http://www.politicalforecast.net Iowa politics and beyond. Tue, 08 Jan 2008 02:46:56 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Over the weekend I posted over at Bleeding Heartland noting an Edwards campaign press release that talked about a big increase in their online fundraising. There weren't too many specifics in the release, and some folks were curious as to amounts. When I emailed the campaign, they were ... http://www.politicalforecast.net/2008/01/07/edwards-rakes-in-the-dough-online/ UPDATE (4:07 PM): Duncan Hunter was supposed to be making a big announcement this afternoon, which is what I was referring to in this post. I assumed that his major announcement was that he was going to drop out. As my lovely copy editor pointed out to me, ... http://www.politicalforecast.net/2008/01/07/bye-bye-duncan-hunter/ On Saturday night I lamented the lack of the Dodd Debate Talk Clock for the Democratic debate in New Hampshire. Thanks to MSNBC we have the breakdown of time each candidate spoke as well as the number of questions posed to the candidate. At first glance, it seemed ... http://www.politicalforecast.net/2008/01/07/debate-talk-clock/ I offered my winners and losers of tonight's debate over at Bleeding Heartland. Go check 'em out and criticize me. I'm waiting. http://www.politicalforecast.net/2008/01/05/my-thoughts-on-tonights-debate/ I'll be commenting on and talking about the ABC News/Facebook/WMUR New Hampshire Democratic Debate tonight over at Bleeding Heartland. It starts in a few minutes, so head on over to BH and leave some comments (you've got to create an account to do so, but it is a pretty ... http://www.politicalforecast.net/2008/01/05/new-hampshire-democratic-debate/ From the random asides department: Is it telling that Sen. Clinton's thank you email to Iowa supporters went out on today (as in this afternoon) rather than the night of or the day after the completion of the Caucuses? I got my email tonight at 5:54 PM. http://www.politicalforecast.net/2008/01/05/thank-you-emails/ Cross-posted at Bleeding Heartland. Maybe I've missed something in my absences from blogging over the past few months, but has the Register ever really done a serious news or feature piece on Iowa's bloggers and citizen journalists? I mean, I know we threaten their credibility and their readership by getting ... http://www.politicalforecast.net/2008/01/05/citizen-journalism-in-iowa/ It is times like these when you wonder why the man still has a TV show, and why couldn't the Secret Service have shot first, asked questions second?* *As to the second part of that statement I am, in fact, only kidding. Kind of. http://www.politicalforecast.net/2008/01/05/oreilly-out-of-control/ With the news that Gov. Bill Richarson is laying off a lot of his campaign workers, as well as the fact that both Sens. Biden and Dodd have left the race, there is likely an abundance of campaign staffers with loads of experience sitting around Iowa wondering what he or ... http://www.politicalforecast.net/2008/01/05/democraticgainorg/ John Edwards' Iowa Campaign Manager Jennifer O'Malley Dillon was promoted today to deputy campaign manager for John Edwards for President. Congratulations to her. O'Malley Dillon is the wife of Iowa Gov. Chet Culver's Chief of Staff Patrick Dillon. Before working for Edwards, O'Malley Dillon worked for Florida Democratic gubernatorial ... http://www.politicalforecast.net/2008/01/04/edwards-iowa-director-gets-promoted/ Matt Yglesias and Ezra Klein both note the importance of Barack Obama's win in Iowa last night by emphasizing the fact that a black man just won in a state that is described as overwhelmingly white and lacking diversity. Matt writes: "One crucial thing Barack Obama did last night was get white ... http://www.politicalforecast.net/2008/01/04/hope-beats-out-race-in-the-caucuses/ Props to my former colleagues at Iowa Independent for getting the top three positions right with their last power rankings. They predicted an Obama win with Clinton and Edwards essentially tied for second place. While Edwards has enough of a lead for second, it's small. Basically the ... http://www.politicalforecast.net/2008/01/04/they-got-it-right/ From Todd Dorman this morning on his blog in his discussion of "losers" from last night's caucuses: "Republicans — Could this party be any more screwed up right now? Huckabee was a great caucus candidate, but he could be a general election disaster, especially if Obama wins. Romney and Giuliani are ... http://www.politicalforecast.net/2008/01/04/winners-and-losers/ You can talk about the results here on Bleeding Heartland. Or you can talk about them here. Whatever trips your trigger. I'm amazed. I'll have a lot of thoughts tomorrow. But wow, record turnout of Democrats and independents. The youth vote showed up. Iowans showed ... http://www.politicalforecast.net/2008/01/03/iowa-caucus-results-thread/ UPDATE (8:02 PM): My lovely copy editor notes that Schiff will also be campaigning on Sunday for Biden. Oh, and Schiff played Toby Ziegler on TWW. Looks like the cast of The West Wing might be planning an impromptu cast reunion during this Democratic primary. Bradley Whitford, who played ... http://www.politicalforecast.net/2007/12/28/the-west-wing-primary/ What the hell is this? Does the Washington Post really need to profile David Yepsen? To me this just reeks of more insider coverage on people who really don't matter in the actual caucus process anymore. David Yepsen doesn't report on the caucuses so much anymore, he ... http://www.politicalforecast.net/2007/12/20/ego-trip/ Or why the Register endorsed Hillary Clinton. I'm not bitter, of course, but I think that it just stupid that the Des Moines Register decided to look past Edwards because he wasn't as happy-go-lucky as 2004. When Atrios highlights Edwards' statements on ABC's This Week, I think we get a ... http://www.politicalforecast.net/2007/12/19/protecting-the-status-quo/ Kudos to the New York Times for emphasizing the importance of student voting in primaries and caucuses: "Hammered by student groups, the candidates have reframed their statements. But the episode has left a bad taste in the mouths of many students and of the groups that have been working feverishly to ... http://www.politicalforecast.net/2007/12/19/nytimes-editorial-board-on-student-voting/ I'm sorry, but State Sen. Matt McCoy--whom I used to respect--keeps making real dunderhead-like moves and is seriously making me reconsider my opinion of him. The fact that the IECDB is now investigating campaign contributions that he may have funneled to Mike Blouin (during the gubernatorial primary in 05-06) ... http://www.politicalforecast.net/2007/12/19/sen-mccoys-stupidity/ Maybe this will help Congress' tanking poll numbers. From the Register: "The U.S. Senate killed Earthpark’s $48.3 million federal grant Wednesday, putting the $150 million project in jeopardy. Beth Levine, a spokesman for Sen. Charles Grassley, confirmed that budget language inserted by a senator – she isn’t sure who – rescinded ... http://www.politicalforecast.net/2007/12/19/us-senate-kills-earthpark-grant/