Giuliani Writes Iowa Off, Gets "Ready"

Rudy Giuliani on his current sixth place ... [9/11 On 9/11 Caucuses]

Posted 1/4/2008 on Wonkette

Rudy Giuliani on his current sixth place status: “None of this worries me - Sept. 11, there were times I was worried.” Parse at will. [ NY Daily News ]

Ron Paul Squashes Rudy Giuliani in Iowa Caucus

Posted 1/4/2008 on Backseat Cuddler

The Iowa Caucus yielded surprising results last night, including Mike Huckabee winning the Republican vote, Hillary Clinton coming in only third place for the Democrats, and dark horse and internet favorite Ron Paul beating former front runner Rudy Giuliani. So, do you think it will it be I Heart Huckabee or Obama Rama in ‘08? How the [...]

Barack Obama Wins Iowa Caucus

Posted 1/4/2008 on AllHipHop.com

Sen. Barack Obama won the Iowa Caucus on Thursday night (Jan. 3), the first major test for the race for the 2008 Democratic nomination for President of the United States.   The win dealt a blow to Clinton’s aspirations to be the first woman to claim president, while seriously boosting Obama’s chance to be the first African-American leader of the country.   "They said this day would ...

Two Americas: Christian Ex-Fatso Is America's New Reagan! [American Preacher]

Posted 1/4/2008 on Wonkette

As John Edwards made so clear in his loser speech just now, middle America is kind of poor and pretty angry about slick corporate East Coast sleazebags like opera-loving Manhattan dandy Rudy Giuliani and dog-torturing Mormon multi-millionaire Mitt Romney. That’s why folksy Mike Huckabee is the new GOP frontrunner and suddenly plausible Republican nominee. Huckabee is the White Oprah. ...

Meanwhile, Rudy Giuliani Shifts Campaign Themes [Campaign Ads]

Posted 1/3/2008 on Wonkette

There’s been such little Rudy news lately, and that’s because he’s not going to win the nomination. He’s given up on the early states (he’s playing with that wife of his in Miami tonight) and has staked his bets on winning Florida and all of Super Tuesday. So while other candidates are busy, you know, winning early states to build momentum to ensure they win ...

Photos Of Candidates From The Iowa Caucus That Kind Of Resemble Movie Posters

Posted 1/3/2008 on Best Week Ever

Barack Obama - The Pursuit Of Happyness Hillary Clinton - Alien Mike Huckabee - Grizzly Man John Edwards - Network Rudy Giuliani - United 93 (pics via Gettyimages )

POLITICS: THE IOWA CAUCUS

Posted 1/3/2008 on CONCRETELOOP.COM

January 3, 2008 , marks the first step in the United States Presidential nomination process for both the Democrats and Republicans: the Iowa Caucus. Thousands of registered voters will attend party meetings — or caucuses — in precincts across the state. There, they’ll break into groups, according to whom they support for president. Based on those groupings, each ...

Ethics Are For Next Year [Daily Briefing]

Posted 1/3/2008 on Wonkette

The caucuses are almost here, which means they’re almost over. [ Washington Post ] Crackdowns are hard in an election year. [ New York Times ] Will anyone actually vote for Barry Obama? We find out today! [ Washington Post ] Giuliani’s in New Hampshire, fighting terror. [ New York Times ] Pakistanis are actually fleeing to Afghanistan because that’s how fucked up things are. ...

Bob Cesca: Iowa Republicans To Choose Their Favorite Fearmonger

Posted 1/2/2008 on Huffington Post Entertainment Blog

Thursday night, Republicans in Iowa will gather in various caucus locations to choose the candidate who will do the best job of scaring the fucking shit out of America. Months ago, the most overzelaous fearmonger of the group, Rudy Giuliani, pulled out of Iowa and the resulting vacuum sucked Mike Huckabee and Mitt Romney into the shared role of scaring the fucking shit out of Iowa. Since ...

Paul Jenkins: A European View on Obama, Clinton, Giuliani et al

Posted 1/2/2008 on Huffington Post Entertainment Blog

The world may not quite be watching Iowa and New Hampshire this week, but the initial presidential contests are drawing significant interest in Europe, thanks in no little part to celebrity candidates such as Hillary Clinton, Barack Obama and Rudy Giuliani. After a couple of years of political transition that have seen Europe's own warmongers/Bush poodles ( Tony Blair , Silvio Berlusconi ) ...

Candidates' Resolutions

Posted 1/1/2008 on The Ointment

Happy New Year! Today is the day to make your new year's resolution and Steve offers up resolutions for the presidential candidates.