Posted on 01/08/2008 11:39:18 AM PST by tralfaz7
On the Democratic side a win by Obama is sure to leave the Clinton campaign in a tailspin that might be impossible to pull out of. Can Edwards generate a showing in New Hampshire that will allow him to see another day? If Clinton can pull off a victory, which now seems unlikely, how does that impact the race heading into Super Tuesday?
On the Republican side a loss by either McCain or Romney leaves a lot of questions as to the viability of their campaigns in the days and weeks to come. A win probably catapults them into the frontrunner status and for Romney probably means a win in Michigan. How important is it for Huckabee to finish no lower than a strong third if he hopes to keep his momentum heading into Michigan next week? Can Ron Paul beat out Giuliani in the fight for fourth? Does Thompson become irrelevant if he barely registers or can he pull an upset and finish higher than sixth and take that momentum to South Carolina?
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Interesting article, but I don’t understand how the Iowa caucuses (which aren’t even a vote) and a tiny state like New Hampshire are given the power to decide who will be the NATIONAL nominees. Granted, it’s an interesting thumbprint of how the candidates are doing, but it’s hardly decisive. Romney won’t be out if he finishes second; McCain won’t be our nominee just because (if) he finishes first; and Thompson isn’t finished if he doesn’t do well in a state in which he isn’t even running. And what about Guliana? Why are all the pundits just panting at the thought that the NH primary is IT!? It isn’t.
They don’t have the power. Look at the Dean-Machine’s rise and fall.
The lip service being given to these two primaries is unbelievable. You’d THINK the press would have learned their lesson after 2004.
” but I don’t understand how the Iowa caucuses (which aren’t even a vote)”
Yes they are a vote. We voted and our votes were counted.
Where did hear that we don’t vote in a caucus???
My mistake. I didn’t realize you had a traditional secret-ballot, cast-your-vote primary from which delegates were committed to the national conventions.
Of course Iowa counts... look what the results did... turned just about everything upside down.
And look what New Hampshire is doing to Mrs. Clinton.
I’m thankful for these two states this year.
http://www.humanevents.com/article.php?id=24283
Really pretty simple. You just went up and voted, your name was matched to the voting list as you voted. No chance for fraud, very simple and secure.
Reps from each candidate watched the vote counting. Everyone was please with the process and the turnout. It was a model of participatory democracy.
And then the party did some party business after the vote.
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