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...presidential primary season moves on from Iowa, where intensely partisan Democratic and Republican electors dominate the process, the candidates are retooling their messages to appeal to a different kind of voter. In the next round of contests, voters unaffiliated with either party have the potential to determine the outcome, thanks to election rules in states like New Hampshire, Michigan and South Carolina, where independents can vote in either the Democratic or Republican primaries. Suddenly it seems that independents could well be the kingmakers, the voters whose preferences decide both the Republican and Democratic nominees for President...
...Republican governor, fight this on a non-partisan level? Why is this so important to you? I always felt there are certain things that are clearly political. You see one party is for one thing, the other party is for something else. But there are some issues where that fight should never really take place. If you really think about ultimately what is the final goal, which is to help people live in a clean environment or to have healthcare or education, certain things like that where you should really work together as a party and just say what...
...unpopular President, a slog of a war, and an "excitement deficit" due to the presence of two historic candidates in the Democratic field. ?I definitely think about it," he says, "Everyone recognizes that the challenge is significant." What Diaz brings to the task is not just his wit and partisan fervor, but a taste for hard work. Early in the McCain campaign, when a blizzard shut down flights between New Hampshire and D.C., Diaz rented a car and drove all the way to Manchester just to be there when the Senator arrived. "Oftentimes, just by being honest and committed...
...Dude! It's Diaz!" And when he forwards along the latest bit of bad news for Democrats - usually about Hillary Clinton - his comments veer between issue-oriented potshots ("There is very little in Clinton's plan that would benefit the families and children she claims to fight for") and partisan sarcasm - like his reaction to Clinton's refusal recently to participate in a harmless AP story on candidates' "favorite things." "Score another one for Team Clinton," he deadpanned...
...Evangelicals in the same poll two weeks ago. Overall Huckabee leads Romney 39% to 23%. "Romney may very well lose the Evangelical vote, but he could still win because he's going to get more of a conservative Reaganesque budget-hawk constituency," said Ed Wallace, head of the non-partisan Iowa Taxpayers Association, who is not endorsing a candidate this cycle. "Romney's grass roots is exceptional so far. He has put in a lot of sweat equity - he was here in '05, that was a long time...