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...lesson of the results at the Iowa caucus is that Democrats are hungry for a new kind of politics. They are looking for a political leader who faces forward, not backward, and who embodies change in a real sense...
...Illinois Sen. Barack Obama and Mike Huckabee, victory in last Thursday’s Iowa caucuses means increased media exposure, a jump in donations, and a surge in polls nationwide. All of these gains supposedly justify the $30 million the candidates spent on advertising in Iowa and the approximately 350 visits to the state they made during the election season, which would otherwise be difficult to fathom considering Iowa’s few delegates. We are deeply troubled by this system. It gives undue influence, during each election cycle, to a handful of states with early primaries or caucuses, while...
...former New York mayor never made a serious effort in Iowa - and came in sixth. Now, he has reduced his role to that of a cameo in New Hampshire as well. He is running behind John McCain, Mitt Romney and Mike Huckabee in most surveys - his exact position depending on who the pollsters think is going to come out and vote. He neither helped nor hurt himself in Saturday night's ABC/Facebook debate - though he did seem to invoke Ronald Reagan's name nearly every time he spoke...
...After Huckabee's victory in Iowa, the G.O.P. is searching frantically for an establishment candidate to take him on and appeal to independents - a hunt made all the more urgent by the success of Barack Obama, who also does well with independents. But because he isn't really contesting New Hampshire, Giuliani is not really part of that new and worried sweepstakes - remarkable for someone who proclaimed himself the notional front-runner for so long. McCain, after a dance with oblivion over the summer, has come roaring back and is ready to suit up for that job. (A Group called...
...That leaves them facing problems on two levels. The first, and easier one to grapple with, is how to deal with Obama. Even as the results in Iowa were still coming in, the Clinton campaign was mobilizing onto an attack footing. But it's possible that the most difficult problem is not Obama; it could be Clinton. How can she retool her message - and her identity as a virtual incumbent - to resonate with an electorate that seems to yearn more for change than any other quality? Says one longtime Democratic strategist, who is close to the Clintons: "Fundamentally...