Posted by
Conservative Wordsmith on Tuesday, January 08, 2008 1:55:02 AM
Conservative Wordsmith Susan Baldwin writes: I am sad to report that Republican presidential candidate Governor Mitt Romney did not win the Iowa Caucus on Thursday, January 3. The winners were Governor Mike Huckabee, Republican, and Senator Barack Obama, Democrat.
"With all Democratic precincts reporting, Obama had the support of 38 percent of voters, compared to 30 percent for John Edwards and 29 percent for Hillary Clinton."
"'The numbers tell us this was a debate between change and experience, and change won,' said CNN political analyst Bill Schneider."
"Iowa delivered fatal blows to the campaigns of Sen. Chris Dodd of Connecticut and Sen. Joe Biden of Delaware. Both have decided to abandon their White House runs."
"New Mexico Gov. Bill Richardson, who finished fourth, said his campaign plans to 'take the fight to New Hampshire.'"
"New Hampshire holds the nation's first primary Tuesday."
"Clinton and Obama are in a statistical dead heat in New Hampshire, according to the latest CNN/WMUR poll."
"On the GOP side, Sen. John McCain of Arizona, whose campaign was languishing six months ago, and former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney are now tied for first place in New Hampshire, according to the poll, which was released Wednesday."
"Among Democrats, Obama took 57 percent of the under-30 vote, according to CNN's analysis of entrance polls."
"Huckabee's victory can be attributed to his overwhelming support among evangelical voters and women, the polls indicate."
"With 92 percent of Republican precincts reporting, Huckabee, former governor of Arkansas, had the support of 34 percent of voters, compared to 25 percent for Romney. Fred Thompson had 13 percent, McCain had 13 percent and Ron Paul had 10 percent."
"Former New York Mayor Rudy Giuliani, who has turned the focus of his campaign to the February 5 'Super Tuesday' primaries, trailed with 4 percent."
"For most of 2007, Huckabee languished in the single digits in the polls and had very little success raising money. But his momentum picked up in the final six weeks of the year when social conservatives -- an important voting bloc in Iowa -- began to move his way."
"'We won the silver ... You win the silver in one event. It doesn't mean you're not going to come back and win the gold in the final event, and that we are going to do,' Romney said."
"The Iowa Democratic Party said 124,000 people participated in the 2004 caucuses, while the Republican Party of Iowa estimated that 87,000 people took part in the 2000 caucuses. (President Bush ran unchallenged for a second term in 2004.)"
"The White House hopefuls were campaigning down to the wire in Iowa, determined to reach as many people as possible before the 1,781 caucuses that started at 7 p.m."
"Iowa Democrats, unlike Republicans, use a more complicated system to determine a candidate's viability. Republican caucus-goers are asked for their support for a candidate only one time during the event. Democrats are asked twice: an initial question of support, and a second if their first-choice candidate does not reach a 15 percent threshold to achieve viability."
"Among Republican candidates, Thompson, a former senator from Tennessee, and Rep. Duncan Hunter of California needed strong showings in Iowa to keep their campaigns going, while Paul, a representative from Texas, is likely to ride his surge of popularity through February 5 -- 'Super Tuesday,' when 24 states hold their primaries -- no matter where he places in the early contests."
Thanks to
http://www.cnn.com/
2008/POLITICS/01/03/
iowa.caucuses/
index.html#cnnSTCText for the above quotations.
Please click this link to read the entire article,
"Huckabee, Obama have huge night in Iowa."
DES MOINES, Iowa (CNN)
For Iowa Caucus Insomniacs: I like Greg Mitchell's live blogging report. Mr. Mitchell is the editor of "Editor & Publisher, America's Oldest Journal Covering the Newspaper Industry".
In his article called "Behind the Iowa Caucus Results! Continuous Updates -- How Huckabee and Obama Won Easily" he states:
"NEW YORK We'll be offering results and commentary on the Iowa caucus results all night, with material from numerous TV and Web outlets. We will update from the top, blog style."
Click
http://www.editorandpublisher.com/
eandp/news/
article_display.jsp?
vnu_content_id=1003691480.
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http://www.evangelicalsformitt.org/
http://www.mittreport.com/
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The original date and time of this post was
January 4, 2007 at 2:07 AM.
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