Combing through the results of yesterday’s New Hampshire primary, the press is assigning winner and loser titles to each of the Republican candidates.  They say that Romney and Paul win, Huntsman, Gingirch and Santorum lose.  But one story that’s being almost totally overlooked is the […]

Libertarian presidential candidate Gary Johnson took a shot at President Obama on Monday, charging that the Democratic incumbent is pandering to African-American voters. The President “gives lip service to gay equality,” said Johnson, but he “will not support gay marriage before the election because of […]

With 2 precincts reporting, coming from Dixville Notch and Hart’s Location, the current results of the Republican primary in New Hampshire are… Mitt Romney………….. 7 votes   (37%) Ron Paul……………… 5 votes   (26%) Jon Huntsman………… 4 votes   (21%) Newt Gingrich…………… 2 votes  (10%) Rick Perry……………….. 1 […]

Today’s vote in New Hampshire actually represents a collection of sub-contests. ROMNEY VS. ROMNEY:  It seems like Mitt Romney has this election in the bag, but he’s taking some heat in recent days and the real question is how big of a win this is […]

WINNING BOTH?  The pundits on ‘Morning Joe’ and every other chat show temporarily based in New Hampshire today are talking about Mitt Romney’s victory in Iowa and the historical significance that comes with sweeping both NH and Iowa.  But did Romney actually win Iowa?  Seems […]

For obvious reasons, most news coverage of the 2012 New Hampshire presidential primaries focuses on the Republican contest.  It’s business as usual in the Granite State, with only one candidate in the Democratic running. Or maybe not quite so usual — because that one candidate […]

Michele Bachmann is currently making an announcement that she will suspend her campaign for President after a 5% showing in Iowa last night.   The real reason she’s bowing out, most assume, is that her campaign is dead broke and she’s unwilling to spend personal funds […]

Occupy Iowa and Healthcare NOT Warfare had been attempting to organize a protest vote for a slate of uncommitted, progressive delegates in Tuesday’s Iowa caucuses.  With most eyes on the super-tight Republican contest, it’s hard to find any complete results for the Democratic caucuses.   In […]

Pundits are doing their quadrennial roasting of Iowa today, in advance of the state’s first in the nation caucuses. One of my favorites thus far has been Jonah Goldberg’s piece for USA Today: There’s been a lot of chatter in recent weeks that if Texas […]

Senator Rand Paul tossed some cold water on supports who hoped the Texas Congressman might continue his bid outside of the Republican Party if he’s unsuccessful in winning the GOP nomination.   Being interviewed by Paul Westcott on New Hampshire’s WGIR-AM while campaigning on behalf of […]