Is Paul the tastiest of candidates? Richardson says he'll talk to people. Mitt integrates his women's coalition. Edwards disputes Hillary's face.
The following piece was produced through the Huffington Post's OffTheBus. Edited by Richard Riehl and Denise Wheeler. Reported by Kirsten Anderson, Ken Bank, River Curtis-Stanley, Jodi Lampert, Julie Pierce, Debbi Plummer, and Theresa Weathers.
Ron Paul leads in the cookie primary: Yankee Magazine launched its New Hampshire Cookie Primary several days ago, inviting candidates to submit their favorite cookie recipes for online readers to rate. Ron Paul appears to be the likely winner with Mrs. Paul's "Apricot Coconut Balls." Not a bad name, also, for the plain-speaking Republican candidate who's shown the most courage of his convictions.
Keep it short and don't be packin' heat: In Iowa Monday Bill Richardson promised to be a grassroots president who listens to ordinary people. As New Mexico governor, he boasted, the only ground rules he has for his meetings with individuals are that they're limited to five minutes and can't be carrying weapons. We'd love to see the job description for his appointments secretary.
A "Dear Richard" invitation to join Women for Mitt: Mitt's Deputy National Finance Director sent us this email invitation yesterday to "network with other female supporters as an official member of the WFM Steering Committee." While he's not crazy about having Muslims in his cabinet, when it comes to his coalition supporters he apparently doesn't discriminate on the basis of gender.
Those were the days: On Tuesday Freddy's campaign launched two ads named, "Service" and "Marie." Both boast of his experience as a federal prosecutor over thirty years ago and how he once sent a Democratic governor to jail. Check out the trendy sideburns. Is it just us, or do the videos look more like nostalgic retrospectives than campaign ads?
John Edwards' swan song: Drawing from Jonathan Prince's hit song It's Now or Never, the Edwards campaign has sent out an email with a solution for those who want to put an end to politics-as-usual in Washington. Simply donate to John's campaign so that "together we can win." Well, at least we know his taste in music is better than his pitch.
Hillary is appointed "Caucus Face": Clinton's campaign has launched a massive voter education effort to help Nevada voters learn about the caucus, an effort that Harry Reid said is "ecumenical" since many voters see Hillary as "the face of the caucus." John Edwards is less enthusiastic about that. "Hillary Clinton is the face of the Nevada caucus about as much as she was the face of the American foreign policy during Bill's administration."
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