New Year's resolutions: Win Iowa, NH
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A bit of bubbly, a few verses of Auld Lang Syne and candidates, candidates and more candidates. It's New Year's Eve in Iowa and New Hampshire.
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Rasmussen Reports - In the race for the Democratic Presidential Nomination, New Hampshire has joined Iowa in the too close to call category.
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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 Tomorrow Fox News is hosting a controversial Republican debate, which the Republican Party has withdrawn from because they won't let Ron Paul participate.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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PORTSMOUTH, New Hampshire  - Buoyed by big wins in Iowa, Democrat Barack Obama and Republican Mike Huckabee swept into New Hampshire on Friday counting on momentum to propel them toward the next prize in the U.S. presidential race.
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MANCHESTER, N.H., Jan. 4 -- Shortly after landing here around 4 a.m., Mike Huckabee bought four newspapers -- all with front-page stories detailing his improbable Iowa victory -- and quickly went about telling eight morning-show audiences that he aimed to fight hard in New Hampshire on his way to...
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Although some readers say Iâm already perfect in every way (thanks, Mom), I know better. Here are my resolutions for the year:
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DES MOINES, Iowa -- As the November election draws closer, the candidates are pulling off the gloves to win the battleground states.
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THE RACE: The presidential race for Republicans in New Hampshire.
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THE RACE: The presidential race for Democrats in New Hampshire
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Â· Obama ahead for first time in New Hampshire pollsÂ· Clinton campaign team to step up attacks on rival
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We've collected more New Years resolutions from search engine marketers, sharing their priorities and plans for 2008.
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If your resolutions usually fail, it's time to make better resolutions.
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Cutting energy use at home, recycling more, and bringing bags to the supermarket are among the green new year's resolutions of those surveyed.
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Crowds, barbs mark final stage of New Hampshire primary campaign ... McCain gets nostalgic as he seeks repeat of 2000 New Hampshire primary win ... Campaigning takes a toll on Obama's voice ... Huckabee encourages N.H. voters to be first primary voters to choose him.
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THE RACE: The presidential race for Democrats, Republicans in New Hampshire.
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Science & environment: Leo Hickman asks campaigners to share their new year resolutions, hopes and dreams for a better world
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Never mind losing weight and becoming a better person - splashing the cash and living life to the full are the New Year's resolutions of many Irish adults.