January 4, 2008

IOWA

So, my predictions were wrong. Obama takes it for the Dems, with Edwards narrowly edging out Clinton for second. Huckabee comes from nowhere to win for the Republicans, and beats Romney decisively. Now, on to New Hampshire.

It seems that for McCain, things couldn't have turned out better. He comes in third, with Romney on the defensive and lead quickly eroding in New Hampshire. McCain certainly needs a strong showing in New Hampshire to go on, but if he can pull it off, he will be in good shape.

For Romney, he is in trouble. Better win in New Hampshire or he's done.

For the Dems, Obama is becoming unstoppable. New Hampshire is obviously a must-win for Clinton, and Edwards' second place finish will make things fun.

Biden and Dodd will call it quits today as well. Will they endorse?

Quick Clips

Richardson, Biden and Dodd: Woulda, coulda, shoulda
Biden to Abandon Presidential Bid
Clinton's refrain: battle-tested and ready for the final exam
Clinton Campaign Looks Toward N.H.
Sen. Dodd Drops Presidential Bid
Edwards Team Sees Three-Way Race
For Some Kenyan Villagers, the Action Is in Des Moines
Obama wins convincing victory in Iowa
Obama Camp Credits Youth Turnout
Giuliani Finds Comfort, If Not Warmth in Florida
At Huckabee Central, Cheers for the Candidate and the Evangelical Base
Huckabee's schedule -- subject to change?
Mike Huckabee: Out of obscurity
Huckabee moves to 'front of this campaign'
Jubilant Huckabee Thanks Iowa Supporters
In N.H., He’s the Only Game in Town
McCain's feeling cocky
Romney Concedes Iowa to Huckabee
GOP's Huckabee, Dems' Obama win Iowa caucuses
Huckabee and Obama win Iowa caucuses
From Nowhere, Huckabee Prevails
Huckabee stuns Romney
A Blow to Clinton and Romney
Obama, Huckabee Emerge As Winners of Iowa Caucus
Live Blogging the Iowa Caucuses
Obama Triumphs in Iowa Contest as Clinton Falters; Huckabee Rolls
Behind the Iowa Results
Huckabee, Obama win in Iowa
The View From Nevada
Iowa results set up N.H. battle
New Hampshire Spotlights Role Of Independents
In Iowa, it doesn't pay to spend big
Caucusgoers' questions reveal indecision
Why Iowa? And what's a caucus, anyway?
Now it's Iowa's turn to be heard
Iowa independents set to influence Dem vote
Obama Wins Iowa's Democratic Caucuses
Huckabee Wins Iowa's Republican Caucuses
Wyo. caucuses approach without fanfare
Ohio to Offer Paper Ballots in March
With Few Options, Colorado Considers All-Mail Vote
With Iowa in Rearview Mirror, Candidates Move to New Ground and Issues
Fair tax? Flat tax? Candidates tout novel plans.
U.S. Prosecutor to Probe CIA Destruction of Tapes
CIA Tapes Drew Warning in 2003

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THE FIELD

Richardson, Biden and Dodd: Woulda, coulda, shoulda

By Scott Martelle
Los Angeles Times
January 3, 2008

The three lower-tier Democrats draw similar support. What if just one of them had run?

BIDEN

Biden to Abandon Presidential Bid

Associated Press
January 3, 2008

Delaware Sen. Joe Biden abandoned his bid for the Democratic presidential nomination Thursday after a poor showing in the state's caucuses…

CLINTON

Clinton's refrain: battle-tested and ready for the final exam

Los Angeles Times
January 3, 2008

In every campaign speech, Hillary Rodham Clinton lays out a reason why Democratic voters who want to retake the White House should turn to her, not her rivals…

Clinton Campaign Looks Toward N.H.

