Today on the presidential campaign trail
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People focus on candidates' personalities and their views keep changing, AP-Yahoo poll shows ... CNN announces plans for 2 Feb. presidential debates in Ohio ... Obama races to trim Clinton's lead among Latinos as multistate primary day approaches ... Mormon leader's death renews focus on Romney's faith; candidate less reticent
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The latest results from The Associated Press in states voting in presidential contests Tuesday.
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Clinton and Obama offer different paths to White House ... Huckabee tells N.H. voters he takes the presidency seriously ... McCain tells N.H. voters to ignore money, negative ads ... Hoping to rebound, Clinton urges New Hampshire voters to vet and question candidates ... Obama reaches out to N.H. independents ... Kucinich, Hunter, Gravel cut from ABC News presidential debates set for Saturday ... Edwards puts Clinton back into the mix ... Loss behind him, Romney seeks rebound
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You can do a pretty good job of following the politics leading up to Tuesday's New Hampshire primary from television in rain-soaked California. CNN has an excellent program running all afternoon called The Ballot Bowl. The format is really simple. They have cameras following the candidates and they're broadcasting their town hall stump speeches. They're authentic, based on my experience in the campaign for the 2004 New Hampshire primary. The NY Times has an excellent resource (no RSS feed apparently) that lists the candidates' schedules. It's also possible to import the schedule into Google Calendar as an overlay. ABCNews is hosting two 90-minute debates, one for each party, tonight starting at 4PM Pacific. Tomorrow Fox News is hosting a controversial Republican debate, which the Republican Party has withdrawn from because they won't let Ron Paul participate. He's polling third among the Republican candidates in New Hampshire. For once the Republicans got it right.  In the very limited time betw Iowa and New Hampshire there's a lot of action and drama. Romney all of a sudden is shamlessly the candidate for change. There was an Ahmadinejad moment when I thought for sure he was doing parody, but he was serious. He's changed his attire, but his pitch is still the sleazy VP-Sales who got promoted to CEO. Change change change, I can change too, just watch. Please die now. I don't think anyone stands for Romney.  Giuliani and Thompson are still nowhere to be seen. Edwards is doing a good job of keeping the game on. McCain is earnest and honest, but he's old and small and tired.  Obama has the aura of a front-runner and Hillary seems to believe that if only Iraq were still the big issue she would be where Obama is. Even so, according to recent polls she's likely to win New Hampshire. A lot of my friends on Twitter dismiss Huckabee, and to be clear, I could not vote for a Republican this year, no matter who their candidate is, but he is a fantastic American personality. Elections are all about feelings, not policies or positions or even records as the pundits insist. Who you vote for is a function of how you feel about the country and the world in relation to yourself. The candidate who comes closest to validating your feelings is the person you vote for. I think we'll tire of Obama quickly, and we're already tired of HIllary. I think the rational choice for each party, although many disagree, is Edwards and Huckabee because each of them tap into the well of frustration Americans feel about everything. But my guess, which will probably certainly turn out wrong, is that the Dems will nominate Obama and the Reps will nominate Huckabee, and Huck will win.  PS: After writing this, I wonder if George Lakoff would agree. I think I've just used a very Lakoffish process, unwittingly.  PPS: I went to UW-Madison. Bucky Badger is the school mascot. Our favorite cheer and T-shirt said Fuck em Bucky! It occurred to me the same slogan would work for Huckabee. PPPS: Obama? Yo mama!
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roundup Plus: Oracle extends deadline on PeopleSoft bid...MLB sells game clips for 99 cents...TiVo hires marketing chief...Jail time for California swappers?
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Next stop: Florida primary on Tuesday, Jan. 29
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McCain promises to work with Democrats if he wins GOP nomination, presidency ... Hillary Rodham Clinton plays talk-show host in Super Tuesday states ... Actor Jack Nicholson endorses Clinton ... Romney campaigns coast to coast on way to Super Tuesday finish line ... Obama jokes about bringing fans of rival Super Bowl teams together at campaign event ... Huckabee touts conservative record as he returns to Arkansas
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Clinton, Obama count on rookie caucus goers in Iowa ... Giuliani reads Christmas story to kids, says he's cancer free ... Dodd helps assemble packages for troops ... Dying Iowa woman prods candidates on health care
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With her husband and Magic Johnson in tow, Clinton proclaims confidence in her campaign ... Huckabee defends Christmas ad, jokes about subliminal message of white cross ... McCain stresses his tax proposal to NH voters ... Clinton raises money on Obama turf ... Conservation group applauds McCain, Democratic candidates for global warming commitments ... Edwards campaign shows movie trailer to rally Iowans' support ... Romney dismisses photo suggesting he attended Planned Parenthood event
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Clinton rejects top adviser's comments on Obama and teenage drug use ... Huckabee pushes national sales tax in New Hampshire ... Obama offers bit of health care advice
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Opponents criticize Huckabee for agreeing to reduce sentences for meth offenders ... McCain says he has never done favors for lobbyists, interest groups ... Clinton says candidates without international experience might be no better than Bush ... Obama looks to NH independents for support ... Giuliani heading home Thursday after hospital checkup for flu-like symptoms ... Bush offers guidance to '08 candidates, says GOP will hold the White House.
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Florida digs out from Hurricane Frances today, while Bill Clinton recuperates from bypass surgery in New York. Meanwhile, John Kerry&#39;s quest for his own recovery winds
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McCain challenges idea of trouble with conservatives, picks up nod from Bauer ... Huckabee brushes off calls to abandon GOP presidential race ... For Obama, a weekend of wins, momentum, even a Grammy
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Republicans scramble in South Carolina after three big races with three different winners ... Obama says he'd change approach to drug war ... Clinton says preparation for president should be more than inspirational speeches ... Thompson says spending puts U.S. on course to Soviet-like oblivion ... McCain looks to appeal to South Carolina's reservists, retired military
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John Kerry campaigns here this morning. President Bush had his turn Saturday, while Kerry running mate John Edwards was in Daytona Beach.
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Clinton references rivals' "applause lines" on standing up to special interests ... Turning out voters is the priority in final three days before Iowa votes ... McCain makes last-week push into New Hampshire ... Romney focuses on his candidacy, not his rivals in new ad
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Edwards can't get matching funds for $4.2 million ... Clinton rejects top adviser's comments on Obama and teenage drug use ... Thompson says he's not worried about predictions for Iowa ... Huckabee pushes national sales tax in New Hampshire ... Romney focuses on immigration in Iowa trip ... Obama offers bit of health care advice