THE Iowa caucus marked the beginning of the real campaign for America's presidential hopefuls, and after by the closely watched New Hampshire primary. Early gains or losses can have marked effects thoughout presidential campaign history. In 1992, after coming second in New Hampshire, Bill Clinton called himself the “comeback kid” and went on to win the nomination for the Democrats. This time around, even though Hillary Clinton was the front-runner for most of the year-long wait till the gate, after a loss to Barack Obama in Iowa, her victory in New Hampshire that stunned the pollsters singled "Race On."On February 5th (Super Duper Tuesday) over 20 states hold either primaries or caucuses. Included are the important states of California and New York, making the day feel closer than ever to a national primary. Earlier we have posted about the viability of a national primary day, or regional primaries, but with Illinois among the front-loading state primaries on 'Super Duper' Tuesday, we may actually have campaigning in the Land of Lincoln.
The question is, would you look forward to campaign ads and stump speeches here? Or would it be like the old adage, "Be careful what you wish for."
Remember in a practical sense, the canidates are collecting delegates to get nominated at the national convention. CNN's delegate scorecard is linked here with the early leaders in race, Hillary on the Democratic side (183; 2,025 needed to win) and Mitt Romney in the GOP run (30; 1,191 needed)
http://www.cnn.com/ELECTION/2008/primaries/results/scorecard/#val=D
3 comments:
What's the point of worrying about stump speeches and campaign ads now? We're already getting them by the bushel! I'm okay with it as long as the candidates don't deluge us, but I know that's exactly what they're going to do.
At least Illinois doesn't attract the media frenzy Iowa and New Hampshire do!
I think it could be fun to be immersed in that, it's only until February.
I think the candidates are very likely to make stops in Illinois. Especially on the democratic side, Obama and Clinton both have ties in our state, so the race will most likely be quite close!
Jenny
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