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Thoughts on the Post-Iowa Dynamic for Senator McCain

By the Publisher of ElectionNightHQ.com
How the race has changed, given the results in Iowa:
It’s all about the Expectations Game.  The conventional wisdom, heading into Iowa, was that Huck might have peaked too soon, particularly after the episode with the press conference and the negative ad.  The feeling was that Huck vs. Mitt was too close […]

The Atlantic’s Ambinder: “The Romney Counter-Attack — The McCain Counter-Counter Attack”

The Atlantic’s Marc Ambinder has a great piece up today, in the aftermath of Mitt’s humiliating defeat at the hands of Huck in Iowa on Thursday night.  Ambinder details what Mitt has in store for Senator McCain in New Hampshire - and what McCain will do in response.  Take a look:

First and last thing to […]

Paraphrasing Churchill on Iowa: “Now This Is Not the End… But It Is, Perhaps, the End of the Beginning”

by Election Night HQ’s Publisher
In November 1942, the man who did perhaps more than any other to ensure the survival of civilization in the 20th century, had this to say to his British compatriots, in the midst of World War II:

“Now this is not the end.  It is not even the beginning of the end.   […]

The Atlantic’s Ambinder: “Iowa Will See McCain Once More”

by Election Night HQ’s Publisher
On Tuesday afternoon, The Atlantic’s Marc Ambinder reported the following news on McCain returning to Iowa:

18 Dec 2007 12:09 pm
SALEM — Sen. John McCain plans a final visit to Iowa before the caucuses, a campaign aide said today, sometime between Christmas and New Years. Despite the surprise endorsement of the Des […]

Observations on McCain’s MySpace/MTV appearance: how McCain courts young voters

by Election Night HQ’s Publisher
Senator McCain became the first Republican this year, to embrace the forum of MySpace and MTV to pitch himself to young voters, when he took the stage at Southern New Hampshire University on Monday.  A review of his performance:
McCain deserves considerable credit for being there, period.  Despite being the oldest candidate in the race, at […]


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