Mitt Romney Wins Wyoming

Although all the focus goes to Iowa and New Hampshire, Wyoming is holding it's Republican primary today and Mitt Romney looks set to come out on top with Iowa caucus winner Mike Huckabee not faring so well. For live results, click here.

Pollspot: Between Iowa

A new 7NEWS/Suffolk University two-day tracking poll shows Sen. Barack Obama cutting into Sen. Hillary Clinton's lead in New Hampshire. However, the first half of this survey was taken on Thursday before Senator Obama won the Iowa Caucus. The rest of the survey was completed on Friday. Clinton now leads with 36%, followed by Obama at 29% and John Edwards at 13%.

Pollspot: On To New Hampshire

Unfortunately, due to Senator Barack Obama's annoying victory in last night's Iowa Caucus, these decent poll numbers for Senator Hillary Clinton may not be so good when a post-caucus poll is taken.

Democrats:
Reuters/C-SPAN/Zogby: Clinton 32%, Obama 26%, Edwards 20%
7NEWS/Suffolk University: Clinton 37%, Obama 25%, Edwards 15%
American Research Group: Clinton 35%, Obama 31%, Edwards 15%

As for Republicans, it is a toss up between Senator John McCain and former governor Mitt Romney.

Republicans:
Reuters/C-SPAN/Zogby: McCain 34%, Romney 30%, Huckabee 10%
7NEWS/Suffolk University: Romney 29%, McCain 25%, Huckabee 13%
American Research Group: McCain 35%, Romney 25%, Huckabee 12%

The New Hampshire primary is this Tuesday.

Source: Political Wire

Gravel Still In It

Image courtesy of Current

Despite MSNBC reporting that former Democratic Alaska senator Mike Gravel had dropped out of the 2008 presidential race, this report is false and he is still in the race despite a poor finish in last night's Iowa caucus.

Barack Obama Gains Momentum as Change Wins Out in Iowa

Image Courtesy of M. Spencer Green/AP (MSNBC.com)

You know, they said this day would never come. They said our sights were set too high. They said this country was too divided, too disillusioned to ever come together around a common purpose.

But on this January night, at this defining moment in history, you have done what the cynics said we couldn't do.

Those words could not be more true. It was this defining speech by Democratic Presidential candidate, Barack Obama, following his victory in the Iowa caucuses last night, that proved change is on its way. The Senator came out in the lead with 38%, followed by 30% for John Edwards, and 29% for third place finisher, Hillary Clinton.

The race remained close throughout the night up until Obama pulled forward towards the end with a first place position. The momentum is there and you better believe it will be a big part of what determines the vote in New Hampshire. From last nights' survey polls, voters found that the most important personal quality a candidate should have was bringing about needed change, in which Obama fit the bill.

What's next? New Hampshire. A whole new ball game, yet one that will surely be the focus of Hillary Clinton as she will desperately try to stop Obama in his tracks. The upcoming debate in New Hampshire this Saturday will be crucial, with the primary only four days away. Independent voters came out strong in supporting Obama in Iowa. Can they do the same in New Hampshire? John McCain's ability to gain many of those independents cannot be brushed aside too quickly either. Only time will tell.

Things are starting to heat up and anything can happen in the next few days. As an Obama supporter, I am thrilled with the results in Iowa and, as Barack said, New Hampshire can do the same. We all can. We can bring about real change. Change we can believe in.

Joseph Biden Drops Out

Delaware Democratic Senator Joe Biden has dropped out of the presidential race after a disappointing finish in Iowa.

Source: MSNBC

Chris Dodd to Drop Out

Connecticut Democratic Senator Chris Dodd is expected to announce he is dropping out of the race after a disappointing performance in the Iowa caucus.

Source: CNN

Mike Huckabee Wins in Iowa

In a surprising finish, former Arkansas Governor Mike Huckabee has won the Iowa caucus. Mitt Romney finished second. The race for third place is still on between Fred Thompson and John McCain.

Barack Obama Wins in Iowa

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Senator Barack Obama is the projected winner in Iowa with John Edwards and Hillary Clinton close behind in 2nd and 3rd respectively.

Caucus For Hillary

The Iowa Caucus is currently happening as we speak and The Green Room will have results later tonight when they are released. The Green Room urges and encourages Iowans to please caucus for Senator Hillary Clinton. She is the right and only choice.

