• President 2008,  Rudy Giuliani

    Rudy Giuliani is Happy Enough Over Huckabee Win

    Republican presidential candidate and former New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani and his wife Judith enter a campaign rally in Hialeah, Florida, January 3, 2008.

    From the Press Release:

    Statement from Giuliani Campaign Manager Michael DuHaime

    New York City – Giuliani Campaign Manager Michael DuHaime made the following statement regarding the Iowa Caucuses:

    “We congratulate Mike Huckabee on a hard-fought victory in Iowa. This race is wide open and we will continue to run a national primary campaign designed to win the number of delegates necessary to become the Republican nominee. Rudy is the only Republican candidate who can not only win the primary and general elections, but will turn purple states red.”

    On to New Hampshire……

    The Mayor on CNN:

    [youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NJDm1VE-U-E[/youtube]


  • Mitt Romney,  President 2008

    Mitt Romney Mormon-Gate Watch: No Culprit by New Hampshire Primary?

    [youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N4MyGSAU0Zw[/youtube]

    Mitt Romney: Push Poll Charges Are like 9/11 Conspiracy Theories

    The McCain Campaign is pissed that the investigation by the New Hampshire Attorney General Kelly Ayotte in the Mormon-Gate Flap will not be completed by the New Hampshire primary next Thursday.

    Ayotte said her office determined Western Wats conducted the poll and Moore-Information developed its content and set the dates for the poll to be conducted in New Hampshire.

    New Hampshire then executed subpoenas for Moore-Information to produce documents by Saturday explaining its role and who hired it as a middle man. The attorney general’s office asked for a speedy hearing on the subpoenas so primary voters could determine who was responsible for the calls.

    But an Oregon court scheduled a hearing for Jan. 16 — a week after the primary, after Moore-Information disputed the subpoena and objected to the deadline.

    Deputy Attorney General Bud Fitch said he’s not sure the answer lies in Moore-Information’s client.

    “There are a couple of different steps in the process. We don’t know with certainty how many steps there are between Moore-Information and the ultimately responsible party,” Fitch said. “In other words, whoever asked to have this done may have directly hired Moore, they may have hired a consultant, there could be two or more consultants along that line before we get back to the party that actually said ‘I want to have this poll taken.'”

    The revelation of “who dunnit” is a possible campaign buster if indeed Romney is involved.

    Did Romney do it or is someone from his extended campaign involved?


  • Iowa Caucus,  President 2008

    Iowa Caucus – Let’s Get Ready to Rock and Roll Caucus

    The Results Timeline (PST):

    4:57: From First Iowa Dem Twitter: Obama is crushing this precinct: Crowded conditions at precincts statewide. @nathantwright writes: “based on my unofficial headcount, Obama crushes this precinct.”

    5:00: NBC – Westridge elementary school in West Des Moines: Democratic caucus site is packed. Huge turnout here. This favors Obama

    5:11 CNN Entrance Poll – Tight race between Hillary and Obama; Romney and Huckabee lead GOP

    5:17:

    Senator Hillary Clinton : 35.52%
    Senator John Edwards : 35.15%
    Senator Barack Obama : 27.12%
    Governor Bill Richardson : 2.21%
    Precincts Reporting: 7 of 1781

    5:20:

    Senator John Edwards : 39.24%
    Senator Hillary Clinton : 32.43%
    Senator Barack Obama : 26.14%
    Governor Bill Richardson : 2.19%
    Precincts Reporting: 13 of 1781

    5:23:

    Senator John Edwards : 39.24%
    Senator Hillary Clinton : 32.43%
    Senator Barack Obama : 26.14%
    Governor Bill Richardson : 2.19%
    Precincts Reporting: 13 of 1781

    5:30

    Senator John Edwards : 37.01%
    Senator Hillary Clinton : 30.46%
    Senator Barack Obama : 28.07%
    Senator Joe Biden : 2.10%
    Governor Bill Richardson : 1.57%
    Senator Chris Dodd : 0.45%
    Uncommitted : 0.34%
    Precincts Reporting: 76 of 1781

