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MSNBC Nevada Democratic Debate (January 15, 2008)
2008-01-17 06:39:00
On Tuesday, January 15, 2008, the top 3 Democratic candidates debated the issues in Nevada on MSNBC. Dennis Kucinich was not allowed to participate by MSNBC and that ruling was upheld when it was challenged in court. A judge in a lower court had threatened to block the MSNBC broadcast if Kucinich was not allowed to participate but the Nevada Supreme Court reversed that decision 1 hour before the debate went on air. The debate went on without Kucinich and the tone was friendly throughout the debate. Tim Russert, Natalie Morales, and Brian Williams were the moderators of the round-table style debate. Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton were asked about the issue of race and the battle that emerged between the two parties over the past week. The candidates stayed true to their word and honored the truce on the issue. ?I think that what?s most important is that Senator Obama and I agree completely that neither race nor gender should be a part of this campaign,? Sena...
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Romney Wins Michigan, Democrats Get No National Delegates
2008-01-16 07:33:00
Mitt Romney won his childhood state of Michigan on Tuesday night where voter turnout was extremely low. Analysts estimated that about 20 percent of the 7.14 million registered voters would vote in Tuesday?s election. In some counties, that number was closer to 15 percent. According to the Associated Press, Secretary of State Terry Lynn Land estimated that fewer than 1.5 million people voted. Hillary Clinton was the only major candidate on the Democratic ticket because Obama and Edwards pledged to not campaign in Michigan if they moved their primary before February 5th. Senator Clinton barely held off the ?uncommitted? choice on the Democratic side to ?win? the state. Clinton will be awarded no delegates due to the fact that the Democratic National Committee has stripped the state of their delegates for violating party rules when they moved their primary date. Even with her name being the only major name on the list for Democrats , 45 percent of Democratic vo...
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Clinton?s Race Comments: Strategy or Poor Judgment?
2008-01-15 08:17:00
Senator Clinton?s comments reached a climax today when she received a cold as ice response from a crowd in New York at a Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. event. The cold reception was due to recent comments made by Senator Clinton and former President Bill Clinton. Senator Clinton made the comment that it took President Johnson?s signing of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 for Martin Luther King?s work to become reality. President Bill Clinton called Barack Obama ?s image in the media a ?fairytale?. President Clinton?s comments incited sharp criticism from African American radio hosts and bloggers. Why Senator Clinton chose MLK and President Johnson as an example when there are plenty of other examples in history leads to one conclusion, strategy. After Senator Clinton made those comments Barack Obama?s spokeswoman Candice Tolliver, responded by saying, ?a cross-section of voters are alarmed at the tenor of some of these statements. Tolliver added, ?there?s a g...
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Clinton Speech Gets Icy Response
2008-01-15 07:10:00
Senator Clinton spoke before a mostly silent crowd on Monday. Clinton was speaking before a crowd of union workers in New York where she received a lukewarm reception from the audience. The crowd did not meet her arrival with the fierce applause she might be used to hearing, instead she got steady clapping mixed with occasional boos. The New York Times reported that less than half of the crowd gave her a standing ovation when she left. The cold reception was due to recent comments made by Senator Clinton and former President Bill Clinton . Senator Clinton made the comment that it took President Johnson?s signing of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 for Martin Luther King?s work to become reality. Here is what she said: ?I would point to the fact that that Dr. King?s dream began to be realized when President Johnson passed the Civil Rights Act of 1964, when he was able to get through Congress something that President Kennedy was hopeful to do, the president before had no...
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Clinton Calls Being First Lady ?More Experience? Than Being a State Senator
2008-01-12 07:02:00
Hillary Clinton realized after Iowa that people were in fact looking for change, not necessarily experience. Senator Clinton is now, of course, calling herself a candidate that can bring change. While campaigning in Nevada , the next Democratic primary state, Hillary is trying to tell voters that she is both the candidate of change and experience. Senator Clinton told voters that she thinks being married to the president gives her more experience than being an elected state-senator. ?He was a part-time state senator for a few years, and then he came to the Senate and immediately started running for president. And that's his prerogative. That's his right. But I think it is important to compare and contrast our records.? Senator Clinton did do some great things as first lady, do not get me wrong, but whoever said that qualified her to BE president herself? Senator Clinton also referred to Obama?s time in the legislator as ?a few years?. Let?s get this straight, it was ...
