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Jan 6, 2008 - New Hampshire's ornery voters relish the supersized impact of their presidential primary on Tuesday. They plan to head to the polls with little deference to Thursday's Iowa caucus results, especially Republicans, and with a history to prove it. That means the candidates who fell short in Iowa have some hope of resurrection in the Granite State.
Sen. John McCain, who finished fourth among Republicans in Iowa, already is trying to tap into New Hampshire voters' maverick instincts. He reminds them in a new television ad that in 2000, they chose him over President Bush, the winner of that year's Iowa caucus.
The trend applies to both parties, but Democratic candidates in some years have scored back-to-back victories. Republicans, on the other hand, have never awarded Iowa and New Hampshire to the same candidate in an open nomination race since Iowa took on its crucial early role in 1972.
This is where Ronald Reagan won after losing Iowa, and Bill Clinton scored a surprise second place after he and other Democrats were swept aside in the Iowa caucus by one of that state's own U.S. senators. In both cases, New Hampshire salvaged their campaigns.
"It's the Yankee attitude that we don't care what happens anywhere else," said Debbie Nita, 44, owner of the Village Roaster coffee shop in Peterborough and an undecided voter.
Instead of taking their cues from Iowa, New Hampshire's voters are focused on the same issues that ring familiar across the country: jobs, Iraq, illegal immigration and health care costs. By Mark Johnson
Read State's voters often turn political convention on its head |
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Dec 26, 2007 - After a pause for Christmas, presidential contenders resume their blitz across Iowa today, scraping and scuffling in contests that have grown tighter and more unpredictable as the first balloting of 2008 nears. On the Democratic side, three candidates -- Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton of New York, Sen. Barack Obama of Illinois and John Edwards, former senator from North Carolina -- are running neck-and-neck-and-neck, with the rest of the field fighting to squeeze past one of them to finish third. Among Republicans, former governors Mike Huckabee of Arkansas and Mitt Romney of Massachusetts are battling for first place, while the race for third is a toss-up among several contenders. The closeness of the caucus contests increases the import of these final days -- and of any verbal misstep, breakthrough TV ads or crystallizing moment on the campaign trail. Iowans will vote Jan. 3. "We've never had anything like this," said David Nagle, a former congressman and past chairman of the Iowa Democratic Party, who has been tracking the caucuses since they gained national attention in 1972. "If you can find a three-headed coin, flip it. That's about the best projection I can give you." By Mark Z Barabak and Seema Mehta, LA Times |
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Nov 2, 2007 - Barack Obama came to North Carolina on Thursday in hopes of winning South Carolina. South Carolina's influential early primary is planned for late January, so Obama and his campaign staffers urged the 4,000 supporters at an afternoon rally at N.C. Central University to make the short drive south of the border. They need North Carolinians to wave signs, make phone calls and do whatever else they can to push the candidate's message across the Palmetto State. "You don't want to be against something; you want to be for something," Obama said. "You want to feel it's still possible for everyone to rally around a common purpose." Campaign organizers say Obama must have success in South Carolina, where a poll released Thursday showed he trailed Sen. Hillary Clinton by more than 10 points, to have any shot at the Democratic nomination. "Ultimately, the national campaign is looking for assistance from North Carolina to help Obama win South Carolina," said Paulette Hill, communications director for Triangle for Obama, the local campaign. "They see North Carolina as a strong border state. By Eric Ferreri |
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Oct 21, 2007 - A class on sexual harassment won't head off a predator targeting schoolchildren, District Attorney Rex Gore says. But he's going to give it a shot, anyway. He hopes to at least get the message across that those who choose to engage in indecent behavior will be punished.
On Nov. 8, Gore, whose district covers Brunswick, Bladen and Columbus counties, plans to take that message to Brunswick County Schools. Four cases involving inappropriate student-teacher relations have surfaced in the school system in the past year, three of them resulting in arrests and three in lawsuits against the school board.
"There certainly are cases that bother all of us," Gore said this week. "We want to stop it from becoming a prevalent problem."Gore will give his presentation to directors and principals, and then set a schedule to extend it to teachers, Superintendent Katie McGee said. Rather than "sexual harassment training," she calls it "ethics training;" but Gore says that rather than teaching educators ethics, he will tell them the law and provide information that may help them "reduce the chances of acts against students."
He is no expert on the topic, he said, but he does know the law, and he does have anecdotes to tell the educators from his years as a prosecutor. He said he will be sharing with them stories, research, state statutes and penalties and thoughts on how to more effectively prevent, identify and handle inappropriate teacher-student relations. By Ann Ribeiro |
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Oct 17, 2007 - With a boost from her husband, U.S. Sen. Hillary Clinton topped her Democratic opponents in fundraising among North Carolinians over the last three months, while former Sen. John Edwards led rivals in his native South Carolina. Among Republicans, former Tennessee Sen. Fred Thompson raised the most in North Carolina, and former New York Mayor Rudy Giuliani outpaced the GOP field in South Carolina, according to new reports filed Monday with the Federal Election Commission. The reports also showed that in South Carolina, site of the South's first primary, New Mexico Gov. Bill Richardson raised more than any Democrat but Edwards. And Ron Paul, a maverick Texas congressman, raised more than any other so-called "second-tier" Republican candidate in both states. Nationally, Clinton has raised a total of $89 million, more than any candidate in either party. Sen. Barack Obama of Illinois was next with $79 million. Edwards raised just over $30 million. The leading Republican is former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney, who has raised nearly $62 million. Over the last three months, Clinton raised nearly $288,000 from North Carolinians. Much of that came during a Charlotte fundraiser last month headlined by her husband, former President Bill Clinton. With almost $259,000, Edwards, a former senator from North Carolina, was right behind Clinton in his home state. His first-place showing among Democrats in South Carolina represented a rebound from the last report in July. It was also in contrast to polls that show him a distant third in the state to Clinton and Obama. By Jim Morrill |
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