Rolling on to New Hampshire
Well, history was made in Iowa on Thursday night. Barack Obama is the first African-American candidate to win a caucus. And Mike Huckabee brought evangelicals out en masse to spring a surprising victory on the Republican side.
Both Hillary Clinton and Mitt Romney got unpleasant surprises handed to them, for lots of reasons, but primarily because of negative campaigning.
Now, the candidates are in New Hampshire and frantically working to get the win in the first real primary. Barack Obama needs to maintain his momentum in a state that has a well-established Clinton base. John Edwards needs to make a respectable showing to keep his campaign alive and Hillary Clinton needs the win here, to avoid being seen as un-electable.
On the Republican side, Mitt Romney faces a major challenge from John McCain and Huckabee isn't even bothering to campaign in New Hampshire, choosing to concentrate on South Carolina where he has a strong support group of evangelicals. Word has it that Romney has a big negative campaign in place to blast McCain. I personally don't think that is wise. Hopefully, his group will learn a lesson from the backlash in Iowa against negative campaigning.
Personally, I prefer a candidate to tell about his/her own strengths rather than the weaknesses of his/her opponent.
New Hampshire should give us a better idea of what happens when secret ballot voting is a part of the picture.
Both Hillary Clinton and Mitt Romney got unpleasant surprises handed to them, for lots of reasons, but primarily because of negative campaigning.
Now, the candidates are in New Hampshire and frantically working to get the win in the first real primary. Barack Obama needs to maintain his momentum in a state that has a well-established Clinton base. John Edwards needs to make a respectable showing to keep his campaign alive and Hillary Clinton needs the win here, to avoid being seen as un-electable.
On the Republican side, Mitt Romney faces a major challenge from John McCain and Huckabee isn't even bothering to campaign in New Hampshire, choosing to concentrate on South Carolina where he has a strong support group of evangelicals. Word has it that Romney has a big negative campaign in place to blast McCain. I personally don't think that is wise. Hopefully, his group will learn a lesson from the backlash in Iowa against negative campaigning.
Personally, I prefer a candidate to tell about his/her own strengths rather than the weaknesses of his/her opponent.
New Hampshire should give us a better idea of what happens when secret ballot voting is a part of the picture.
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