| January 1 |
- Nader and Kucinich pick sides in Iowa
- Few Democrats probably care about Nader blessing John Edwards, but Kucinich might help Barack Obama at the margins.
- Bob Dylan's guide to Iowa
- "Something is happening here, but you don't know what it is. Do you, Mr. Jones?"
|
| January 2 |
- The Chuck Norris Show
- Mike Huckabee's biggest celebrity fan helps turn the vote out in Iowa. Maybe.
|
| January 3 |
- Deal or no deal?
- Rumors fly about Bill Richardson and Joe Biden throwing support to Barack Obama. Don't believe them, the long shots say.
|
| January 4 |
- Iowa in the rear-view mirror
- Final thoughts on the caucuses from Barack Obama's "Big Mo" to John Edwards' fate.
|
| January 5 |
- Debate Cliche Preview
- With just minutes to go before tonight's ABC debates, we offer a breathless rundown of the Conventional Wisdom.
- Standing room only for McCain
- There wasn't room for everyone who wanted to see John McCain's
100th town hall in the state -- not even the press.
- Mitt Romney in the crosshairs
- At the ABC News/Facebook debate, the GOP gets tough -- on a
wounded Mitt Romney.
|
| January 6 |
- Republicans do it all over again
- On Fox News, the second GOP debate in 24 hours has the same punching bag: Mitt Romney. This time the network joined in.
|
| January 7 |
- Bill Clinton gets passive-aggressive
- Go ahead and vote for Barack Obama, Bill Clinton tells voters in New Hampshire. It's your country. Do whatever you want with it.
- Excitement mounts at Obama event
- If Obama supporters are as excited on Tuesday as they are tonight, the polls showing him with a big lead could be right.
|
| January 8 |
- Mike Huckabee keeps on laughing
- For the second election in a row, Huckabee leaves the state the night before to appear on late-night TV. This time, it's Letterman.
- Nice day for voting
- Today is the warmest New Hampshire primary in at least 40 years. Expect a massive turnout at the polls.
- The first "home-page primary"
- The battle for the hearts and minds of late-deciding New Hampshire voters is being waged right now on the Web sites run by the candidates.
- Shake-up in Clinton campaign: Maggie Williams comes aboard
- A former White House staffer and Clinton loyalist joins the team as defeat looms in New Hampshire.
|
| January 9 |
- Money ain't a thing
- Hillary Clinton revives a lagging fundraising operation with her New Hampshire win. Both she and Barack Obama are flush for now.
- The Manchester of the South?
- From New England to the Carolinas, one thing is constant in the GOP primary race: Ron Paul supporters are everywhere.
|
| January 10 |
- Carolina in my mind
- The GOP gets ready for its third debate in six nights, in Myrtle Beach, S.C. Will it be different from the last two?
- Live blogging the GOP debate
- American flag pins have become the last refuge of desperate candidates.
|
| January 11 |
- The ghost of primaries past
- A Myrtle Beach debate shows Ronald Reagan is still the patron saint of South Carolina Republican politics.
- Mike Huckabee gets serious in a big way
- The former Arkansas governor has finally found the idea maven -- Jim Pinkerton -- to add heft to his just-folks shtick.
|
| January 14 |
- Can't forget the Motor City
- All three leading Republicans pass within shouting distance of each other at the Detroit auto show, but no cars or models get caught in any crossfire.
|
The losers who gave us Sarah Palin 
Clergy say, "I won't"
And still our vote mattered
Joan Walsh
Glenn Greenwald
War Room