The former vice presidential candidate has lacked a first place finish to date and came in a disapppointed third in his home state of South Carolina.
His official announcement was made in New Orleans today, where he inititally announced his run for the presidency.
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“Despite finishing second place in the Iowa caucus, former North Carolina Sen. John Edwards is still fighting to break into what has been set up as the national Clinton vs. Obama battle for the nomination.”
WBUR sat down with political analysts Dan Payne and Todd Domke to sort through the results, and look ahead to the New Hampshire primary.
On Point spoke to The New Yorker’s Hendrik Hertzberg and Washington Post’s Washington Dana Milbank about yesterday’s results and their predictions for the New Hampshire primaries.
Now that the Iowa caucus results are in, listen to what Iowa Democrat voters had to say prior to casting their votes and what the Iowa GOP voters thought the results would be.
The presidential candidates unleash their Yuletide-themed campaign commercials:
A red-sweatered Giuliani rattles off his gift list for America which includes “secure borders,” “strick constructionist judges” and “a really nice fruitcake.” The bearded-one himself makes an appearance towards the end of the video.
Huckabee, pitching himself to evangelicals, wants us to forget politics and remember the Christ in Christmas. Bookshelf/cross backdrop sparks minor kerfluffle.
Hillary appears amidst smartly-wrapped and labeled gifts including temporarily waylaid package of “universal pre-k.” No sign of Kringle.
The Obama family video postcard featuring father, mother, two adorable daughters, Christmas tree and crackling fireplace. Light on issues; heavy on the sugar plums.
An intensely somber and earnest Edwards yearns for the homeless, the poor, the tired masses, and talks of a “season of miracles, of faith and love.”
WBUR’s special series continues with residents of Derry, N.H. weighing on the economy as an election issue.
