The Iowa Caucuses: Questions for Progressives

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Saturday January 05, 2008 · 10:22 AM PST

2008/01/05 · 10:22

Scarcely a word about John Edwards in today's Washington Post except a passing mention that he came in narrowly ahead of Hillary Clinton in the Iowa caucuses. Now that attention has turned to the New Hampshire primary, ALL of the stories are about Obama, Clinton, Huckabee, Romney, or (to a lesser extent) McCain.

JRE was relegated to the final three paragraphs on the jump of today's long front-page story:

Edwards had counted on a victory in Iowa to keep his candidacy alive, but failing that, his razor-thin margin over Clinton provided him all he needed to take his case to New Hampshire voters. Arguing that Iowans voted decisively for change, he said New Hampshire voters now may choose between his confrontational message and Obama's call for unity and accommodation.

He drew a contrast between his candidacy and those of his leading rivals. "I am not the candidate of money," he said. "I am not the candidate of glitz. I am not the candidate of glamour. I am the candidate for president of the United States who is the people's candidate."

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Thursday November 01, 2007 · 9:17 AM PDT

2007/11/01 · 09:17

The Washington Post published my letter to the editor this morning: "Coverage Without Content," in response to Howard Kurtz's article on recent findings of the Project for Excellence in Journalism, "First the Good News, Hillary."

Howard Kurtz's Oct. 29 Style article, "First the Good News, Hillary," about a study by the Project for Excellence in Journalism, confirmed what many already know: Polls drive campaign coverage and vice versa. I appreciate project director Tom Rosenstiel's view that the findings indicate that the media's "horse-race lens" has little to do with the candidates' merits.

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The Iowa Caucuses: Questions for Progressives

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