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New Hampshire: Step 2 on the long road

By Joe Bodell | 01.09.08 | 7:30 am

No one ever said it was going to be easy to win the presidential nomination.

Well, some did.  But they were wrong.

Proving most of the tracking polls wrong, Hillary Clinton pulled out a narrow win over Barack Obama in…

New national poll shows Obama, Clinton tied

By Jeff Fecke | 01.08.08 | 11:16 am

Hillary ClintonA new USA Today/Gallup poll indicates that Sen. Barack Obama, D-Ill., has pulled even with Sen. Hillary Clinton, D-N.Y., in national support.

Both Obama and Clinton receive support from 33 percent of likely…

There’s gotta be a better way to pick a nominee

By Jeff Fecke | 01.07.08 | 1:04 pm

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And so it was that the candidates departed the cornfields of Iowa for the Granite State, where they would again go into small cafes and blueberry festivals.  They’ll go to the shores…

Blogs react to Iowa caucuses

By Jeff Fecke | 01.04.08 | 2:58 pm

obamaThe victories of Sen. Barack Obama, D-Ill., and former Republican Gov. Mike Huckabee of Arkansas in the Democratic and Republican Iowa caucuses, respectively, have naturally led to a great deal of discussion throughout the…

“Picking up steam”: Edwards supporters express hope for campaign

By Jeff Fecke | 01.04.08 | 12:30 am

Supporters of former Sen. John Edwards, D-N.C., gathered in Golden Valley Thursday night to watch returns from the Iowa caucuses, and were generally upbeat about the future of the Edwards campaign.

Edwards1“Unless he comes…

Campaign Notebook: Turkey Hangover?

By Joe Bodell | 11.26.07 | 7:00 am

What did candidates and campaigns do for the Thanksgiving holiday, and were those activities all politics?

Well, perhaps not all politics, but national holidays are a good chance for campaigns to tout their candidates’ human sides and perhaps a bit…

Planned Parenthood Wary of Giuliani

By Jeff Fecke | 08.27.07 | 10:26 am

As the 2008 campaign season winds on, one of the more interesting subplots is the issue of reproductive health.  On the Republican side, one of the major candidates, former New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani, supports abortion rights, a position…

Planned Parenthood Chief: ‘A Real Turn in the Country’

By Jeff Fecke | 07.17.07 | 12:12 pm

The head of the Planned Parenthood Action Fund said that the tide was turning toward those who support increased access to reproductive health options. 

In a Monday conference call with webloggers and online journalists that was attended by Minnesota Monitor,…

Edwards: ‘The Best Way to Serve Our Troops is to End This War’

By Jeff Fecke | 05.12.07 | 9:59 pm

Saying citizens have a “huge and important responsibility” to help bring the Iraq War to an end, Democratic presidential candidate and former Sen. John Edwards called on his supporters to work over the Memorial Day weekend to bring the troops…

Elizabeth’s Choice: The End of Terror

By Jeff Fecke | 03.26.07 | 11:11 am

meYou are going to die.  Everyone you love and care about will, too.

That does not make you unique.  The same will happen to me, of course, and everyone else who is living today, just as it…