Tag: Iowa
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About Last NightâŚ
Please donât tell your parents. Ok, so about last nightâs liveblogging experienceâŚlet me say it was awesome. I notice that I get meaner the more I write so Iâll try to make it brief. 1. Congrats to Obama and Huckabee â You both are change agents for your respective parties, and change won big last…
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Live Blogging the Iowa Caucuses from Drinking Liberally Memphis – UPDATED!
Since firedoglake got so much press from Live Blogging the Scooter Libby thing, I though I would jump on the bandwagon and liveblog the Iowa Caucus from the Memphis meeting of Drinking Liberally. Updates in “Reverse ChronologicalÂŽ” order…per Steve Jones (see the 7:55 update) Update 9:18 PM: Has 9ui11ani lost his mind? He like the…
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Itâs a Crazy Way to Select a Candidate
So, youâve read my predictions, youâve probably been following the candidates. Weâre a month away from the primary here in Tennessee, and youâre probably asking yourself, âWhat does it matter, Iowa and New Hampshire will decide itâ. And you have a point. Iowa and New Hampshire, two of the whitest states in the union, whose…
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Iowa Ca-cusses
Okay, so here’s what’s going to happen tonight, no matter what the blowhards on the Teevee say. Republicans In 8 and a half short hours, Mike Huckabee will be caucused as the first Republican winner in Iowa. This will be followed by some serious grave spinning by our founding fathers, and a collective “Oh Crap”…
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Those Wacky Polls
The Iowa Caucuses are just a day away (thank God!), and the polls are flying out faster than you can say âlikely caucuserâ. Seems like every day I wake up to some blowhard on the TV quoting a new poll showing candidate X doing this or that or the other. This is followed by a…