Word: necks
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Dates: during 2000-2009
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...states that I did well. You know, I came out of Iowa with only one fewer delegate than Senator Obama, so despite what was written up as this win, which it was obviously on numbers, in terms of what matters and in delegate counts, it was, you know, neck and neck. And in New Hampshire it was a close race. But this time I came out ahead so I think we're just going to keep going back and forth and I think voters are going to be looking at both of us and trying to make up their minds...
...Polls indicate, at the moment, that most undeclared voters in New Hampshire will vote in the Democratic primary, and that they will probably vote for Obama. But McCain's campaign claims that it needs only a small portion of those voters to seal their victory over Mitt Romney. Currently neck-and-neck in the polls, McCain and Romney are expected to split the Republican vote almost evenly. "A thousand of [independents] could vote for Obama," says McCain media strategist Mark McKinnon. "We only need three." McKinnon is a unicorn himself, having expressed his admiration for Obama last year - and reportedly...
...narrowed, let alone overcome. He questions whether the leadership on either side - with Olmert presiding over a shaky coalition and Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas contending with the radical Islamists of Hamas who control the Gaza Strip - have the ability to "take the body politic by the scruff of the neck and shake...
...voting process and talk to anyone I wanted. Out-of-state caucus tourists - the only group dorkier than fantasy league baseball owners - walked around freely. The first person I talked to, Margie Nelson, the Obama precinct captain, threw a set of plastic beads with an Obama tag around my neck. Wanting to be a good caucus goer, I offered to take off my top, but Margie suggested I refrain. She also made a huge batch of homemade cookies and brownies - the time-tested strategy to lure the supporters of candidates who don't get 15 percent- but the school janitor...
...Republican side, Mitt Romney and Mike Huckabee lead a large field of candidates who on the whole have spent fewer days in the state - and less money on their races - than their Democratic rivals. Yet their contest, too, is neck and neck...