    5:33

    Senator John Edwards : 36.65%
    Senator Hillary Clinton : 30.96%
    Senator Barack Obama : 28.37%
    Senator Joe Biden : 2.08%
    Governor Bill Richardson : 1.29%
    Senator Chris Dodd : 0.37%
    Uncommitted : 0.28%
    Precincts Reporting: 91 of 1781

    5:35 GOP

    CNN 2% Reporting:

    Huckabee – 33%

    Romney -24%

    Thompson – 17%

    McCain – 11%

    5:39

    CNN: Dem 10% reporting
    Edwards – 34

    Clinton – 32

    Obama – 31

    5:44

    Senator John Edwards : 34.05%
    Senator Hillary Clinton : 32.09%
    Senator Barack Obama : 30.86%
    Governor Bill Richardson : 1.81%
    Senator Joe Biden : 0.98%
    Senator Chris Dodd : 0.12%
    Uncommitted : 0.09%
    Precincts Reporting: 237 of 1781

    Fox News entrance poll has it Huckabee, Romney,Thompson and McCain

    5:48:

    Iowa Caucus Twitter with 16% reporting:

    Huckabee – 32

    Romney – 24

    Thompson -18

    McCain -16

    Looks good for Huckabee and Thompson is surprising.

    Twitter GOP reports coming in with substantial Huckabee leads

    5:54

    Senator John Edwards : 34.05%
    Senator Hillary Clinton : 32.09%
    Senator Barack Obama : 30.86%
    Governor Bill Richardson : 1.81%
    Senator Joe Biden : 0.98%
    Senator Chris Dodd : 0.12%
    Uncommitted : 0.09%
    Precincts Reporting: 237 of 1781

    Biden throws support behind Richardson

    5:57

    Fox News Projects a win for Mike Huckabee

    Looks like a blow out

    6:00

    Here comes Obama

    Senator Barack Obama : 33.08%
    Senator John Edwards : 32.16%
    Senator Hillary Clinton : 31.86%
    Governor Bill Richardson : 1.79%
    Senator Joe Biden : 0.98%
    Senator Chris Dodd : 0.08%
    Uncommitted : 0.05%
    Precincts Reporting: 607 of 1781

    6:08 Hillary now entrenched in 3rd place

    Senator Barack Obama : 33.65%
    Senator John Edwards : 31.99%
    Senator Hillary Clinton : 31.63%
    Governor Bill Richardson : 1.69%
    Senator Joe Biden : 0.94%
    Senator Chris Dodd : 0.05%
    Uncommitted : 0.04%
    Precincts Reporting: 809 of 1781

    6:13

    Senator Barack Obama : 34.09%
    Senator John Edwards : 31.66%
    Senator Hillary Clinton : 31.43%
    Governor Bill Richardson : 1.75%
    Senator Joe Biden : 1.00%
    Senator Chris Dodd : 0.04%
    Uncommitted : 0.03%
    Precincts Reporting: 943 of 1781

    6:20

    Will Hillary finish second?

    Senator Barack Obama : 34.81%
    Senator John Edwards : 31.34%
    Senator Hillary Clinton : 31.04%
    Governor Bill Richardson : 1.69%
    Senator Joe Biden : 1.00%
    Uncommitted : 0.07%
    Senator Chris Dodd : 0.04%
    Precincts Reporting: 1108 of 1781

    6:30

    Fox News and NBC call Dem for Obama

    Senator Barack Obama : 35.26%
    Senator John Edwards : 30.99%
    Senator Hillary Clinton : 30.78%
    Governor Bill Richardson : 1.82%
    Senator Joe Biden : 1.02%
    Uncommitted : 0.11%
    Senator Chris Dodd : 0.03%
    Precincts Reporting: 1316 of 1781

    David Ypsen says Romney hurt badly.