More About: Iran , Health Care , Barack Obama , Hillary Clinton

Kerry Endorses Obama: A Slap in the Face to Edwards?
2008-01-11 06:33:00
Senator Kerr y endorsed Barack Obama on Thursday in an unfortunate ?slap in the face? to John Edwards who was his running mate in 2004. John Edwards is running in third in the polls and was a strong competitor to Kerry in 2004. Kerry chose Edwards as his running mate in 2004 but chose to support a different candidate for president on Thursday. John Edwards issued a statement saying, ?Our country and our party are stronger because of John's service, and I respect his decision. When we were running against each other and on the same ticket, John and I agreed on many issues.? The endorsement also dealt a blow to his fellow colleague in the Senate, Hillary Clinton. Kerry said that he endorsed Obama because he can get beyond the Swift Boat type of politics in the United States and can heal our country from the deep divisions that exist. Kerry quoted Martin Luther King in saying, ?the time is always right to do what is right.? Kerry went on to say, ?I'm...
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Giuliani Goes for Broke in Florida
2008-01-11 05:51:00
Rudolph Giuliani has decided to pull his paid staffers out of South Carolina and Michigan in order to focus on Florida . The Giuliani campaign has realized that he does not have a chance in South Carolina where he is polling at 7 percent. Apparently the 4 percent he got in Iowa and the 9 percent he got in New Hampshire was not what he was looking for this election season. The ?single digit machine? is now focusing his campaigning and his resources in Florida where he actually has a chance. A Real Clear Politics poll average shows Giuliani is leading in Florida with 26.5 percent of the vote and Huckabee is in second with 21.3 percent. Will Florida be too little too late for Giuliani? South Carolina, Michigan, Nevada, New Hampshire, and Iowa will all have been lost by Giuliani once Florida arrives. Giuliani will have absolutely no momentum going into Florida and will be competing with candidates who have won in other states and finished with more than just sin...

Richardson to Drop Presidential Bid
2008-01-10 09:22:00
After two poor showings in Iowa and New Hampshire, New Mexico Governor Bill Richardson has decided to withdrawal from the presidential race. According to Reuters News, reports have said that Richardson will announce his decision to leave the race on Thursday. CNN quoted a Richardson aid saying his decision was based on New Hampshire and Iowa. "Not enough votes, not enough money."The race is now officially between Obama, Clinton and Edwards.
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Clinton Wins in New Hampshire, Obama: ?Yes We Can!?
2008-01-09 09:48:00
Senator Clinton defied the odds and the polls on Tuesday, defeating the new frontrunner Barack Obama . The Democratic primary is far from over after Clinton?s win in New Hampshire on Tuesday. After Obama won in Iowa he was expected to win by double digits in New Hampshire based on polls following the Iowa results. The Clinton campaign has been rejuvenated following the unexpected victory in a state in which she was supposed to loose handily. Nevada is now the next contest in what has become a two way race between Obama and Clinton. Edwards told supporters in his speech on Tuesday night after finishing a distant third that he was going no where and would continue his campaign to all 50 states. South Carolina will be the next major test for the candidates. South Carolina is the first major state with a large population of minorities. More than 50 percent of registered Democrats in South Carolina are African Americans. This is in sharp contrast to New Hampshire ...
