NEW HAVEN, Conn. 4:25 p.m. — Although most undergraduates have yet to return from winter break, Yale’s campus is already buzzing with campaign organizing in the run-up to what some have called “super-duper Tuesday” on Feb. 5, when 24 states are scheduled to hold their primary elections. Hundreds of Connecticut supporters, grassroots organizers and campaign »
JERSEY CITY, N.J., 3:20 p.m — The scene here in Jersey City, where Barack Obama is set to kick off his national tour in half an hour, is extraordinary. Nearly 300 reporters are waiting on line, trying to push their way inside. At least a dozen live-feed satellite trucks from all the major networks line »
GERMANTOWN, Tenn., 11:13 a.m. — Hillary Clinton is struggling to lock in the votes of a demographic that American may have once thought was a given — women, especially the younger ones. CNN reported this morning that in their latest New Hampshire polls, Clinton trails Barack Obama by two percentage points among women in the »
The fourth in a series of spin room interviews following this weekend’s debates. MANCHESTER, N.H., 1:55 a.m. — A few months ago, Hillary Clinton LAW ’73 was the “inevitable” candidate. Not anymore. And that puts Mark Penn, her chief strategist, in a precarious position. But fret not, Penn says. Speaking to reporters this weekend, he »
The third in a series of spin room interviews following this weekend’s debates. MANCHESTER, N.H. 1:40 a.m. — John Edwards may seem like the third wheel in the Democratic showdown between Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton LAW ’73. But even so, that’s no reason to give up, says his wife, Elizabeth. “John is in this »