New Hampshire Debates

New Hampshire Double-header: A Tale of Two Debates

Alan Schroeder | Posted 03.09.2012

Alan Schroeder

Two back-to-back Republican presidential debates featuring the same cast, the same issues, the same New Hampshire setting, and the same basic format. Yet the events felt as different as night and day.

Why Republicans Support Government Mandates

David C. Wilson | Posted 03.09.2012

David C. Wilson

Romney's argument keeps most Republicans at bay because it taps into their principled beliefs about states' rights, and is simple. Yet, it also implies he is either duplicitous or that he is against any and all federal legislation.

GOP Candidates Sharpen Knives Ahead Of Crucial Debates

Reuters | Posted 03.08.2012

MANCHESTER, N.H., Jan 7 (Reuters) - The knives will come out at back-to-back debates this weekend as U.S. Republican presidential hopefuls frantical...

Debate at Dartmouth: Jobs, Economics and the GOP

Alan Schroeder | Posted 12.11.2011

Alan Schroeder

Rick Perry needed a big night and he didn't have one. Cain needed to push his message beyond the 9-9-9 plan but he couldn't do it. Romney needed to maintain the status quo -- that he managed, and then some.

What I Learned From the Republican Debate

Tony Phillips | Posted 08.14.2011

Tony Phillips

Like a whole passel of Americans, I watched the Republican Presidential Debate on CNN Monday night and like all the rest of them, I did so because Jeopardy was preempted by hockey.

The 2012 Republican Presidential Field

Chris Weigant | Posted 08.13.2011

Chris Weigant

Because this will be Mitt Romney's first debate appearance, political observers are going to be closely watching how intensely the others attack him and his positions, and how Romney responds to such attacks.

Obama Recast As MLK, Jesus, Leading Spiritual Youth Movement

Lauren Sandler | Posted 05.25.2011

Lauren Sandler

Young people aren't going to organize en masse for policy initiatives. They're in this for a personal and national reformation.

Obama Camp Locks Out Press

Christian Avard | Posted 05.25.2011

Christian Avard

WILMINGTON, VT- Reporters wanting to interview campaign staffers are having a hard time trying to get through. That's because some campaigns are putti...

Dennis Kucinich: Should Mickey Mouse Be Electing The Next President?

Debate Porridge | Posted 05.25.2011

Debate Porridge

Debate Porridge caught up with Dennis Kucinich and actor Viggo Mortensen to discuss the congressman's exclusion from Saturday's ABC / Facebook debate....

Scenes From Primary Day

Off The Bus | Posted 05.25.2011

Off The Bus

The guys from DoubleSpeak put together a great photo montage of Election Day in Manchester: =========================== Who the hell fed the Mog...

Can't Pick A Candidate? Perhaps You'd Prefer To Select A Decade

Lauren Sandler | Posted 05.25.2011

Lauren Sandler

Undecided voters continue to join the placard-hoisting faithful at rallies all over the state today, raising their hands to sidelong glances when aske...

Newsweek's Jonathan Alter and Liz Edwards Square Off On Health Care Debate

Matthew and Peter Slutsky | Posted 05.25.2011

Matthew and Peter Slutsky

At a John Edwards event earlier this afternoon in Bedford, NH, we happened upon a very interesting conversation taking place between Elizabeth Edwards...

Have A Beer With Me! Candidates Battle Over Their Own "Likeability"

Lauren Sandler | Posted 05.25.2011

Lauren Sandler

Perhaps Charlie Gibson started this war when he asked Hillary Clinton about the "likeability issue" during the last Democratic debate. Her response t...

Thomas B. Edsall

How New Hampshire Upended The Democratic Race

HuffingtonPost.com | Thomas B. Edsall | Posted 05.25.2011

Manchester, NH -- The conventional wisdom today about the results of the New Hampshire Democratic primary does not take into account the complexity of...

Woman Who Made Clinton Cry Voted For Obama

Political Radar | Kate Snow and Jennifer Parker | Posted 05.25.2011

The woman whose empathetic question -- "how do you do it?" -- sparked uncharacteristic emotion Monday from Sen. Hillary Clinton ended up voting for Se...

From A Big Boost To Obama To A Big Blow

New York Times | Posted 05.25.2011

On the eve of the New Hampshire primary, Senator Barack Obama delivered a message to supporters: "Do not take this race for granted. I know we had a n...

Obama: "I'm Still Fired Up And Ready To Go"

AP | Posted 05.25.2011

Barack Obama pronounced himself "still fired up and ready to go" after a second-place finish in New Hampshire's Democratic primary. "You know, a few ...

McCain Grabs Early Lead In New Hampshire

AP | DAVID ESPO and PHILIP ELLIOTT | Posted 05.25.2011

Republican Sen. John McCain grabbed an early lead over former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney in New Hampshire's first-in-the-nation primary Tuesday ni...

Obama Set To Receive Huge Endorsement From National Union "Unite Here"

New York Times | Steven Greenhouse | Posted 05.25.2011

Unite Here, the union representing more than 450,000 hotel, restaurant, apparel and laundry workers, is likely to announce its endorsement of Senator ...

Obama Campaign Co-Chair Questions Hillary's Tears

Election Central | Greg Sargent | Posted 05.25.2011

The Tears are now officially an issue in Campaign 2008. Obama's national campaign co-chair, Jesse Jackson, Jr., just went on MSNBC and appeared to qu...

Did Edwards Slip Help Clinton In New Hampshire?

Political Wire | Stuart Rothenberg | Posted 05.25.2011

While some will suggest that Sen. Hillary Clinton's New Hampshire victory can be traced to her emotional comments shortly before the primary, and othe...

Watch: Clinton's New Hampshire Victory Speech

CBS News | Posted 05.25.2011

Hillary Clinton's New Hampshire victory speech: ...

Cash-Crunched Thompson Reduces Staff's Salaries

Washington Post | John Solomon | Posted 05.25.2011

Near the bottom in New Hampshire's primary results and strapped for cash, Republican Fred Thompson's campaign is cutting staff salaries to free up res...

Obama Responds To Bill Clinton Barbs

New York Times | Posted 05.25.2011

The New York Times reports on Barack Obama's response to Bill Clinton: Mr. Obama was asked about this outburst by Mr. Clinton earlier today. Courtesy...

Obama Campaign Rakes In the Dough After Iowa

The Hill | Klaus Marre | Posted 05.25.2011

Sen. Barack Obama's (D-Ill.) presidential campaign is raising contributions at the rate of $1 million a day so far this year, campaign manager David P...