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Huckabee Wins Iowa's Republican Caucuses

added on 2008-01-11 22:30:27 (Washington Post - Politics)

DES MOINES, Jan. 3 -- Former Arkansas governor Mike Huckabee rode a wave of evangelical fervor to victory over Mitt Romney in Iowa's Republican caucuses Thursday, an outcome that hardly seemed possible two months ago. ...more.

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Obama Wins Iowa's Democratic Caucuses

added on 2008-01-11 22:30:27 (Washington Post - Politics)

DES MOINES, Jan. 3 -- Sen. Barack Obama, riding a message of hope and change and buoyed by extraordinary turnout, decisively won the Iowa Democratic caucuses Thursday night, dealing a significant setback to Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton in the battle for the party's 2008 presidential nomination. ...more.

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Hedge Fund Lobby Courting Rep. Baker

added on 2008-01-11 22:30:27 (Washington Post - Politics)

Rep. Richard H. Baker (R-La.), a longtime legislative expert on the regulation of capital markets, is in serious talks to become president of the main lobby for hedge funds, the Managed Funds Association. ...more.

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A Darker Shade Of Green Zone

added on 2008-01-11 22:30:26 (Washington Post - Politics)

BAGHDAD -- Several dozen soldiers and embassy staff members relaxed on the patio around Saddam Hussein's old swimming pool, shivering in the desert chill, as a boombox blared Latin rhythms over the racket of low-flying helicopters. It was Salsa Night in the Green Zone, but on a Friday evening in ... ...more.

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In Calling The Race, The Media Miss by a Mile

added on 2008-01-11 22:30:26 (Washington Post - Politics)

For most of the past year, the news media treated Hillary Clinton as inevitable and Mike Huckabee as invisible. ...more.

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In Backing His Wife, Clinton Recalls His Legacy

added on 2008-01-11 22:30:26 (Washington Post - Politics)

AMHERST, N.H., Jan. 5 -- He's no kid anymore, and it's his wife who is attempting the comeback. But former president Bill Clinton looked and certainly sounded Saturday like a politician whose legacy is on the line. ...more.

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In West Granite, the Bypassing Parade

added on 2008-01-11 22:30:26 (Washington Post - Politics)

MANCHESTER, N.H., Jan. 4 -- On a day when the presidential hopefuls hustled about the state trolling for votes, some residents of the struggling West Granite neighborhood wondered: What about us? ...more.

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Iowa Winners Woo Opponents' Donors

added on 2008-01-11 22:30:26 (Washington Post - Politics)

Shortly after securing first place in Iowa's Democratic caucuses and giving an impassioned victory speech, Sen. Barack Obama dialed up some of his rivals' top financial backers. "The game plan . . . was to try to use the great victory we had last night to get new donors," said Mark Gilbert, a mem... ...more.

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Seeing Beyond Gender, Despite Shared Struggles

added on 2008-01-11 22:30:26 (Washington Post - Politics)

LEBANON, N.H. -- It took Laurie Tostenson years of mopping floors, washing sheets and "screaming twice as loud" as the men around her before she managed to change her janitors' scrubs for a blazer befitting a supervisor at New Hampshire's largest hospital. ...more.

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