By Anne E. Kornblut
Washington Post
January 4, 2008

DES MOINES -- At 9:25 p.m. Central time, Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton emerged onstage to acknowledge the first electoral loss of her career. "I am so ready for the rest of this campaign, and I am so ready to lead," Clinton said. She spoke for about 10 minutes, with her husband, daughter and mother standing at her side…

DODD

Sen. Dodd Drops Presidential Bid

Associated Press
January 4, 2008

DES MOINES, Iowa -- Democratic Sen. Chris Dodd of Connecticut abandoned his bid for the Democratic presidential nomination Thursday after a poor showing in Iowa's precinct caucuses…

EDWARDS

Edwards Team Sees Three-Way Race

By Peter Slevin
Washington Post
January 4, 2008

DES MOINES -- "The status quo lost and change won," John Edwards told a cheering crowd at a downtown Des Moines hotel after placing second in Iowa's Democratic caucuses. "We saw two candidates who thought their money made them inevitable."

OBAMA

For Some Kenyan Villagers, the Action Is in Des Moines

By Reuben Kyama
New York Times
January 4, 2008

The postelection mayhem consuming Nairobi and other parts of Kenya has not struck Nyangoma-Kogelo, the ancestral home of Senator Barack Obama…

Obama wins convincing victory in Iowa

By Christi Parsons and John McCormick
Chicago Tribune
January 4, 2008

Fueled by record turnout among young and new voters, Sen. Barack Obama won an historic and convincing victory in the Iowa caucuses Thursday night, a win that validated his status as a leading candidate for the Democratic presidential nomination…

Obama Camp Credits Youth Turnout

By Shailagh Murray
Washington Post
January 4, 2008

When the networks called the race, Barack Obama supporters had just started to trickle into the downtown arena that the campaign had booked for caucus night, and they reacted with both shock and glee as…

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GIULIANI

Giuliani Finds Comfort, If Not Warmth in Florida

By Michael Cooper
New York Times
January 3, 2008

Rudolph W. Giuliani had a rally Thursday evening to celebrate some of that first-in-the-nation voting – here in Florida…

HUCKABEE

At Huckabee Central, Cheers for the Candidate and the Evangelical Base

By Michael Luo and David D. Kirkpatrick
New York Times
January 4, 2008

Despite Mike Huckabee’s remarkable ascent through the ranks of the Republican field he faces daunting obstacles as he moves on to New Hampshire…

Huckabee's schedule -- subject to change?

Los Angeles Times Top of the Ticket
January 3, 2008

His initial foray into New Hampshire is lowkey…

Mike Huckabee: Out of obscurity

By Jason George
Chicago Tribune
January 4, 2008

Huck-a-who? Such was the question on lips last January when Mike Huckabee announced his long-shot presidential bid. As a former governor of Arkansas with little national exposure, Huckabee was at the time best known – if known much at all – for losing 110 pounds while in office, hardly an obvious White House credential…

Huckabee moves to 'front of this campaign'

By David Jackson
USA Today
January 4, 2008

Long-shot candidate Mike Huckabee won the Republican caucuses in Iowa on Thursday, parlaying strong support among Iowa social conservatives…

Jubilant Huckabee Thanks Iowa Supporters

By Perry Bacon Jr.
Washington Post
January 4, 2008

DES MOINES--He wasn't working from prepared remarks because, according to Bob Wickers, his longtime media adviser, "No one writes Mike Huckabee's speeches."

