Iowa Caucuses

From The Room: How the Candidates Are Spending the Weekend

January 5, 2008 - Friday night, Obama, Edwards, and Clinton were presented gold, silver, and bronze Iowa caucus medals by Princess Leia in an elaborate awards ceremony on Yavin IV, while Republican contenders put aside their differences long enough to team up and help with the Britney Spears intervention. But how are...

Iowa's over: next stop, the jugular

January 4, 2008 - Post-Iowa, the Obama, Edwards and Clinton campaigns are sharpening their knives against one another, while Republicans are still wondering w...

From The Room: Notes on the Iowa Caucuses

January 4, 2008 - Does anything say "joke presidential candidacy" like Chuck Norris's unnaturally-white toothy grin behind you in your "victory" speech? Listen, when your only big-name supporter is a late-night Bowflex salesman, you're still a loser even when giving a victory speech. The biggest loser last night w...

From The Room: Clinton Aide Accuses Obama of Fathering Two Black Girls

January 4, 2008 - Manchester NH -- Mark Penn, senior political strategist for the Hillary Clinton campaign, today urged Barack Obama to "come clean" and admit that he has fathered two African American girls. Penn, speaking to reporters on the Manchester airport tarmac as he was getting his hair re-slimed, defended r...

Nutbags for Hillary

January 3, 2008 - Due to the caucus frenzy in Iowa, an intriguing story was buried: Yet another mentally ill man was arrested after an incident at a Hillary Clinton campaign office. On Monday evening, Christoph...

From The Room: If Only Every Day Could Be the Day Before the Caucuses

January 2, 2008 - Oh, how I love the day before the Iowa caucuses. It's the last day when the Democrats have nothing to do but try to impress Democrats, and I like to be impressed. They haven't yet looked like idiots in camouflage hunting suits to presumably look more manly. Their...