Ashot Posted January 6, 2008 Report Share Posted January 6, 2008 IOWA Results: Huge night in Iowa for Obama and Huckabee * Barack Obama wins, Clinton and Edwards neck and neck in Democratic race, CNN projects * CNN projects Republican Mike Huckabee wins too; "I love Iowa, a whole lot," he says * Entrance polls indicated young Dems went for Obama; Huckabee favored by religious voters * Joe Biden and Chris Dodd withdraw from Democratic race New Hampshire Analysis: First-in-nation primary is a must-win for one Democrat, two Republicans * State claims right to first primary, and small size gives voters chance to see candidates face to face * Victories put Jimmy Carter on the map in 1976 and saved Ronald Reagan in 1980; weak showing helped bring down Lyndon Johnson * State is a must-win for Hillary Clinton; an upset would throw that race wide open * It's also a must-win for former neighboring governor Mitt Romney and 2000 primary winner John McCain; a Rudy Giuliani win over both would give him tremendous momentum * Independents outnumber both Democrats and Republicans and can vote in either primary South Carolina Analysis: Rip-roaring contests in store for both the Democrats and Republicans * Republican establishment often relies on the state to save its favored candidates: George H.W. Bush in 1988, 1992; Bob Dole in 1996; and George W. Bush in 2000. * This time, will conservatives rally around an early frontrunner? Or will they splinter, or rally around another candidate? * On Democratic side, African Americans made up nearly half the voters in the 2004 primary; will they support Barack Obama or Hillary Clinton? * To mix it up a bit more, John Edwards is a native son who won the 2004 primary Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ashot Posted January 6, 2008 Author Report Share Posted January 6, 2008 NEVADA Analysis: Democratic and Republican caucuses seen as a crapshoot * Why were caucuses moved up? Four reasons: the growing West, a large Hispanic population, a heavily unionized work force and the influence of Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, D-Nevada * Republicans followed the Democrats' lead and will hold their caucuses on the same day to coincide with their regularly scheduled precinct meetings. Reasons for doing so: Nevada is a key Western state that voted for Bush in 2004, and the earlier caucuses help increase voter participation * Traditional working-class Democrats hold sway over liberal activists, which could help candidates prepared to talk about practical issues and policy details * John Edwards could benefit from three years of cultivating ties with organized labor * Bill Richardson could get a boost, being a Western governor and a Hispanic candidate for president * Nevada voted for Bill Clinton twice before returning to the Republican fold, which could help Hillary Clinton * On the Republican side, the state's delegates are up for grabs. It's unclear if the GOP presidential candidates will focus much on the state Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ashot Posted January 6, 2008 Author Report Share Posted January 6, 2008 FLORIDA Analysis: Florida is up for grabs, as the entire world found out in 2000. Winning it could clinch both the Democratic and Republican nominations -- before the end of January. * Florida has long been key in the general election. Republicans have not won the White House without Florida since 1924. * Moving its primary up to January means Florida is likely to play a key role in the 2008 primaries as well. * Florida is home to many migrants and New York retirees, and a recent poll shows two New Yorkers leading their respective fields -- Democrat Hillary Clinton and Republican Rudy Giuliani. * John McCain is running strongest in the military-oriented Panhandle, and Mitt Romney is doing well in the rapidly growing "I-4 corridor" through the state's center, the poll shows. * Expect strong competition for the minority vote. In 2004, 21 percent of Democratic primary voters were African-American, like Barack Obama, and 9 percent were Latinos, like Bill Richardson. However Clinton leads in both constituencies. * Another advantage for Clinton: An electorate that skews older tends to be heavily female. Women were 55 percent of Florida Democratic primary voters in 2004. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ashot Posted January 6, 2008 Author Report Share Posted January 6, 2008 NEW HAMPSHIRE Sens. Hillary Clinton of New York and Barack Obama of Illinois are tied, with each grabbing the support of 33 percent of likely Democratic primary voters in the Granite State, according to a new CNN/WMUR New Hampshire presidential primary poll conducted by the University of New Hampshire. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ashot Posted January 6, 2008 Author Report Share Posted January 6, 2008 WYOMING Former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney will win the Wyoming Republican caucuses, with 91 percent of precincts reporting, Romney has won eight of Wyoming's 12 delegates. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ashot Posted January 7, 2008 Author Report Share Posted January 7, 2008 Two days before New Hampshire's Democratic primary, Sen. Barack Obama has opened a double-digit lead over Sen. Hillary Clinton in that state, Obama, the first-term senator from Illinois who won last week's Iowa caucuses, led the New York senator and former first lady 39 percent to 29 percent in a poll conducted Saturday and Sunday -- a sharp change from a poll out Saturday that showed the Democratic front-runners tied at 33 percent. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ashot Posted January 10, 2008 Author Report Share Posted January 10, 2008 Sens. Hillary Clinton and John McCain get much-needed boosts from first-in-the-nation primaries Clinton, coming off a disappointing third-place finish in Iowa, rebounded to first place, overcoming rival Sen. Barack Obama in the state's Democratic primary Women and older voters helped hand Clinton the Democratic win, according to exit polls On the Republican side, McCain easily won his party's primary over second-place finisher Mitt Romney The results are a resurgence for McCain, the Arizona senator whose campaign was all but written off this summer Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AVO Posted January 10, 2008 Report Share Posted January 10, 2008 McCain is a strong supporter of our two not so friendly neighbors. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Ashot Posted January 10, 2008 Author Report Share Posted January 10, 2008 (edited) Sip jan, no actually I am too fast!!! If I tellyou that within the day I can go to San Diego, come back and do my posts not counting the ones I did before I left, and during the time when I am in my office I do posts here and there... so I make my time to dedicate it to HyeForum!!! Sip jan - not to mention that I sleep only 3-4 hours a night!!! Edited January 10, 2008 by Ashot Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Ashot Posted January 10, 2008 Author Report Share Posted January 10, 2008 Armenian Americans set to play pivotal role in primaries In the wake of the hotly contested Iowa caucus and New Hampshire primary, Armenian Americans are better positioned than ever to play a decisive role in the key states that will help choose the Presidential nominees of the Republican and Democratic parties over the next 30 days, reported the Armenian National Committee of America (ANCA). In recent weeks, the ANCA has invited each of the candidates to share their views on Armenian Americans issues, and to comment on both the growing relationship between the US and Armenian governments and the enduring bonds between the American and Armenian peoples. Questionnaires sent to the candidates have invited them to respond to a set of 18 questions, including those addressing: affirmation of the Armenian Genocide, US-Armenia economic, political, and military relations, self-determination for Nagorno Karabakh, the Turkish and Azerbaijani blockades and the genocide in Darfur "Armenian Americans are set to cast their votes in the presidential primaries in record numbers," said ANCA Eastern Region Executive Director Karine Birazian. "We look forward to working with all the campaigns to make sure that Armenian American voters go to the polls empowered to make informed decisions about the candidates who will best represent our community's views and values." "In California, Nevada, Arizona, Colorado, and throughout the Western part of the country, Armenian American voters are in a position to play a truly decisive role in this year's highly competitive battle between the candidates to secure the nominations of their party," said ANCA Western Region Executive Director Andrew Kzirian. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ashot Posted January 10, 2008 Author Report Share Posted January 10, 2008 Giuliani Speech Delayed by Bomb Threat Republican Rudy Giuliani's speech on taxes got sidetracked Wednesday after a bomb threat forced organizers to move to another location. The former New York mayor planned to address a town hall meeting with 200 Harris Corp., employees and Giuliani supporters. The event was scuttled when six of the company's buildings were evacuated. Instead, Giuliani began his speech an hour later in a nearby airport hanger, where campaign workers handed out water to supporters waiting in the sun as bomb sniffing dogs checked reporters' equipment and airport security workers screened attendees. Some 50 supporters heard the speech and there was no time for questions. Giuliani is counting on Florida and its Jan. 29 primary after distant finishes in Iowa and New Hampshire. Although he attracted attention last year as the national GOP front-runner, the intense political focus has shifted to rivals Mike Huckabee, winner in Iowa; John McCain, the New Hampshire victor, and Mitt Romney. Despite the turn of events Wednesday, Giuliani said the tax speech was a success. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ashot Posted January 10, 2008 Author Report Share Posted January 10, 2008 Richardson Drops Out Updated He made it official today. Gov. Bill Richardson announced that it’s over for him. He dropped out of the race for the Democratic nomination, after finishing fourth in New Hampshire earlier this week. And he did it — as usual — with a sense of humor that has often rippled through the Democratic field and lightened the tensions of the feuding front-runners. “It is with great pride understanding and acceptance that I am ending my campaign for president of the United States,” he said at first. And he added: “You know it’s been an exhilarating and humbling year, an experience I will treasure and never forget.” Campaigning in the early states, like Iowa and New Hampshire, he said, “tested me in ways that I’ve never been tested. We had 200 debates – actually it was only 24 but it felt like 200 — and there I believe we made our case to the people.” Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ashot Posted January 16, 2008 Author Report Share Posted January 16, 2008 Michigan - Jan 15th, 2008 Clinton for democrats Romney for Republicans Strangely enough Obamas name didn't even appear as if his name was not on the ballots! http://www.cnn.com/ELECTION/2008/primaries...s/state/#val=MI Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ashot Posted January 20, 2008 Author Report Share Posted January 20, 2008 McCain Has Big Win in South Carolina; Huckabee Falls Short CHARLESTON, S.C. — Senator John McCain staved off a spirited challenge by Mike Huckabee to win the South Carolina primary on Saturday, exorcising the ghosts of the attack-filled primary here that derailed his presidential hopes eight years ago. Mr. McCain’s victory here, on top of his win earlier this month in New Hampshire, capped a remarkable comeback for a campaign that was all but written off six months ago. In an unusually fluid Republican field, his aides said they hoped the victory would give Mr. McCain a head of steam going into the Jan. 29 Florida primary and the nationwide series of nominating contests on Feb. 5. New York Times Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ashot Posted January 20, 2008 Author Report Share Posted January 20, 2008 Latino Community, Female Voters Push Clinton Over the Top By Paul Kane and Jonathan Weisman Washington Post Staff Writers Sunday, January 20, 2008; Page A12 For all the predictions of a key labor endorsement tipping the scales against her, Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton's ties to the Latino community and her connections to female voters provided the critical margin for her victory in Nevada's Democratic caucuses yesterday. The support of those two key voting blocs, along with her continued strong showing among union and working-class households, provides the New York senator with a potentially critical edge as the campaign moves toward Feb. 5, when 22 states, including key Western and Southwestern states with similar demographics as Nevada, cast their ballots in a near-national primary. In the days before the caucuses, her campaign -- led by former president Bill Clinton -- angrily denounced the process as undemocratic. But aides continued to feverishly work behind the scenes to drum up support among female voters while also peeling workers away from the Culinary Workers Union Local 226, whose endorsement of Sen. Barack Obama (D-Ill.) failed to yield him the huge cache of expected delegates from the nine precincts in Las Vegas casino ballrooms. Combined with the endorsement of the smaller local affiliate of the Service Employees International Union, Obama was supposed to have 78,000 labor foot soldiers working on his behalf. Staff writer Shailagh Murray contributed to this report from Las Vegas. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ashot Posted January 20, 2008 Author Report Share Posted January 20, 2008 RESULTS: January 19 - MULTI-STATE EVENTS Democratic and Republican Presidential Primary and Caucuses Nevada Democrats and Republicans hold their presidential caucuses and South Carolina Republicans hold their presidential primary on Saturday, January 19. Nevada's caucuses are closed, and South Carolina's primary is open. Of Nevada's 33 Democratic delegates, 25 are tied to the January 19 caucuses and 8 are superdelegates. Of the state's 34 Republican delegates, 31 are tied to the January 19 caucuses and 3 are unpledged RNC member delegates. All of South Carolina's 24 Republican delegates are tied to the January 19 primary. South Carolina lost 23 of its 47 Republican delegates for allocating them outside of the national party's approved timeframe. * Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ashot Posted January 24, 2008 Author Report Share Posted January 24, 2008 McCain appoints Putin 'President of Germany' Russian leader Vladimir Putin wouldn't qualify to hold the office of German President. But that didn't stop Republican presidential candidate John McCain from describing Putin as the 'President of Germany'. The 71-year-old made the apparent slip of the tongue while campaigning in Arizona. We can only wonder. Russia Today Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ashot Posted February 4, 2008 Author Report Share Posted February 4, 2008 (edited) This is quick update - before Super Tuesday!!! IOWA DEMOCRATIC PRIMARIES / CAUCUSES January 03, 2008 Obama 38% Edwards 30% Clinton 29% REPUBLICAN PRIMARIES / CAUCUSES January 03, 2008 Huckabee 34% Romney 25% McCain 13% WYOMING REPUBLICAN PRIMARIES / CAUCUSES January 05, 2008 Romney 67% Thompson 25% Hunter 8% NEW HAMPSHIRE DEMOCRATIC PRIMARIES / CAUCUSES January 08, 2008 Clinton 39% Obama 37% Edwards 17% REPUBLICAN PRIMARIES / CAUCUSES January 08, 2008 McCain 37% Romney 32% Huckabee 11% MICHIGAN DEMOCRATIC PRIMARIES / CAUCUSES January 15, 2008 Clinton 55% Uncommitted 40% Kucinic 4% REPUBLICAN PRIMARIES / CAUCUSES January 15, 2008 Romney 39% McCain 30% Huckabee 16% NEVADA DEMOCRATIC PRIMARIES / CAUCUSES January 19, 2008 Clinton 51% Obama 45% Edwards 4% REPUBLICAN PRIMARIES / CAUCUSES January 19, 2008 Romney 51% Paul 14% McCain 13% SOUTH CAROLINA REPUBLICAN PRIMARIES / CAUCUSES January 19, 2008 McCain 33% Huckabee 30% Thompson 16% DEMOCRATIC PRIMARIES / CAUCUSES January 26, 2008 Obama 55% Clinton 27% Edwards 18% MAINE REPUBLICAN PRIMARIES / CAUCUSES February 02, 2008 Romney 52% McCain 21% Paul 19% SUPER TUESDAY - February 5, 2008 EVENTS: (D) Democrats Only ® Republicans Only Alabama primaries Alaska caucuses Arizona primaries Arkansas primaries California primaries Colorado caucuses Connecticut primaries Delaware primaries Georgia primaries Idaho caucuses (D) Illinois primaries Kansas caucuses (D) Massachusetts primaries Minnesota primaries Missouri primaries Montana caucuses ® New Jersey primaries New Mexico primary New York primaries (D) North Dakota caucuses Oklahoma primaries Tennessee primaries Utah primaries West Virginia convention ® Edited February 4, 2008 by Ashot Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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