That’s what she has up her sleeve: there is no pre-rally on Sen. Hillary Clinton’s public schedule at this point, but we knew she would be doing something. Now that she has been endorsed by Ohio Gov. Ted Strickland, she has also announced that she will be bringing Strickland with her to the Jefferson [...]

Rudy Giiuliani received the surprising endorsement of Pat Robertson, arguably the most powerful social conservative leader alive, in Washington, DC, today. Networks covered the two figures’ joint appearance to announce the endorsement live, and the blogs are chattering about it. Sen. John McCain received the endorsement of former candidate Sen. Sam Brownback, one [...]

Big-name columnist/commentator Chuck Offenburger caught Gov. Bill Richardson at a campaign stop Sunday. Richardson gave what Offenburger characterized as a “tremendous 45-minute speech,” but that’s not even half the story:
…but the more he starting lifting his arms, putting his hands behind his head and sticking his hands in his jeans’ front pockets, well, those [...]

John Deeth covered former Sen. John Edwards’s “major foreign policy address” in Iowa City today for Iowa Independent, and he spoke briefly with Joe Trippi at the beginning. Here’s what Trippi had to say about Clinton and, perhaps more interestingly, about Obama having missed his chance to make a dent in the race:
The focus [...]

When the Iowa Democratic Party started selling tickets to its 2008 Jefferson Jackson Dinner, the state party’s largest fundraiser — and candidate cattle call — of the year, it kicked off something of an arms race between the three top Democratic candidates for president. Each scrambled to buy up as many tickets as possible, [...]

Former Michigan Congressman David Bonior, who is former Sen. John Edwards’s national campaign manager, wrote an op-ed for Iowa Independent on why he supported Edwards taking his name off the Michigan ballot:
John Edwards’ decision has generated a lot of controversy, especially in Michigan - a state that I had the honor of representing in Congress [...]

Since last night’s Democratic debate (I wrote my analysis here), I have been in a thinking mood. I had a really interesting discussion (some might say “argument”) with Taylor Marsh on her show this afternoon, and I have been watching the political coverage online and on TV, but mostly I have been trying to [...]

Two weeks ago, it was Iran. Sen. Barack Obama and former Sen. John Edwards started attacking Sen. Hillary Clinton very directly on her vote in favor of a resolution classifying Iran’s Revolutionary Guard as a terrorist group. The Clinton campaign, perhaps sensing that the attacks were catching on, sent an uncharacteristically defensive mailing [...]

University of Iowa Professor, pollster, and caucuses guru David Redlawsk released the results of his latest Hawkeye Poll today, eliciting mixed reactions from the national media. Every blog entry I have read that covers the poll has linked to Pollster.com’s analysis of the Hawkeye Poll and their explanation of why its results are not [...]

The conference call just ended. This is the quick results post, which I’ve crossposted from Iowa Independent:
The Iowa Democratic Party’s State Central Committee has finished its conference call and voted to accept Chair Scott Brennan’s recommendation of a January 3, 2008, date for its precinct caucuses, sources tell Iowa Independent.
“This date maintains the important [...]