McCain: “Don’t vote for me, I’m a crazy old coot”

John McCain seemed all but done for not even a month ago. However, he has recently made a surge and has a decent chance to win New Hampshire and continue on from there and how does he handle this? By saying that troops in Iraq could stay there “maybe a hundred years” and that that [...]

I know who I’m dressing up as next Halloween: Rudy says Terror is Scary

Rudy’s new ad is the scariest shit ever. While he doesn’t say “9/11,” I’d almost prefer that he did instead of this racist fear-mongering ad. It makes me wish he actually did get beat by Duncan Hunter last night. Does he seriously think this kind of rampant fear-mongering [...]

Best Case Scenarios for New Hampshire

With Obama and Huckabee’s victories in Iowa behind us, the nation now looks to the New Hampshire primaries. Now that we have decided one contest, the second one will either confirm Iowa’s decisions, or create more confusion. So what are the best possible outcomes that each party could have in New Hampshire? Here are [...]

Iowa Decides on Huckabee and Obama: What it Means

So, Iowans have decided, Mike Huckabee and Barack Obama are who they want to be the next president of the United States. But, what does this all mean? Has anything actually been decided? The members of Civic Alert weigh in after the jump.

Iowa Decides: Obama and Huckabee Win Caucus

 
Well, the results are in and both Illinois Senator Barack Obama and former Arkansas Governor Mike Huckabee emerged victorious from Thursday’s caucus in Iowa. The final totals for each party are as follows:

Dropping Like Flies: Dodd and Biden Throw in the Towel

In case you haven’t read our fantastic liveblog of the Iowa caucuses, Democratic presidential hopefuls Chris Dodd and Joe Biden have both withdrawn their candidacy. Too bad, Joe Biden always made the best jokes at the debates.
EDIT: MSNBC was wrong.  For whatever reason, Mike Gravel is sticking with it.

Obama and Huckabee Victorious

In case you missed tonight’s victory speech by Obama after his Iowa caucus win, here it is. Warning: Many of us may or may not have teared up a bit during this. Take due precautions.

*EDIT*: Even though I’m not afraid to show my Obama love, it seems right to show the [...]