Tag: Iowa
Huckabee and Obama – BIG WINS
In case you missed it… Mike Huckabee won big on the Republican side and Barack Obama won big on the Democratic side in Iowa last night.
I think most of the anchors were going with the fact that both of these guys are outsiders – not your typical establishment. I can see that and agree. Even the campaign folks for Huckabee and Obama seemed to be heading with that spin.
The laughing point of the night however was MSNBC’s interview of Howard Dean, former Presidential candidate and now DNC Chairman. He kept working the spin for the DNC. “As DNC Chairman, I can’t support one side or the other but look at the huge turnout…. yadi yadi yadi.”
Brian Bailey pointed out on his Twitter feed that even with a huge turnout for the Democrats – 70% of the Democrats voted against Hillary. That’s worse that Gov. Rick Perry’s last election in Texas.
Huckabee will be everywhere this morning (media wise) – here’s his schedule:
ABC’s “Good Morning America†with host Diane Sawyer
CBS’ “The Early Show†with anchor Harry Smith
NBC’s “Today Show†with co-hosts Matt Lauer, Meredith Vieira, Ann Curry and Al Roker
CNN’s “Morning in America†with host Kiran Chetry
MSNBC’s “Morning Joe†with co-hosts Joe Scarborough and Mika Brzezinski
CNBC’s “Squawk Box†with host Carl Quintanilla
FOX NEWS’ “Fox and Friends†with co-hosts Steve Doocy & Brian Kilmeade
CNN “International Report†with co-anchor Anjali Rao
Saturday’s double header debate should be a lot of fun. Wonder if I can get Laurie to tune in as well?
Scoble working for John Edwards
Former Microsoft evangelist Robert Scoble is about to leave PodTech.
He’s planning to announce his next position on Jan 15th.
Brian Bailey suggests that Scoble may be looking at going to work for the John Edwards campaign – depending on the results of the Iowa caucus. Edwards has been locked in 3rd place most of the election season. But he could still pull out a surprise in Iowa, knocking off Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton.
Interesting. Very interesting.
Of course I still think Ron Paul and Mike Huckabee have the best online presences of the campaign – although Ron Paul’s camp isn’t doing most of theirs – it’s his supporters. The same for Mike Huckabee, except his campaign actually shares, posts and links to user created content, where as Paul almost seems to ignore the user created content.
Huckabee doesn’t seem like much of a dark horse anymore. Depending on the poll he’s clearly leading in Iowa and tied or leading the GOP race nationally. Paul on the other hand could still come out from behind and surprise everyone.
Should be interesting to see what happens on both the GOP and Dem side.
Huckabee airs new issues ad
The new ad airing in Iowa from the Mike Huckabee camp loses the humor of his first but points out his faith and some of the issues he places on the front burner because of it…
I think it’s a strong ad that will either draw people towards him or turn them further away. If you agree with the issues, it will draw you closer – if you don’t – you’ll tune it out and maybe the Huckabee campaign
What do you think?
Chuck Norris approved
I know my cousins are going to hate this… (found out today they’re not fans of my political blogging) but I had to share Mike Huckabee’s first TV ad. It’s Chuck Norris approved.
From the campaign: Continue reading Chuck Norris approved
Obama at the Jefferson Jackson Dinner
I keep hearing more and more about how Sen. Barack Obama wowed the crowd in Iowa Saturday night.
I’ve heard bits and pieces and finally heard the entire speech this afternoon. The video’s received over 84,000 views on YouTube.
Michelle Obama said her husband was truly in his element Saturday night in an e-mail sent to supporters today.
I’ve known Barack a long time, and it’s clear to me when he’s in his element.
Years ago, after we first met, he took me to an organizing meeting in a small church basement in Chicago. He was so comfortable and genuine speaking to folks in the community about the issues they faced that it moved me.
He moved me again last Saturday in Iowa.
This is exactly what he should be doing — talking to ordinary people about the kind of change America needs, and encouraging everyone to come to the table to make it happen.
From Obama’s speech:
“We were promised compassionate conservativism and all we got was Katrina and wiretaps. We were promised a uniter and we got a president who could not even lead the half of the country that voted for him. We were promised a more ethical and efficient government and instead we have a town called Washington that is more corrupt and more wasteful than it was before. And the only mission that was ever accomplished was to use fear falsehoods to take this country into a war that never should have been authorized and never should have been waged.”
“This party… has always made the biggest difference in the lives of the American people when we led not by polls but by principal. Not by calculations but by conviction. When we summoned the entire nation to a common purpose, a higher purpose. And I run for the presidency… because that is the party that America needs us to be right now.”
“I am in this race to tell the corporate lobbiest that their days in setting the agenda in Washington are over… they have not funded my campaign, they will not work in my white house and they will not drown out the voices of the American people when I am president.”
“I am in this race… to protect the American worker. To fight for the American worker.”
“I want to stop talking about the outrage of 47 million American’s without health care and start actually doing something about it… I will make certain that every single American in this country has health care they can count on… and I will do it by the end of my first term as President of the United States of America.”
“You will not be able to say that I wavered on something as fundamental as whether or not it is OK for America to torture because it is never OK!”
“I don’t want to pit red America against blue America, I want to be the president of the United States of America.”
“I am running in this race because of what Dr. King called the fierce urgency of now. Because I believe there is such a thing as being too late and that hour is almost upon us. I don’t want to wake up four years from now and find out that millions of Americans still lack health care because we couldn’t take on the insurance industry. I don’t want to see that the oceans have risen a few more inches… because we couldn’t find a way to stop buying oil from dictators. I don’t want to see more American lives put at risk because no one has the judgment or courage to stand up against a mis-guided war before we send our troops in to fight. I don’t want to see homeless veterans on the streets. I don’t want to send another generation of American children to failing schools.”
“The only reason I’m standing here today is because somebody, somewhere stood up for me when it was risky, stood up when it was hard, stood up when it wasn’t popular and because that somebody stood up, a few more stood up and then a few thousands stood up and then a few million stood up. And standing up with courage and clear conscious they some how managed to change the world. That’s why I’m running. To give our children and our grandchildren the same chances that somebody gave me.”