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McCain Delivers in New Hampshire
2008-01-09 04:57:00
John McCain has came back in a campaign where he had no money left and very little support, to win New Hampshire. On Tuesday night John McCain defeated Mitt Romney who came in second in the New Hampshire primary. McCain won New Hampshire in 2000 over George W . Bush and that may have helped him win on Tuesday. McCain does well among Independents and more than 45 percent of voters in New Hampshire are registered ?undeclared?. Independents were key to McCain?s victory on Tuesday and the Republican race will continue to go on. Ron Paul had 8 percent of the vote almost matching Rudy Giuliani?s 9 percent. Mike Huckabee finished with 12 percent. Mitt Romney finished second with 32 percent. McCain won by 5 percent as of 10:45 PM (EST) with 37 percent. In a hilariously embarrassing defeat, Fred Thompson lost to the total number of write-in candidates. McCain 37% Romney 32% Huckabee 11% Giuliani 9% Paul 8% Total Write-ins 2% Thompson 1% Hunter 1%
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A.P. Calls Clinton Winner in New Hampshire
2008-01-09 04:34:00
The Associated Press has just announced that Hillary Clinton has won the Democratic primary in New Hampshire based on their projections. CNN and other sources have yet to make a call because college towns have yet to count their votes and that their are too many other votes yet to be counted throughout the state.Barack Obama trails by 6,000 votes in the state and that pattern has held over 2 and a half hours of incoming numbers. Barack Obama had led in the New Hampshire polls but they were obviously not accurate. Barack Obama will be speaking to his supporters shortly. No word on if it is a concession speech. More updates will follow as the numbers come in.
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Super Tuesday States Full List (February 5, 2008)
2008-01-08 10:12:00
Here is the full list of states that will be voting on February 5, 2008. There are 22 states total. Three of the states have primaries where only the Democratic Party will be voting on February 5th. Alabama Alaska Arizona Arkansas California Colorado Connecticut Delaware Georgia Idaho (Democratic Party Only) Illinois Kansas (Democratic Party Only) Massachusetts Minnesota Missouri New Jersey New Mexico (Democratic Party Only) New York North Dakota Oklahoma Tennessee Utah

Ron Paul Excluded from Fox News Debate- Supporters Confront Sean Hannity
2008-01-08 08:18:00
Ron Paul supporters upset over the exclusivity of the Fox News Republican Debate in New Hampshire chased down Sean Hannity in New Hampshire. The incident was filmed and put on YouTube where you can see supporters chasing Hannity as they shout at him and mock Fox News. Paul supporters have every right to be upset over the exclusion of their candidate from the debate last week. Paul finished fifth in Iowa with 10 percent of the vote, beating Rudy Giuliani . Giuliani had a miserable 4 percent yet he was one of the five candidates included by Fox News in the debate. Fred Thompson, John McCain , Mitt Romney , and Mike Huckabee were also invited to participate. Paul has also raised nearly $20 million dollars over the last 3 months from his huge network of staunch supporters. Fox News cannot claim that fundraising minimums were involved in this decision. The New Hampshire GOP removed their sponsorship from the debate after Paul was not included. Paul?s suppor...
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Obama Inevitable In New Hampshire?
2008-01-08 06:35:00
Barack Obama has taken his Iowa victory all the way to a double digit lead in New Hampshire and the media is ready to declare him the winner. But is Obama really the inevitable winner for Democrats in New Hampshire? There are several important things to consider when looking at the historic voting patterns of New Hampshire. First of all, New Hampshire voters do not like being told who to vote for. I heard an interesting comment by a voter on NPR today who said, ?When we are given the choice between A or B, we choose D.? New Hampshire does not always agree with Iowa. In 1992 Iowa voted for Tom Harkin but New Hampshire said no. The granite state instead voted for Senator Paul Tsongas in 92. Secondly, New Hampshire Democrats now only have the choice between 4 serious candidates. Dodd and Biden may not have had much support in New Hampshire but those voters have to pick a second favorite candidate now. Richardson has been polling in the single digits but...

Obama Takes Double Digit Lead in New Hampshire
2008-01-07 06:50:00
The Iowa ?bump? is officially in. Only 5 days separate the Iowa caucus and the New Hampshire primary and the impact on the polls from Iowa was just as large. Barack Obama who was tied with Hillary Clinton in a poll that was released on Saturday, now leads by 10 points according to the latest poll. A new CNN/WMUR poll conducted on Saturday through Sunday, found that 39 percent of likely voters in New Hampshire supported Barack Obama while 29 percent supported Hillary Clinton. John Edwards previously had 20 percent but dropped to 16 percent in the new poll. Second prize in Iowa apparently hurts you in New Hampshire. Edwards defeated Hillary Clinton in Iowa but lost as many points as Clinton did in the new poll. A win in New Hampshire for Obama could carry him all the way to the nomination. South Carolina is only 16 days after New Hampshire and the momentum could be enough to win there. According to the current Real Clear Politics poll average, Barack O...