McCAIN

In N.H., He’s the Only Game in Town

By Kate Phillips
New York Times
January 3, 2008

This was probably the last night where the Republican candidate -- who's riding high here -- has the state all to himself…

McCain's feeling cocky

Los Angeles Times Top of the Ticket
January 3, 2008

He lands in New Hampshire as polls have lifted his spirits…

ROMNEY

Romney Concedes Iowa to Huckabee

By Chris Cillizza
Washington Post
January 4, 2008

Former governor Mitt Romney (Mass.) conceded the Iowa caucuses to former governor Mike Huckabee even as his campaign sought to pivot its focus to the upcoming New Hamphsire primary…

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GOP's Huckabee, Dems' Obama win Iowa caucuses

By USA Today Staff
January 4, 2008

DES MOINES — Barack Obama won Thursday's Iowa Democratic caucuses and Mike Huckabee was the victor in the GOP race, providing major boosts to both campaigns with the New Hampshire primary only days away…

Huckabee and Obama win Iowa caucuses

By Mark Z. Barabak
Los Angeles Times
January 4, 2008

Democrat Barack Obama and Republican Mike Huckabee swept to victory tonight in the Iowa caucuses, shredding any sense of inevitability surrounding the 2008 presidential race…

From Nowhere, Huckabee Prevails

By Patrick Healy
New York Times
January 4, 2008

Mike Huckabee won the caucuses in spite of a paltry political organization, slim dollars and a final week marked by gaffes…

Huckabee stuns Romney

By Rick Pearson
Chicago Tribune
January 4, 2008

In a battle pitting grassroots religious conservatives against corporate-style organization, Mike Huckabee stunned Mitt Romney in Iowa's leadoff Republican caucuses Thursday night, recasting the dynamics of an already fluid and accelerated GOP contest as it moved into New Hampshire…

A Blow to Clinton and Romney

By Adam Nagourney
New York Times
January 4, 2008

Senator Barack Obama was lifted to victory by a high turnout. On the Republican side, Mike Huckabee defeated the better funded Mitt Romney…

Obama, Huckabee Emerge As Winners of Iowa Caucus

By Laura Meckler
Wall Street Journal
January 3, 2008

Sen. Barack Obama won a fiercely fought three-way race for the Democratic presidential contest in Iowa, Sen. Barack Obama won a tight three-way race for the Democratic presidential contest in Iowa, bidding to make history as the first black U.S. president. Mike Huckabee won the Republican nod, buoyed by a huge turnout by evangelical Christians in the Iowa caucuses, as Iowa voters rewarded upstart candidates over the establishment's picks…

Live Blogging the Iowa Caucuses

By Katharine Q. Seelye
New York Times
January 3, 2008

“You have done what the cynics said we couldn’t do,” Barack Obama said; Chris Dodd has dropped out…

Obama Triumphs in Iowa Contest as Clinton Falters; Huckabee Rolls

By Adam Nagourney and John Broder
New York Times
January 4, 2008

DES MOINES — Senator Barack Obama of Illinois, a one-term Democratic senator trying to become the nation’s first African-American president, rolled to victory in the Iowa caucuses on Thursday night, lifted by what appeared to be a record turnout of voters who rejected the criticism that he did not have enough experience…

Behind the Iowa Results
What Worked, What Went Wrong on the Campaign Trail

Wall Street Journal
January 3, 2008

Iowa caucusgoers were faced with a stark choice: Mike Huckabee, Baptist minister and former Arkansas governor, or Mitt Romney, buttoned-down former governor of Massachusetts. Mr. Huckabee rode a late surge of support from passionate evangelical voters, while Mr. Romney used his skills as a management consultant to build a powerful ground organization…

Huckabee, Obama win in Iowa

By Michael Tackett
Chicago Tribune
January 4, 2008

They chose conciliation over combat, personality over pedigree, hope over fear. They voted for the new, with fervor…

The View From Nevada

By Jodi Kantor
New York Times
January 3, 2008

Preparations are under way at one caucus site…

Iowa results set up N.H. battle

By Martha T. Moore
USA Today
January 4, 2008

The first candidate's plane landed here even before the Iowa caucuses started Thursday. But the rest of the presidential pack…

New Hampshire Spotlights Role Of Independents

By Mary Jacoby
Wall Street Journal
January 4, 2008

NASHUA, N.H. -- As the presidential race moves from Iowa to New Hampshire, independent voters take on added importance, particularly for Republican Sen. John McCain and Democratic Sen. Barack Obama…

In Iowa, it doesn't pay to spend big

By Dan Morain
Los Angeles Times
January 3, 2008

Candidates have set records in hopes of winning the first presidential contest, but those with the most money don't necessarily win the state caucuses…

Caucusgoers' questions reveal indecision

By Maria L. La Ganga and Seema Mehta
Los Angeles Times
January 3, 2008

At campaign events, Iowans seek answers to a broad range of queries in an attempt to finally settle on a candidate…

Why Iowa? And what's a caucus, anyway?

