New Hampshire Deputy Secretary of State Dave Scanlan told ABC News that "turnout among primary voters today is 'absolutely huge' -- and there are concerns about running out of ballots in towns like Portsmouth, Keene, Hudson and Pelham.""The ballot strain seems to be on Democratic ballots, which suggests that the undeclared voters are breaking for the Democratic primary."a progressive news blog about politics (both local, jersey, and national), environment, art and culture.
Tuesday, January 8, 2008
Huge Turn-out in New Hampshire
New Hampshire Deputy Secretary of State Dave Scanlan told ABC News that "turnout among primary voters today is 'absolutely huge' -- and there are concerns about running out of ballots in towns like Portsmouth, Keene, Hudson and Pelham.""The ballot strain seems to be on Democratic ballots, which suggests that the undeclared voters are breaking for the Democratic primary."Sunday, January 6, 2008
Obama surging in New Hampshire
From Poltical Wire:
The latest Reuters/C-SPAN/Zogby tracking poll shows Sen. Hillary Clinton edging Sen. Barack Obama, 31% to 30%, with John Edwards at 20%. With a 3.4% margin of error, the race is a statisitical tie.Before Iowa's caucuses, Clinton led Obama by six points. Said pollster John Zogby: "We are seeing clear movement in Obama's direction and away from Hillary Clinton. There isn't much time for her to regroup here."
Other Polls show a dead heat as well. A CNN/WMUR poll shows Sen. Hillary Clinton and Sen. Barack Obama both tied at 33% with John Edwards in third place with 20%. A Concord Monitor poll shows Sen. Barack Obama edging Sen. Hillary Clinton among likely Democratic primary voters, 34% to 33%, with John Edwards third at 23%.
Two other polls are showing Obama surging ahead of the field. Also Bill Bradley had decided to back Barack Obama. Bradley leaned toward Edwards, but now seems ready to back Obama after his clear win in Iowa. But, let's wait for New Hampshire first. And if anything is clear from the debate last night Obama and Edwards would make one hell of a team. That would give me goosebumps if it ever happened.
Watch this clip. It is actually an ad from Hillary folks as they make the argument that she can deliver change. But, I think it shows stark differences between the candidates and we can choose for ourselves:
