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 [...]

When Sen. Hillary Clinton announced her presidential bid, she did so by “beginning a conversation” with voters. “So let’s talk. Let’s have a chat. Let’s start a dialogue,” she said. “I have a feeling it’s going to be very interesting.”
And she was right. This year’s primary season has been very [...]

From Lynda Waddington’s article on Huckabee from last week, on Iowa Independent:
“One of the things that’s getting lots of attention and that we’re real happy about is the endorsement of Chuck Norris,” Huckabee said. “That just happened — it was something that came out of the clear blue. I’ve not had a chance to visit [...]

Nevada Sen. Harry Reid and South Carolina Rep. Jim Clyburn penned an opinion piece for the Politico today on the chaotic primary calendar. South Carolina, Nevada, and Iowa have set their dates, leaving New Hampshire, “which has approached setting its primary date as if it were as inconsequential as the date of a high school [...]

One part of presidential politics that fascinates me is how certain national news stories permeate campaign narratives in Iowa and others do not. Generally, I think the Iowa press does a good job filtering out the real stories from the dumb stuff. Former Sen. John Edwards’s $400 haircut did not make nearly the [...]

I wrote this morning that the Iowa Democratic State Central Committee is likely to accept the recommendation of party leadership to hold its Caucuses on January 3, 2008. I have solicited comments from all of the Democratic presidential campaigns with significant presences in Iowa, and so far the responses I have received have been [...]

The Politico and Marc Ambinder are both reporting that the Democratic Iowa Caucuses will be held on Thursday, January 3, 2008. That’s the same date as the Republican Caucuses, and it is the earliest Caucus date in history. The implications of this date have been thoroughly analyzed during the past two months of [...]

John Beaudoin, who runs the Woodbine Twiner newspaper (calling the paper’s circulation “small” would probably be an overstatement), penned an opinion piece criticizing Sen. Hillary Clinton on essentially the same grounds as my commentary from last week. He begins, “The signs are in your yard. You wear the ‘Hillary ‘08′ buttons. But do you [...]

Senators Barack Obama and Chris Dodd both announced new ads in Iowa today. Dodd’s is a TV ad, while Obama’s is a radio ad.
Obama’s ad (listen here) features Duffy Lyon, the so-called “Butter Cow Lady,” and it could be the best ad of the campaign so far. Yeah, it’s folksy. Maybe it’s [...]