Comments on: Iowa Caucuses Vote: Toss Up Amid Conficting Reports And Defeat Spin Preparation http://themoderatevoice.com/16822/iowa-caucus-toss-up-amid-conficting-reports-and-defeat-spinnd-prepartion/ An Internet hub for moderates, centrists, and independents, with domestic and international news, analysis, original reporting, and popular features from the left, center, and right Mon, 23 Nov 2009 13:41:46 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: DLS http://themoderatevoice.com/16822/iowa-caucus-toss-up-amid-conficting-reports-and-defeat-spinnd-prepartion/comment-page-1/#comment-109533 DLS Thu, 03 Jan 2008 19:18:22 +0000 http://themoderatevoice.com/politics/ron-paul/16822/iowa-caucus-toss-up-amid-conficting-reports-and-defeat-spinnd-prepartion/#comment-109533 I told my radical friend in DC that she shouldn't make the mistake of being over-confident, but that given what has been happening, it's easy to understand if she and other lib-Dems are. <a href="http://online.wsj.com/article/SB119937680369165081.html?mod=googlenews_wsj" rel="nofollow">Tight Contest Among Democrats As Iowa Caucuses Kick Off Race</a> (Stark Choices Face Republicans) <blockquote>For the Democrats, it was a tight three-way race with Mrs. Clinton making the case for experience, Sen. Barack Obama arguing he represented the best chance for change, and former Sen. John Edwards driving home a populist message that only an outsider can fix Washington's troubles and break the stranglehold of corporate lobbyists. ... For Republicans, voters were offered a stark choice between the business-like Mr. Romney, the former governor of Massachusetts who studiously built a formidable Iowa organization, and Mike Huckabee, the former Baptist pastor and Arkansas governor whose insurgent rise has been fueled by the passion of evangelical voters. ... Annoyed by the outsized influence that Iowa and New Hampshire have on the nominating contests, many states moved up their primaries and caucuses, hoping to attract candidates' attention. But the resulting cramped calendar only served to heighten the importance of the early states, where winners may gain momentum that challenges will have little time to blunt.</blockquote> I told my radical friend in DC that she shouldn’t make the mistake of being over-confident, but that given what has been happening, it’s easy to understand if she and other lib-Dems are.

Tight Contest Among Democrats As Iowa Caucuses Kick Off Race (Stark Choices Face Republicans)

For the Democrats, it was a tight three-way race with Mrs. Clinton making the case for experience, Sen. Barack Obama arguing he represented the best chance for change, and former Sen. John Edwards driving home a populist message that only an outsider can fix Washington’s troubles and break the stranglehold of corporate lobbyists. …

For Republicans, voters were offered a stark choice between the business-like Mr. Romney, the former governor of Massachusetts who studiously built a formidable Iowa organization, and Mike Huckabee, the former Baptist pastor and Arkansas governor whose insurgent rise has been fueled by the passion of evangelical voters. …

Annoyed by the outsized influence that Iowa and New Hampshire have on the nominating contests, many states moved up their primaries and caucuses, hoping to attract candidates’ attention. But the resulting cramped calendar only served to heighten the importance of the early states, where winners may gain momentum that challenges will have little time to blunt.

]]> By: Blogs of War: Iowa: Pre-Caucus Roundup http://themoderatevoice.com/16822/iowa-caucus-toss-up-amid-conficting-reports-and-defeat-spinnd-prepartion/comment-page-1/#comment-109487 Blogs of War: Iowa: Pre-Caucus Roundup Thu, 03 Jan 2008 10:21:14 +0000 http://themoderatevoice.com/politics/ron-paul/16822/iowa-caucus-toss-up-amid-conficting-reports-and-defeat-spinnd-prepartion/#comment-109487 [...] Moderate Voice The fact is: seldom have politicians and political experts seen a year in which voters seem so incredibly restive — so intent on shopping around in both parties. Consequently, self-assured analysis pieces by mainstream media and “new media” bloggers (including on this site) are sheepishly swept under the rug in the hopes no one will remember as new conventional wisdoms emerge…seemingly by the hour. [...] [...] Moderate Voice The fact is: seldom have politicians and political experts seen a year in which voters seem so incredibly restive — so intent on shopping around in both parties. Consequently, self-assured analysis pieces by mainstream media and “new media” bloggers (including on this site) are sheepishly swept under the rug in the hopes no one will remember as new conventional wisdoms emerge…seemingly by the hour. [...]

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