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It’s on in Iowa (UPDATE 20: BIDEN DROPS OUT)

Posted by: ST on January 3, 2008 at 7:25 pm » 31 Comments

The caucuses will be underway at 8pm ET. The media and the blogosphere are buzzing in anticipation of what the results will be. More and more, I really do feel like Huckabee’s going to win tonight, but don’t think it will mean much in the long term, as Rudy hasn’t been campaigning much in Iowa, [...]

 

Thursday Open thread

Posted by: ST on January 3, 2008 at 4:09 pm » 5 Comments

Busy afternoon – will be back tonight to blog about what happens in Iowa.

 

Losing Fallujah in 2004: Who’s to blame?

Posted by: ST on January 3, 2008 at 11:55 am » Comments Off

The Washington Times/UPI reports on a “secret intelligence assessment” of the 2004 battle for Fallujah which suggests the reason for the loss was political pressure as a result of – you guessed it – media coverage (h/t: Memeorandum): A secret intelligence assessment of the first battle of Fallujah shows that the U.S. military thinks that [...]

 

Iowa predictions

Posted by: ST on January 3, 2008 at 9:28 am » 9 Comments

The big news of the day of course is tonight’s Iowa caucuses. Please use this thread to make your predictions about what you think will happen. I’m predicting Obama and Huckabee as tonight’s winners. Keep in mind, though, that a winner tonight doesn’t guarantee that that guy or gal will be the nominee, so if [...]