Tag Archives: Yale on the Trail: Mike Huckabee

Uncategorized | 1:29 pm | January 4, 2008 | By

Iowa may be misplaced as early indicator

DES MOINES, Iowa, 4 a.m. – Iowa holds a special place in American political life. It is routinely the first state in which presidential candidates are tested and chosen, and has been since 1972. Iowans seem to regard their civic responsibility with utmost seriousness. They are aware that the eyes of the world are keenly »

Uncategorized | 11:46 am | January 4, 2008 | By

Marmor: Obama, Edwards, Clinton can all reform healthcare system

NORMAN, Oklahoma, 10:45 a.m. — I didn’t think I would have a reading assignment while on winter break. Then again, I also hadn’t planned on interviewing Ted Marmor. I wanted the School of Management and political science professor’s opinion on the presidential candidates’ positions on healthcare. Marmor, after all, has testified before Congress on healthcare »

Uncategorized | 10:50 pm | January 3, 2008 | By

Emphasizing change, Obama, Huckabee capture Iowa victories

WASHINGTON, 9:50 p.m. — Illinois Senator Barack Obama and former Arkansas Governor Mike Huckabee will both leave Iowa and head to New Hampshire tomorrow with the wind at their backs but facing vastly different political terrain as the Granite State’s Jan. 8 primary approaches. Obama, riding a wave of support among first-time and college-age caucus-goers »

Uncategorized | 5:22 pm | January 2, 2008 | By

The Coffee Caucus

DES MOINES, Iowa, 5:22 PM – Would you like some creamer with that Richardson? How about a little sugar in your Huckabee? You say you want a half-caff skim peppermint Hillary latte? Such is the scene at Zanzibar’s Coffee Adventure in Des Moines, on Ingersall Avenue, where the owners have set up a “Coffee Caucus” »