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...Eric Pooley: "The amazing thing is not just the size of McCain's victory but the depth of it - he whipped Bush among registered Republicans...
...game is momentum. And Thursday's revelation that Democratic presidential candidate Bill Bradley has experienced multiple reoccurences of an irregular heartbeat is a stick in the spokes of his resurgent campaign in the Hawkeye State. "This is exactly what he didn't want," says TIME political correspondent Eric Pooley, reporting from Iowa. The news emerged just when Bradley was waging an eleventh-hour comeback, in which he unleashed Daniel Patrick Moynihan to shore up the state's elderly vote and regional favorite Bob Kerrey to mobilize the party establishment. "Right when he needs to get messages across," says Pooley...
...former Knick has taken the stance that the episodes are minor and that he'll notify the media if he needs to see a doctor or has to alter his campaign schedule for health reasons. "[Bradley's campaign] had been hoping they wouldn't have to disclose this," says Pooley. "But by not talking about it, he ceded control of the timing, and it's come back to haunt him at a terrible moment...
...cycle, the campaign season has started much earlier - George W. Bush's campaign had raised more money by last July than any previous candidate had ever accumulated in an entire preelection year. "The candidates know they have to make a strong impression early," says TIME chief political correspondent Eric Pooley. "That's why we've seen an almost complete focus on New Hampshire and Iowa. On the Republican side there's also been some focus on South Carolina, where there's a Republican, but not a Democratic, primary on Feb. 19. It's always been the case that...
...Following the New Hampshire primary, the candidates will have five weeks to gear up for the March 7 14-state torrent. According to Pooley, that's plenty of time for a campaign to regroup from a poor showing in Iowa and/or New Hampshire. But, he says, due to the condensed schedule, after New Hampshire campaigns are now faced with "some tough decisions" about where to allocate their time and money, whereas candidates used to have time to campaign in most states. Democratic hopeful Bill Bradley, for example, is trailing Al Gore in most parts of the country. During the primary...