All of the pundits — from the major media all the way down to me wrote Hillary Clinton off in New Hampshire. Hah! Instead voters last night delivered a classic “Dewey Defeats Truman” moment after the obits had already been written on the Clinton candidacy. Now it’s a true race between two very worthy candidates [...]
The Iowa Caucuses ended last night with not-so-surprising victories from the scrappy challengers of party orthodoxy for both Republicans and Democrats. Mike Huckabee’s happy-face religious conservatism triumphed over a divided Republican field as Barack Obama’s positivism trumped Hillary Clinton’s call for experienced leadership and John Edward’s populist-by-way of Matlock-isms. What did impress was the margin [...]
The Democrats at last night’s debate in Hanover, N.H. Last night’s debate in New Hampshire, moderated by Tim Russert, showed the campaign for President shifting gears as time begins to run short for candidates who aren’t Hilary Rodham Clinton. It also showed that Russert is like a nightmare combination of your most hated high school [...]
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