A Message From Hillary

The Green Room encourages Iowans to go forth tomorrow and caucus for Senator Hillary Clinton.

Pollspot: More Iowa

An InsiderAdvantage tracking poll in Iowa shows a statistical tie between Sen. Hillary Clinton and John Edwards in the Democratic presidential race with Sen. Barack Obama starting to lag.

Clinton leads with 30%, followed by Edwards at 29%, and Obama at 22%, with 14% committed to other candidates and 5% undecided. The poll has a margin of error of 3.4%.

Important finding: Edwards was the second choice of 62% of those who supported other candidates that did not receive the required 15% of the vote. Clinton was the second choice of 21% and Obama of 17%.

Clinton & Obama Buy Major Ad Time

With the Iowa Caucus less than a week away, the Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama campaigns are buying major ad time in the state. ABC News "has learned that Sen. Barack Obama's campaign is trying to buy advertising time on the night before the caucuses for a live political commercial, to air statewide." Meanwhile, Sen. Hillary Clinton's campaign "announced on Thursday that she would buy a two minute block of time on every 6pm newscast in the state."

Pollspot: Iowa...Yet Again

Political Wire brings us this Iowa poll today...

Iowa:
In Iowa, a new Time magazine poll shows John Edwards leading the Democratic presidential race with 32%, followed by Sen. Hillary Clinton at 24%, Sen. Barack Obama at 22% and Gov. Bill Richardson at 13%. Complete poll results are available.

John Edward's efforts of focusing mainly on Iowa may be working but I still predict that Hillary Clinton will win Iowa come January. Bill Richardson rises a little.

Defending Hillary from Ben Smith

This article by Ben Smith from Politico once again shows me how biased he is and how much he doesn't like Hillary Clinton. When Hillary Clinton spoke at YearlyKos, Smith only focused on the fact that she was booed twice and did not provide even a semi-decent account of her speech, unlike Roger Simon, who reported on everything regarding her speech...the good and the bad. You can my article about Simon vs Smith at YearlyKos here.

Anyways, as I posted yesterday, Hillary Clinton has released her first campaign ad commercial to run in Iowa. Now...Ben Smith is at it again. In the short article, Smith writes, "No points for figuring out why Hillary picked Iowa for her first ad. Not only is she trailing there (or running roughly neck-and-neck with Edwards and Obama, depending on which poll you read) but she had to put out a fire this spring when an aide suggested she essentially ignore Iowa." That's all Smith writes before describing what is in the ad. Why wouldn't Hillary choose Iowa first? It is the first nominating state. Iowa has not been ignored by Hillary. She started off July campaigning there with President Clinton for 5 days. Also, Hillary has NOT been trailing in Iowa. Some polls (and there are many posted here at The Green Room) show her in a three way tie with Obama and Edwards while others show Obama narrowly leading and others show Hillary narrowly leading. So the word trailing is just flat out WRONG. Also, another reason the ad will run in Iowa....John Edwards and Barack Obama have already been advertising there with commericials for months now and both candidates will tour the state this week. Hmm...another reason...how about there is a big Democratic debate on Sunday...IN IOWA. If you are going to misinform your readers Ben Smith then make sure it's not so easy to refute what you are writing. That's all.

Barack Obama's Ad

Just to make things fair, here is Barack Obama's recent campaign commercial ad running in Iowa.

Iowa Caucus Will Stay In January

The Green Room reported here that with New Hampshire and South Carolina both moving up their primaries earlier in January. This move caused speculation that the Iowa caucus would need to move into December to still be the first primary state. The Iowa caucus will still move to but Iowa Governor Chet Culver says it will most likely be earlier in January. He vowed to keep the Iowa caucus first in the nation.

Iowa Caucus May Move to December!

Tomorrow, South Carolina and New Hampshire will join in announcing that both states are moving up their presidential primary dates earlier into January. This move will most likely force Iowa to move the date of the Iowa Caucus for the 2008 presidential race from January 14th, 2008 to some day before Christmas 2007. Iowa has always been protective and proud of being the first-in-the-nation state to hold a nominating contest.

While moving the Iowa caucus up a month may not change much, it will still have an impact. Moving to Demember means the caucus is now only 4 months away so campaigning will increase there. Also, on the Democratic side, it is a 3 way tie in Iowa between Clinton, Obama, and Edwards. You know...moving up the caucus is kind of exciting.

Source: Wall Street Journal