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Romney Tops in TV Ads in N.H.
Tweet Share on Facebook January 7, 2008 CommentMitt Romney, as he did in Iowa, has taken the prize for most candidate television spots run in New Hampshire during the first four days of the new year--7,247 in the three media markets that the Nielsen Co. had monitored going into tomorrow's primary.
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Website Proves a Good Electoral Predictor
Tweet Share on Facebook January 7, 2008 Comment (2)For months, those paying close attention to the presidential race have speculated about what role the Internet will play in this election, with the biggest question being whether online popularity will translate into victories at the polls.
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Morning Buzz: Jan. 7, 2008
Tweet Share on Facebook January 7, 2008 CommentA new USA Today/Gallup poll shows Barack Obama opening up a double-digit lead over Hillary Clinton in the New Hampshire Democratic primary. Obama was the pick of 41 percent of voters surveyed while Clinton was named by 28 percent and John Edwards by 19 percent. In the GOP poll, John McCain led Mitt Romney by four points.
Five small vessels operated by the Iranian Revolutionary Guard acted in "a very aggressive way" against U.S. Navy ships this past weekend in the Strait of Hormuz near Iran, the Pentagon said today. Officials described the act as a "serious provocation" and said that Navy ships were forced to conduct evasive maneuvers to avoid open firing.
Yankees pitcher Roger Clemens filed a defamation suit Sunday against trainer Brian McNamee, claiming that McNamee made "untrue and defamatory" statements to investigators regarding Clemens's alleged use of performance-enhancing drugs. Clemens also appeared last night on 60 Minutes to refute the charges, which came to light last month in a report published by former Sen. George Mitchell, who has led Major League Baseball's comprehensive drug investigation.
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Youth Vote Tripled in Iowa
Tweet Share on Facebook January 4, 2008 CommentBarack Obama and Mike Huckabee may owe a debt to young people for their victories in last night's Iowa caucuses. Youth voter turnout tripled from 2004, with 65,000 people ages 17 through 29 turning out for the caucuses.
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Morning Buzz: Jan. 4, 2008
Tweet Share on Facebook January 4, 2008 Comment (1)On a night of raucous caucusing in Iowa, Democrats rolled the dice and delivered a larger-than-expected, if not shocking, 8-point win for Sen. Barack Obama of Illinois. Obama won with nearly 38 percent of the vote, easily beating out former Sen. John Edwards and Sen. Hillary Clinton, who came in second and third respectively, with 30 and 29 percent of the vote.
U.S. News's Michael Barone explains some of the factors that may have underpinned Obama's dramatic victory yesterday and breaks down the significance of the underwhelming performances delivered by the Clinton and Edwards camps as they look toward New Hampshire and beyond.
After conceding defeat, Clinton immediately turned her attention to the "national campaign." One potential problem: the failure of female voters last night to deliver as expected.
On the Republican side, former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee scored an easy victory over rival Mitt Romney, taking 34 percent of the state's vote compared with Romney's 25. CNN reports that Sen. John McCain and Fred Thompson are in a statistical tie for third place, each with 13 percent of the vote, with 95 percent of precincts reporting.
Romney, after vastly outspending Huckabee in Iowa last year, sought to blunt speculation from pundits that his campaign was in trouble and suffering from a marketing disaster. The AP reports: " 'This is still a nice, long process here,' he told about 150 campaign workers who defied frigid temperatures and the 3 a.m. hour to greet his plane as it returned from the Midwest. 'We've had, if you will, the first inning of a game that has, let's say, 50 innings in it.' "
In nonpolitical news:
* Roger Clemens continues to maintain that he has not taken performance-enhancing drugs, according to an early release of excerpts from a new interview that will air Sunday on CBS's 60 Minutes.
* The Writers Guild of America is sparring with NBC again, this time over Jay Leno's monologues since the return of the late-night comic to air two nights ago. The guild says that union rules forbid Leno from penning and delivering his own material during a strike.
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Iowa's Urban Areas Boost Obama Vote
Tweet Share on Facebook January 4, 2008 CommentOn his way to winning the Iowa Democratic caucuses, Sen. Barack Obama seemed to have benefited heavily from support in urban and student regions.
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For Iowans, Flood of Ads Is Nearly Over
Tweet Share on Facebook January 3, 2008 CommentIn the final push to influence the Iowa caucuses, the presidential candidates are making their case in TV ads airing across the state. They've placed more than 42,000 spots in Iowa since early December, according to the latest numbers compiled by Nielsen. The figure represents 65 percent of the total number of political ads placed by presidential candidates on local television across the country.
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Online Caucus Results
Tweet Share on Facebook January 3, 2008 CommentPolitical junkies intently watching the presidential race don't have to spend tonight glued to the tube waiting for the Iowa caucus results to trickle in. Instead, they can monitor the results via the Web.
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Bush and Congress Set to Fight on FISA
Tweet Share on Facebook January 3, 2008 CommentPresident Bush's demand that the Senate swiftly approve an overhaul of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act doesn't seem to be prompting any significant action in the Senate, where Democrats withdrew it from floor action amid opposition from liberal members of the party.
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Morning Buzz: Jan. 3, 2008
Tweet Share on Facebook January 3, 2008 Comment (1)Gearing up for tonight's Iowa caucuses, the leading presidential candidates of both parties spent yesterday exhorting Iowans to brave the cold weather and go to the polls. In the Democratic race, all three major candidates gave closing speeches delivering various takes on the same theme: It's too close to call. "I feel good, but it depends on who comes out, who decides to actually put on their coats, warm up their cars, and go to the caucuses," Hillary Clinton told supporters.
Fearing continued violence in the wake of Benazir Bhutto's death and possible civil war, opposition leaders in Pakistan yesterday called for the resignation of President Pervez Musharraf. Among their complaints is that the president has chosen to delay parliamentary elections, originally scheduled for January 8, until February.
Celebrity appearances, campaign pitches from presidential aspirants, and jokes about the ongoing writers' strike dominated late-night television yesterday as several talk-show hosts returned to the airwaves for the first time since early November. Republican Mike Huckabee played guitar and discussed politics on the Tonight Show with Jay Leno. On CBS, a taped intro by Hillary Clinton led off the Late Show With David Letterman.
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