Archive for 2008
Smart Politics to Live Blog SC Dem Primary Returns
Smart Politics will blog live tonight as the South Carolina Democratic primary results come in. In addition to the real-time reporting of results and media watchdog commentary Smart Politics normally provides, there are several key questions to be explored: 1)…
Read MoreSmart Politics Study: Giuliani Descent Linked Equally to Huckabee, Romney, and McCain
Political pundits have largely explained Rudy Giuliani’s decline over the past few months as a direct result of two factors: a) his failed campaign strategy that abandoned the early primary states and b) John McCain’s surge—the latter being a logical…
Read MoreMcCain Only GOP-er to Defeat Dems in Minnesota
A brand new poll of registered Minnesota voters by SurveyUSA finds John McCain is the only Republican candidate who could beat Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama, if the presidential election were held today. Smart Politics has discussed McCain’s viability against…
Read MoreLive Blog: State of the GOP and Conservatism in Minnesota
12:00 p.m. Today’s forum at the Humphrey Institute, sponsored by the Center for the Study of Politics and Governance, focuses on the state of the Minnesota Republican Party and conservatism. The event is moderated by Dr. Larry Jacobs, Director of…
Read MoreSmart Politics to Live Blog at MN GOP Forum
Smart Politics will be blogging live today at the Humphrey Institute of Public Affairs from 12:00 to 1:30 p.m. at a program on the state of the Republican Party in Minnesota and conservative movement. From the Humphrey press release: The…
Read MoreThe Great Fall of the Rudy Giuliani Presidential Campaign
Because Rudy Giuliani’s presidential campaign has taken the (now much criticized tactic) of focusing most of its energy and resources on winning the state of Florida, he has fallen so much out of the national spotlight in recent weeks…
Read MoreLive Blog: South Carolina GOP Primary
Smart Politics will continue to monitor and update the official Republican primary results tonight in South Carolina. The following updated percentages are based on raw vote numbers provided by reporting precincts, not a scientific random sample. 6:02 p.m. Fox News,…
Read MoreRomney Rolls In Nevada Caucus
As expected, Mitt Romney rolled to a big win in Saturday’s GOP Nevada caucus, notching his second win out of two contests in the West and third out of five (pending tonight’s South Carolina results). With 98 percent reporting, Romney…
Read MoreMcCain, Huckabee, or Romney: Who Will Get Saturday’s Bounce?
After the two Republican contests on Saturday, a caucus in Nevada and a primary in South Carolina, will one GOP presidential hopeful emerge with more momentum to help separate him from the pack? ‘Momentum’ on one level, seems to be…
Read MoreSmart Politics Interviews Minnesota Democrats Exposed
Minnesota is home to a particularly lively political blogging community and Minnesota Democrats Exposed (MDE) is perhaps the most influential conservative political blog in the Gopher State. MDE, authored by Michael Brodkorb, is known for both breaking political news…
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