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  • How Not To Pick a Venue


    For a candidate trying to combat portrayals of himself as a fey elitist, Obama could be choosing his speaking venues more carefully. A headline in today’s Des Moines Register announces that Obama “returns to D.M. today for east-side rally.” The city’s Read More...
  • Britney Spears Is More Important Than Barack Obama


    For a dose of perspective, this is what MSNBC's hompage looked like at 1:35 a.m. early Friday morning. Read More...
  • Live Caucus: The Green Sticker


    GRINNELL, Iowa—People are just starting to trickle into the Harris Center here at Grinnell College, where I’ll be observing the caucus here for the next couple of hours. It’s a college town, obviously, so students and faculty are expected to be a big Read More...
  • The Candidate Death Watch


    For every candidate who moves one step closer to the presidency tonight, there will be several whose lust for the White House will be squelched. Starting today, we'll keep track of whose candidacy is most likely to bite the dust. Think of it as a Bizarro Read More...
  • Who Cares About the Orange Bowl?


    Months before caucus mania descended on the country, various story lines were floated by the political media to try and create a little drama. But now that the caucuses are upon us, it's worth a look back at the story fads that turned out to be useless. Read More...
  • Kingmakers: Joe Biden


    In case you haven't heard, the Democratic caucuses in Iowa aren't exactly a microcosm of American democracy. Secret ballots are unheard of, candidates bribe voters with sandwiches , and second choices aren't just allowed, they're sometimes requested. Read More...
  • Eff You, Iowa!


    Even if Barack Obama loses Iowa, he could still win the nomination. Seriously. The conventional wisdom is that if Clinton wins Iowa, Obama's shot at the presidency is shot. While that's certainly possible—and probably probable—pundits seem to be forgetting Read More...
  • This American Debate


    Another Democratic debate is taking place in Iowa right now, but this one is camera-free. National Public Radio is broadcasting the debate, moderated by Michele Norris, Steve Inskeep, and Robert Siegel. Politicos expected the debate to be relatively low-key, Read More...
  • Should I Stay or Should I Go Now?


    Mike Huckabee returns to Iowa for the first time in 24 days today, and the time away seemed to do him some good. When news first broke that Huckabee was going to campaign outside of Iowa during the majority of November, a senior Romney aide showed me Read More...
  • Defeated Optimism [UPDATED with correction]


    UPDATE 3:15 p.m.: I have to retract this entire post, which was wholly inaccurate. The Edwards campaign called me to rightfully inform me that the question in the conference call was about whether Hillary Clinton's support had peaked in Iowa and the rest Read More...
  • Rock the Caucus


    One fascinating aspect of the antiquated, convoluted Iowa caucus system is that each candidate has to teach his or her own supporters how to, er, caucus. (‘Tis the season where caucus becomes a verb.) The state parties also hold training sessions, but Read More...
  • Pleading the Fifth


    Rudy Giuliani got the memo about the importance of early primary states. He's just choosing to ignore it. While Iowa and New Hampshire are crucial states for most Republican candidates, Rudy Giuliani thinks of them more as a nuisance. Giuliani's campaign Read More...
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