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Barack Obama Iowa Victory Speech: "Our Time for Change Has Come"
2008-01-05 05:06:00
After winning the Iowa caucus last night Obama capped off the evening with one of his best speeches ever. The TV political ?gurus? even compared this speech to his address at the Democratic National Convention in 2004. Barack Obama ?s crowd of supporters roared with excitement during the speech, chanting ?Obama? over and over. The crowd was so excited they even started chanting ?USA!?. Obama supporters certainly had something to cheer about on Thursday night. Their candidate handed the former ?front runner?, Hillary Clinton, a 9 point thumping in the opening presidential contest. Obama?s speech told of how the campaign of change overcame great odds and that the message of hope is stronger than ever because of Iowa. Hope, unity, and change were the themes of his victory message and it was all met with loud praise from the crowd. Obama used the word hope 11 times through out his 14 minute speech. ?You know, they said this day would never come. They s...
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Ron Paul and Bill Richardson Vow to Continue Campaigns
2008-01-04 06:31:00
Bill Richardson hoped for a top three finish in Iowa. Richardson finished fourth on Thursday night but said despite his poor showing he will stay in the Democratic race. Ron Paul got 10 percent of the vote in Iowa which is higher than where he was polling prior to the caucuses. New Hampshire is the state that Paul has believed from the beginning that he will do well in. New Hampshire has a lot of Independent voters and the ?Live Free or Die? theme of the state may fit well with his campaign. Richardson has been polling at about 5 or 6 percent in New Hampshire and said he will continue on there and see how he finishes.
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Joe Biden Drops Out of Presidential Race
2008-01-04 05:28:00
The second casualty of the night is Joe Biden . After a poor showing in Iowa Joe Biden has decided that he will not continue on to New Hampshire and not continue in the presidential race. Biden had the most foreign policy experience but was never taken seriously as a candidate despite his vast knowledge and years of experience. Earlier this night Senator Chris Dodd also dropped out of the race because of a similarly poor showing in Iowa. There may be more casualties tonight and I expect there will be some on the Republican side as well.
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Obama and Huckabee Win Iowa, Chris Dodd Drops Out
2008-01-04 04:47:00
With 96 percent of the precincts reporting, Barack Obama has sealed a victory in Iowa with 38 percent of the vote. Edwards and Clinton are in a tight race for second place. Edwards currently has 30 percent of the votes and Clinton is close behind with 29 percent. The two are separated by only 11 delegate votes. Mike Huckabee received 34 percent and Mitt Romney came in second with 25 percent. CNN announced tonight that Chris Dodd would be dropping out of the race after a poor showing in Iowa. Dodd had moved his family to Iowa so that he could spend as much time campaigning there as possible. Clinton also had a bad night. Clinton might end up finishing third in Iowa which is a devastating blow to her campaign. Hillary currently leads in New Hampshire but after this showing could take a hit there in the polls. Here are the Democratic results as of 10:25 PM Barack Obama (898) 38% John Edwards (716) 30% Hillary Clint...

Iowa Caucuses Tonight Important for Candidates on Both Sides
2008-01-03 19:22:00
After months of campaigning and $40 million of dollars of spending (figure based on Iowa ads alone), a major first step in the nomination process will take place tonight in Iowa.Iowa is especially critical for the Democratic nominee where a majority of candidates who have won their have gone on to win the nomination of the party. Edwards would have a significant struggle ahead if he were to loose in Iowa.Edwards is polling in a rather distant third in New Hampshire and a loss in Iowa would make it much more difficult for him to rebound there.According to a Real Clear Politics poll, Clinton currently leads in New Hampshire with 33.5 percent of likely voters, Obama has 26.3 percent, and Edwards 18.3 percent.The New Hampshire primary is only 5 days after the Iowa caucuses and the winner in Iowa will certainly get a bump in New Hampshire as well as nationally. After Kerry?s come from behind win in 2004 he got a 20 point bump in national polls after winning the Iowa caucus.While this y...
