Posts tagged with 'caucuses'

Primaries, Caucuses, Ground Hounds, Oh My!

POSTED BY RALEIGH-ELIZABETH SMITH, FEBRUARY 01 2008 09:23 AM | PERMALINK

24 hours. 24 States. [including American Samoa.] Who's got a primary, who's got a caucus, and when will we know the winner?

Minnesota, for one, will be caucusing, and our Ground Hound Lorika talked to DFL Chair Brian Melendez about their state's caucus at Drinking Liberally. So what about everybody else? Here's the breakdown:

Under Democratic Party rules, all delegates are awarded via proportional representation, with a minimum 15% threshold required to receive delegates.
state - type...
TPMtv: '08 Roundup: Episode #7

POSTED BY BEN CRAW, JANUARY 03 2008 03:26 PM | PERMALINK

'08 Roundup: Episode #7

Politics Video Blog: My take on what to look for as tonight's results come in...
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.
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.
- Pollster.com: Pollster Variation in Iowa
TPMtv: '08 Roundup: Episode #5

POSTED BY BEN CRAW, DECEMBER 20 2007 04:20 PM | PERMALINK

'08 Roundup: Episode #5

We're right on the edge of the Christmas holiday. And it's jarring to think how rapidly we'll hit the first two contests -- Iowa on Jan. 3rd and New Hampshire Jan. 8th. Depending on how things play out one or possibly both nomination battles could be effectivly over on January 9th. With all that in mind, in today's episode of TPMtv, we're taking an overview of both races today to give you our best read on who the likely winners are, the key developments to look for and just...
TPMtv: Sunday Show Roundup: Iowa Crunch Time

POSTED BY BEN CRAW, DECEMBER 17 2007 01:09 PM | PERMALINK

Sunday Show Roundup: Iowa Crunch Time

Suddenly Iowa's a real race in both parties. And the Sunday show yakkers were full of talk about the nosediving Hillary and Rudy campaigns. Check out what they said in today's Sunday Show Roundup.