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  • Iowa Ground Hound Video: Chuck Norris

    POSTED BY MARC BOXSER, JANUARY 03 2008 12:40 PM | PERMALINK

     We'll have our ground hounds and our partner the Uptake sending in videos all today from Iowa- so watch this blog. Our Iowa blogger Jonathan Backer caught up at a Chuck Norris Huckabee event last night.

     

  • Let the games begin!

    POSTED BY MARC BOXSER, JANUARY 03 2008 10:04 AM | PERMALINK

    Today is Caucus day. Feel the excitement! Like us you probably woke up this morning to see a string of newscasters reporting in the midst of the Iowa masses trying desperately to get to work without being accosted by someone connected to a campaign or the media- invariably in a diner, often with their own coffee bean straw polls (Well Obama has been known to enjoy a good Columbian crop).

    So, here is something silly to get you in the mood from our friends at Barely Political.

     

     

  • TPMtv: Rudy's Campaign Implosion

    POSTED BY BEN CRAW, JANUARY 02 2008 02:34 PM | PERMALINK

    Rudy's Campaign Implosion

    Politics Video Blog: Is Rudy's campaign in free-fall? Join us as we look at the numbers.

  • 48 Hours and Counting...

    POSTED BY RALEIGH-ELIZABETH SMITH, JANUARY 01 2008 11:43 AM | PERMALINK

    The Iowa caucuses are just around the corner now, and while the media circus is abuzz with what may be, our Iowa blogger Jonathan Backer has been on the ground talking to real voters about what they think.

     

    Look for more of Jonathan's coverage here at Veracifier and stay tuned for updates as the situation unfolds.  Only two days to go!

  • Retail Politics Come Down to the Wire in Dubuque, Iowa

    POSTED BY JONATHAN BACKER, JANUARY 01 2008 06:13 AM | PERMALINK

    Dubuque, Iowa is a small city separated from Illinois and Wisconsin by the Mississippi River, with a large Irish-Catholic population. With two Irish-Catholic candidates in the Democratic caucus – Senators Biden and Dodd – a piqued battle for fourth place has picked up steam in the campaign’s final days.

    The reigning perception around the state is that there are four tickets to New Hampshire and beyond in this primary contest, meaning that the dynamics of the race leave Governor Richardson, Biden and...

  • News in the Driver’s Seat of a Campaign’s Final Days

    POSTED BY JONATHAN BACKER, DECEMBER 31 2007 01:07 PM | PERMALINK

     

    On Thursday, undecided voters, supporters, and press crowded into the family room of Des Moines contractor Fred Hubbell to watch Senator Dodd’s live interview on MSNBC’s Olbermann Report. Dodd provided an analysis of the assassination of Pakistani opposition leader Benazir Bhutto.  

     

    Dodd’s long relationship with Bhutto positioned him as a candidate able to thoughtfully discuss the assassination’s implications on U.S. foreign policy. On the show, Dodd took a swipe at Governor...

  • Early Vote States Split on Clinton, Obama

    POSTED BY RALEIGH-ELIZABETH SMITH, DECEMBER 28 2007 10:29 AM | PERMALINK

    Dems are locked in a tight race now: New Hampshire and Iowa voters are torn between Obama's character and Clinton's experience and it's anyone's guess who the winner will be.  Though competitive in Iowa, Edwards falls behind the two leaders in New Hampshire.

    Clinton currently has the lead in Iowa - 29 percent - while Obama trails three percent at 26 percent, Edwards at 25 percent.  But the tables are turned in New Hampshire, hwere Obama currently holds a strong 32 percent, Clinton percent, and Edwards...

  • TPMtv: '08 Roundup: Episode #6

    POSTED BY BEN CRAW, DECEMBER 27 2007 05:10 PM | PERMALINK

    '08 Roundup: Episode #6

    We've got four days left of 2007 and six days left until the Iowa Caucuses. We survey the terrain in our sixth 2008 election roundup episode of TPMtv.

  • Welcome to the Dodd Squad

    POSTED BY JONATHAN BACKER, DECEMBER 27 2007 02:01 PM | PERMALINK

    A campaign never rests, not even on Christmas day. Upon landing in Iowa, I met up with the campaign at a Des Moines ice skating rink where a press gaggle observed Senator Dodd, his wife, children, and staffers enjoying an unseasonably warm and sunny afternoon on the ice. The Senator took questions from the press and schmoozed with locals, taking advantage of another opportunity to connect with Iowans. NPR, CNN, and assorted newspapers circled the rink, taking photos and videos of the lighthearted...

  • A Nod to Dodd: Pounding Pavement for Connecticut’s Senior Senator

    POSTED BY JONATHAN BACKER, DECEMBER 27 2007 12:01 AM | PERMALINK

    Well, armchair punditry really got its Christmas wish this year: a deadlocked Presidential nomination race for both parties. But despite all of the prognostication, hand-wringing, and poll scrutinizing, one thing everyone can agree on is that the candidate for whom I am working – Senator Chris Dodd – doesn’t have to worry about writing a victory speech. The most recent American Research Group, Inc. poll found that only 2% of likely Democratic caucus voters would be supporting Senator Dodd. With few

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