More About: Barack Obama , Hillary Clinton , John Kerry , John Edwards , Bill Richardson

Ron Paul Raises Nearly $20 Million in Last Quarter of ?07
2008-01-03 06:30:00
On Tuesday, the Ron Paul campaign announced that they had raised nearly $20 million dollars during the last 3 months of 2007. The Paul campaign shattered the $12 million dollar fundraising goal that they had set for the quarter. According to a statement from the Ron Paul website, between October 1 and December 31 of 2007 over 107,000 people donated to Paul and more than half of them were new donors. The website also said that Paul raised at least $19.5 million this quarter. On November 5 and December 16 Paul was able to raise more than $10 million dollars, both of which were fundraising days organized by his supporters. "Only Dr. Paul has the ability to inspire Americans to contribute and take action that is necessary if Republicans want to defeat the Democrats in November," campaign manager Kent Snyder said. The previous quarter which ended September 31, Rudy Giuliani led all Republicans with $11.5 million dollars. The other Republican candidates have yet to announce their ...
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Romney and Edwards Lead Again in Iowa
2007-12-31 01:29:00
Romney and Edwards Lead Again in IowaA New McClatchy-MSNBC poll of Iowa shows that Mike Huckabee is no longer invincible in Iowa. Huckabee had surged ahead in Iowa just weeks ago overtaking Romney and stole all of the momentum for the time being.Now Romney has crawled back to the top taking away the momentum from Huckabee and even taking some of his support from the evangelical voters. Huckabee has lost support in Iowa, including those in the evangelical community. Romney now leads with 27 percent of potential caucus goers supporting him, Huckabee has 23 percent, Fred Thompson 14 percent, John McCain 13 percent, and Rudy Giuliani and Ron Paul both have 5 percent. John Edwards is leading in a tight three way race among the Democratic candidates. The new poll shows Edwards gained a few percentage points, getting 24 percent of potential caucus goers, Hillary Clinton had 23 percent, Barack Obama 22 percent, and Bill Richardson with 13 percent. ?On the Democratic side, the race ...

Iowa Democratic Race: Too Close to Call
2007-12-29 07:17:00
After months of polling potential January 3rd caucus goers, we are no where closer to knowing which Democrat will win in Iowa.The latest Research 2000 poll shows John Edwards and Barack Obama are tied at 29 percent and Hillary Clinton is just behind with 28 percent of potential voters. Three candidates and only 1 percent separates the lead between them.Real Clear Politics took an average of the polls for Iowa and found that Hillary Clinton leads John Edwards by only 2 percentage points. Barack Obama was in third place just .3 percent behind Edwards. One thing is consistent and clear in Iowa, no one knows who will win. The experts don?t know, the political scientists have no idea, and the media doesn?t have a clue. 2004 Howard Dean was supposed to win it all. The media and all the experts picked him to come out on top in Iowa. Dean finished third. Iowa voters usually wait until the last minute to decide who to vote for and turnout is lackluster. Iowa is also a state known fo...
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Democrats Dominate Social Network Sites and Loose in Overall Site Traffic
2007-12-27 07:02:00
Democrats have been more successful reining in supporters on YouTube, MySpace , Facebook, and Eventful sites than Republicans have been. Democratic candidates have more subscribers on YouTube, more event requests on Eventful, and more friends on Facebook and MySpace.Barack Obama has over 172,000 Facebook supporters, while Ron Paul, who leads all Republicans, has just over 44,700 supporters. Clinton has only 56,000 supporters and Romney has only 22,000 supporters to come in second for their respective parties. While Democratic candidates may have more subscribers on YouTube.com, Ron Paul is certainly leading in the amount of daily viewers. According to TubeMogul, RonPaul.com YouTube videos receive cumulative views of over 8.6 million per day. Barack Obama leads Democrats with over 6.4 million viewers each day. Mike Huckabee is the next closest Republican and he gets just over 3.8 million views a day and Mitt Romney is close behind him with 3.2 million. John Edwards was the seco...
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Candidates Leave Iowa for Christmas... All but Dodd
2007-12-25 07:50:00
The presidential candidates that have been camped in Iowa the past few weeks have left to be with their families for Christmas . The candidates are actually taking a day off from the campaign trail. All but Senator Chris Dodd (D-Connecticut) left the first caucus state. According to NPR, Dodd moved his family to Iowa for the caucuses. Dodd has been polling in the low single digits. According to TIME Magazine Dodd has had to campaign by making appearances where the crowds already are. Dodd appears anywhere where he can find an audience including bars and baseball games.
