New Hampshire Primary

23/6 Video: GOP'ers to Candidates: "Just Not That Into You"

February 21, 2008 - Sam Seder hits the New Hampshire primary to find out whether GOP supporters would rather vote for the guy they're supporting, or their long lost love. It's actually kind of sweet. They really miss the old guy and no matter how they try to move on, they...

23/6 Video: Rudy!

February 21, 2008 - Sam Seder goes to New Hampshire to find out what RudyMania was all about. As you'll see, it's shocking that Rudy never became president. Also: 9/11...

From The Room: Ignore New Hampshire. Please.

January 18, 2008 - If Britney Spears knocked on your door right now, dressed in a midriff-baring top and holding her children upside down, and said, "'Scuse me, ya'll. You got any of them poppable pills?" would you indulge her? No. Or at least I hope you wouldn't. So why are...

From The Room: Haiku for Fallen Presidential Candidates (A.K.A. Quitters)

January 12, 2008 - The winds of New Hampshire Reigned on candidates Quit now Quiet soldier ---Anonymous voter, 2008 A.D...

From The Room: Hillary: The Over-Examined Life

January 10, 2008 - It takes effort to come up with something that hasn't been said about Hillary, but I may have succeeded. Unlike a performer who is adept at creating a winning and seductive public persona, however dark, demanding and diva-like they are in private, Hillary appears to have done the...

From The Room: My Afternoon with Governor Mike Huckabee

January 10, 2008 - After the startling results of last week's Iowa Caucus, coupled with the banal and predictable results of the New Hampshire primary, there was one man everyone wanted to speak to. Unfortunately, he was busy helping a...

From The Room: The Tom Bradley Effect, or Explaining Obama's Huge, Throbbing Gap

January 9, 2008 - Why was there such a big difference between Barack Obama's New Hampshire pre-election poll numbers and the actual vote? Some suggest it was 'The Tom Bradley Effect' --and since some suggest it, now every news talker on the TV is throwing around the phrase 'Tom Bradley Effect.' So...

What would the Granite State be without Gravel?

January 9, 2008 - All the media attention surrounding Hillary Clinton and John McCain has obscured another, perhaps even more surprising story to come out of the New Hampshire. Namely, that wacky Democratic candidate Mike Gravel actually...

23/6 Campaign Strategy Analyzer: the StratAnal-o-tron

January 9, 2008 - Surprise. Upset. Comeback. Nashua. These are the words we're heard over and over again in today's recaps of the New Hampshire primary. And while the same pundits and...

From The Room: Pundits Lose New Hampshire

January 9, 2008 - In the world of punditry, January 8, 2008 will live in infamy. It was the day that cast upon the ancient art of expert opinion a perfect storm of incorrectness, in which every single person with a byline, a radio microphone, green room access, or their very own weblog was...

From The Room: Hillary Clinton Finally Free to Show Her Tough Side

January 9, 2008 - Hillary Clinton seems to have finally gotten the message that she has been coming off as too damn cuddly and that it could likely cost her the election. After her disappointing finish in the Iowa primary, she and her advisors have made the wise decision to reveal the real Hillary...

From The Room: What Iowa and New Hampshire Say About Me

January 9, 2008 - "He's inspiring the young people to get interested in politics," I said with what felt like genuine enthusiasm following Obama's overwhelming victory in Iowa. I was thrilled for him, for us, for Oprah. When confronted with a less enthusiastic response, "As inspiring as his speeches are, there's...

23/6 Expert Political Pundit Analysis & Commentary: Hillary's collapse

January 9, 2008 - The predictions by us and our fellow expert political analyzers and commentarians that Obama would deliver the...

From The Room: Cliffs Notes on the Candidates Post-New Hampshire Statements

January 9, 2008 - Just in case you missed the news last night, here's a quick snapshot of last night: McCain wins in New Hampshire, shows off biggest grimace of the election season. For some reason, decides to make speech about "issues." Crowd starts chanting "U...

23/6 Primary Report: pictures from "the 'Hamp"

January 9, 2008 - The New Hampshire primary is over, and we here at 23/6 are already fondly looking back at it as that time we went up to New Hampshire for a few days and took a bunch of pictures. And while the comebacks of Hillary Clinton and John McCain are this...