Maybe this is where that surge of independent voters in the Des Moines Register poll is coming from.

Dennis Kucinich is telling Iowans who caucus for him that their second choice should be Barack Obama (and here). This is a HUGE deal. The Democratic Party rules require that in any precinct where a candidate does not meet a 15% threshold, his or her supporters must organize on behalf of a second-choice candidate who [...]

I’ve started a flickr stream for those badly executed photos that have been cluttering up the site all day (and some director’s cut bonus photos). I’m going to keep taking them throughout the week (and likely on to NH), but I’ll try to be more selective.

The day with Romney started out with him making not-so-veiled reference to the Huckabee press conference last night, saying “he didn’t fool the people of Iowa” with his negative ad headfake. I talked to a lot of people at the six Romney house parties he held today, and I think Romney is right. Huckabee did [...]

This blog entry by the NYT’s Cate Doty captures pretty well the rhythm of a day out with a candidate, but as unglamorous as she makes it sound, I have to say I’m jealous of whatever campaign she’s covering. Only three events? Mitt has seven today. I’ve been out with McCain on a day with [...]

It’s been a while since I’ve been truly inside the bubble of a presidential campaign. As Hillary Clinton’s press plane (which is not the same thing as Hillary Clinton’s plane) touched down a few minutes ago in Sioux City, I was reminded of how hard the campaigns work in their efforts to leave as little [...]