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Romney Caught in Another Lie, ?I Saw My Father March with Martin Luther Kin
2007-12-21 20:09:00
?I saw my father march with Martin Luther King,? Romney said during his speech on religion in Texas on December 3. On ?Meet the Press? Mitt repeated the same thing. George Romney was Governor of Michigan at the time and was a supporter of civil rights. The Romney campaign claimed that Mitt saw his father walk with Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. at a march in Grosse Point, Michigan. According to The Boston Phoenix newspaper, George Romney?s only appearance in Grosse Point was at a speech at a high school three weeks before King was assassinated and it was not a march with Dr. King present. There is also no documentation to support that Romney?s father was at any of the marches that took place in Michigan with Dr. King. There were marches in Michigan but George Romney never attended any of them. The second and biggest point that proves he was lying, is the fact that Mitt Romney was in France at the time. Mitt was on a two year Mormon missionary project in France...
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Tom Tancredo Drops Out of Race and Endorses Romney
2007-12-21 08:36:00
Republican presidential candidate Tom Tancredo dropped out of the presidential race on Thursday. Tancredo has been polling in the single digits even in Iowa where immigration is a larger issue to voters. During his announcement Tancredo said that he would be endorsing?drum roll?Mitt Romney ? Mitt Romney!? Well I guess it could have been worse, he could have endorsed Giuliani. Tancredo said he did not agree with Romney on all issues (no kidding) but said that Romney has had a ?solid record? on immigration. Tancredo also said that Romney could go the distance in this election. The Colorado Representative said he knew he was a long shot for the nomination but was proud of the fact that he brought the issue of immigration to the forefront of this election. Tancredo said that he did not want to be a spoiler in this election and keep a candidate from being nominated that would protect our borders. Tancredo?s endorsement comes exactly two weeks before the Iow...
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Tom Tancredo Expected to Drop Out of Race
2007-12-20 22:19:00
According to a posted item by the Ron Paul campaign, presidential candidate Tom Tancredo is expected to drop out of the race today. Tancredo is currently polling at about 6 percent in Iowa which would leave those votes up for grabs. 6 percent is not a huge number but it could be enough to influence another candidate enough in Iowa.
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Joe Lieberman Endorses John McCain
2007-12-20 10:28:00
Senator Joe Lieberman (I-Connecticut) further drove himself out of the graces of the Democratic Party when he endorsed Republican presidential candidate John McCain on Tuesday. Perhaps Lieberman was pushing them farther away in spite. Images of an irate, half-mad, Zeil Miller endorsing President Bush at the 2004 Republican National Convention come rushing back to me. The rarity of cross party endorsements in presidential elections is what makes this especially backstabbing. Lieberman has enraged Democrats over the past few years by refusing to go against the president on the Iraq war and a possible war with Iran . Lieberman has been a strong Bush supporter when it comes to the war in Iraq which cost him the Democratic nomination in Connecticut for U.S. Senate when he ran for re-election. Ned Lamont, who defeated Lieberman in the Democratic primary but lost to him when he ran as an Independent, criticized him for saying in 2006 that he wanted to elect a Democrat...
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Edwards Now Leads in Three Way Democratic Shuffle
2007-12-19 21:05:00
John Edwards stands with Mari Culver after receiving her endorsement. Her husband Gov. Chet Culver of Iowa has stayed neutral. Photo by: John Edwards Flickr Edwards, Clinton and Obama are locked in a three way race in an unpredictable state. According to a new poll that measures likely caucus goers, John Edwards has jumped out ahead of Obama and Clinton. The newest InsiderAdvantage/Majority Opinion poll shows John Edwards has 30 percent of likely voters, Clinton 26 percent, and Barack Obama has 24 percent. Iowa is a state that is extremely hard to poll because of their caucus voting format. Only those that show up at the right time in the right place may vote. This is a very difficult group to poll especially because they wait until the last minute to decide on a candidate. The close three way race leaves room for any of these candidates to finish first or third in Iowa. Edwards holds a few advantages over the other candidates in Iowa. Edwards hol...
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