CONCORD, N.H. — Romney is surging the past 36 hours, according to some polls, and The Atlantic’s Mark Ambinder. He reports 800 turning out in Bedford, after a long day of events.
The polls have Romney and McCain within the margin of error. I had a soda with a reporter from a conservative publication who told […]

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The John Edwards campaign held a conference call this afternoon making their case for the former North Carolina senator, vowing to take the nomination fight all the way the Democratic National Convention.
Still, they spent a good deal of time bashing Sen. Hillary Clinton, painting her as the “status quo” candidate controlled by Washington lobbyists.
With Obama […]

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This Washington Post story is fascinating for a number of reasons. It details how perturbed Clinton supporters in New Hampshire are with the rise of Obama.
The subtext is this: Who are these people? And where do they come from?

It’s a very New England thing I can testify to. For instance, my parents moved […]

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When in Iowa in November I met a guy at an Obama event named Jerry David Flusche, who works for a wind power company and seemed like a really cool guy.
Like most Nevada Democrats, he’d never caucused before. After seeing Obama in Fairfield, Iowa, the funkiest town in the entire state, he decided to caucus […]

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So you want a revolution?
Get ready. The revolution is coming — or more precisely, the Ron Paul Revolution, as supporters of the Texas congressman and Republican presidential longshot say.
Paul supporters are planning “Paul-a-Palooza 2008” for the weekend before the Nevada Jan. 19 caucuses, featuring “The Ron Paul Mystery Tour” at Texas Station, a variety show […]

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Ben Smith of Sun partner Politico writes on his blog that he got an early look at the CNN/WMUR poll taken Jan. 4 and 5, and it shows a dead heat, with very little bounce out of Iowa for Obama.

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The 60,000-strong union of casino and hotel workers was expected to make a presidential endorsement after the Iowa caucus, but Saturday,  the union said it will wait until after next week’s New Hampshire primary.
 A spokeswoman for the Culinary union said an announcement will come Wednesday morning. 
The delay is the result of an apparent internal disagreement between the Culinary […]

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CONCORD, N.H. — Two new New Hampshire polls show the Iowa results are spilling over into New Hampshire: American Research Group gives Illinois Sen. Barack Obama a 12 point lead, while Rasmussen paints a 10 point spread.   Neither is the Gallup for accuracy, but it shows the movement.
On the ground, the polls feel right. Obama is […]

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