By Mark Z. Barabak
Los Angeles Times
January 3, 2008

Tonight about 200,000 Iowans will begin the process of selecting the presidential nominees. That number barely surpasses the population of Glendale, but the results will have an enormous effect…

Now it's Iowa's turn to be heard

By Mark Z. Barabak and Peter Nicholas
Los Angeles Times
January 3, 2008

A year of relentless, costly campaigning in the state wraps up with no clear front-runners…

Iowa independents set to influence Dem vote

By Thomas Beaumont
Des Moines Register
January 4, 2008

Thousands more Iowa independent voters are expected to turn out for Democratic presidential candidates than Republicans at tonight's Iowa…

Obama Wins Iowa's Democratic Caucuses
Edwards and Clinton Battle For Second

By Dan Balz, Anne E. Kornblut and Shailagh Murray
Washington Post
January 4, 2008


DES MOINES, Jan. 3 -- Illinois Sen. Barack Obama, riding a message of hope and change and buoyed by extraordinary turnout, decisively won the Iowa Democratic caucuses here Thursday night, dealing a significant setback to New York Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton in the battle for the party's 2008 presidential nomination…

Huckabee Wins Iowa's Republican Caucuses
Evangelicals Fuel Victory Over Romney

By Michael D. Shear and Perry Bacon Jr.
Washington Post
January 4, 2008

DES MOINES, Jan. 3 -- Former Arkansas governor Mike Huckabee rode a wave of evangelical fervor to victory over Mitt Romney in Iowa's Republican caucus Thursday, an outcome that hardly seemed possible two months ago…



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Wyo. caucuses approach without fanfare

USA Today
January 4, 2008

Don't forget Wyoming. It's been overlooked in the hoopla surrounding Thursday's Iowa caucuses and next week's New Hampshire primary…


Ohio to Offer Paper Ballots in March

By Bob Driehaus
New York Times
January 4, 2008

The counties in Ohio that still use the touch-screen voting machines that were found to be unreliable must provide paper ballots to any voters who request them…

With Few Options, Colorado Considers All-Mail Vote

By Kirk Johnson
New York Times
January 4, 2008

After testing by the secretary of state last month found problems in voting machines across the state, the Colorado legislature is braced for a fight over what to do next…

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With Iowa in Rearview Mirror, Candidates Move to New Ground and Issues

By Marc Santora
New York Times
January 4, 2008

As the race for the White House moves to New Hampshire, the focus will shift from social and religious issues to taxes and national security…

Fair tax? Flat tax? Candidates tout novel plans.

By Peter Grier
Christian Science Monitor
January 4, 2008

Two want to abolish the income tax – and the IRS. Others say they'd renew the Bush tax cuts…

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U.S. Prosecutor to Probe CIA Destruction of Tapes

By Evan Perez
Wall Street Journal
January 3, 2008

The Justice Department appointed a prosecutor to conduct a criminal investigation into the Central Intelligence Agency's destruction of videotape recordings of detainee interrogations…

CIA Tapes Drew Warning in 2003

By Siobhan Gorman
Wall Street Journal
January 3, 2008

A top law maker on the House intelligence committee questioned the legality of the CIA's interrogation techniques and warned against the CIA's plans to destroy a tape of a detainee interrogation after a briefing in 2003, saying it would "reflect badly" on the agency…

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