent along all the candidates to NH with momentum? What if even the most partisan supporters of Clinton, Obama, and Edwards agreed to knowingly split their votes and keep the top 5 or 6 candidates in a near dead heat in the race?
Joe Biden, Chris Dodd and Bill Richardson have shown their [...]
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Posted on January 2nd, 2008 by Pamela Leavey
With the Iowa caucus just 2 days away and the New Hampshire primary just a jump and a skip after Iowa this year, a new poll in New Hampshire shows Clinton and McCain both leading in New Hampshire.
With exactly a week to go until New Hampshire, McCain has pulled ahead of Romney and Clinton has opened [...]
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Posted on January 1st, 2008 by Pamela Leavey
Is Mike Huckabee fishing for Religious Right voters with “subliminal” messages in his ads? Although he dismissed the idea that he was in late December, CNN reports today that “for the second time in the past two weeks, presidential hopeful Mike Huckabee has aired a commercial in which a Christian symbol appears in the background.” Watch the ad [...]
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Posted on January 1st, 2008 by Pamela Leavey
There is some discussing brewing over an announcement by Dennis Kucinich today that he is urging his supporters to make Obama their “second choice” on the ballot for the Iowa caucus. Kucinich says:
“I hope Iowans will caucus for me as their first choice this Thursday, because of my singular positions on the war, on health [...]
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Posted on December 31st, 2007 by Pamela Leavey
A couple of Democratic politicians from Los Angeles are on the stump in Iowa, pulling out their best talking points for two different candidates, Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton:
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Posted on December 31st, 2007 by Pamela Leavey
I just ran across this ad below from Hillary Clinton on the housing crisis and the economy. It’s a good ad and timely topic that needs attention:
We’ve got some serious problems here in America that need fixing. I hope to hear more from all the Dem candidates in the coming days about what they plan [...]
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