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Posts tagged with 'Iowa'

  • Obama Mania Sweeps the Internet

    POSTED BY RALEIGH-ELIZABETH SMITH, FEBRUARY 04 2008 01:16 PM | PERMALINK

    If hope is the bedrock of this nation, then the Internet is its strata and Barack Obama is taking it by storm.   To wit: You Tube viewers reading Obama's speeches interwoven with the man himself, a great video sent to us by Rob "Bobby Zazzali." 

  • Southern Fried Tour: Brandon, Iowa

    POSTED BY RALEIGH-ELIZABETH SMITH, FEBRUARY 02 2008 09:23 AM | PERMALINK

     
     
    This Brandon, Iowa resident blames the media for making the news instead of covering the news. He believes they are skewing coverage toward Barack Obama because corporate media owners want him to be defeated by Republicans.  Please note, what he says about Obama being raised a Muslim is FALSE.  You can see the debunking of that in our video from Fact Check.org.

    Part of The UpTake’s “Southern Fried Tour” leading up to Super Duper Tuesday... stay tuned for more from our...

  • TPMtv: Five Days in New Hampshire

    POSTED BY BEN CRAW, JANUARY 09 2008 04:17 PM | PERMALINK

    Five Days in New Hampshire

    Your Daily Politics Video Blog: They say a week is a lifetime in politics. And I'm sure the last week felt like a lifetime for Hillary Clinton. So with Hillary's stunning come from behind victory last night in New Hampshire we went back and picked out what we thought we several of the key moments between her defeat in Iowa on Thursday and her victory yesterday evening. Check it out. It looks different now with the benefit of hindsight.

  • Dodd's Loss is the Party's Gain

    POSTED BY JONATHAN BACKER, JANUARY 05 2008 11:25 AM | PERMALINK



    First off, major kudos to the household pictured above for correctly identifying the outcome of the Iowa caucuses. We all stand in awe of your omniscience. Now, onward, to brief wrap-up of my account of the first leg of the nomination process.

    Naturally, the Dodd campaign was disappointed with the outcome. Surprisingly, 97% of the state delegates went to the three top-tier candidates after viability was determined. Governor Richardson and Joe Biden beat out Senator Dodd in gaining the remaining 3%...

  • Ground Hounds: Iowa Caucus - The Final Report

    POSTED BY MICHAEL GLENN, JANUARY 04 2008 09:15 PM | PERMALINK

    The Uptake's crew looks back on their challenges and successes covering the circus that is Iowa caucuses.

  • "I'm a Republican, Now I'm Voting for Obama"

    POSTED BY MARC BOXSER, JANUARY 04 2008 10:10 AM | PERMALINK

    With the dust settling on Obama's victory in Iowa, the Uptake's Chuck Olsen talked to a life long Iowa Republican who had decided to caucus for Barack Obama.

  • "They Said This Day Would Never Come. . ."

    POSTED BY KEVIN BRANNON, JANUARY 04 2008 06:35 AM | PERMALINK


    Barack Obama's Victory Speech in Iowa.

  • Huck and Obama projected winners

    POSTED BY MARC BOXSER, JANUARY 03 2008 09:30 PM | PERMALINK

    NBC reporting Huckabee and Obama as the projected Iowa Caucus winners.

  • What is a Caucus?

    POSTED BY RALEIGH-ELIZABETH SMITH, JANUARY 03 2008 05:11 PM | PERMALINK



    Two hours to go and our friends to the west will be caucusing… but what does that even mean?

    A caucus isn’t like a primary, where you get to walk into the booth and cast your private vote. It’s more like an old American town hall meeting – discussing politics and your opinions openly with your neighbors at the local library or church basement. And declaring a winner from a discussion - a caucus - is no easy business, especially in Iowa, where 1,993 different precincts will each host two meetings...

  • TPMtv: '08 Roundup: Episode #7

    POSTED BY BEN CRAW, JANUARY 03 2008 03:26 PM | PERMALINK

    '08 Roundup: Episode #7

    Politics Video Blog: My take on what to look for as tonight's results come in...