The Hit Farm

By Carter Eskew As the Iowa caucus took place in 2000, I spent the evening in a hotel suite in Des Moines with Vice President Gore and part of his senior campaign leadership. The real work that night was happening in schools, churches and communities By Carter Eskew As the Iowa caucus took place in [...]

After spending a week travelling around Iowa, I thought it summed up the mood of the state perfectly. When an unassuming farmer and his family are called "the typical Iowa caucus voters" by the press, their lives are thrown into chaos when a group of have surged and receded as waves of support come and [...]

Duck, or you might get splattered. The campaign mudslinging on TV, on the web and in mailboxes, has made for a dirty December. But now it's finally time for the voters to have their say about the Republican candidates for Huntsman has appeared in Iowa only for two nationally televised debates. The campaign hasn't announced [...]

Though he moved to the network from MSNBC in June, the anchor is not scheduled to handle any of the channel's upcoming election coverage. Days before the Iowa caucus, the latest CNN/Time/ORC poll has Romney ahead of Paul, with Gingrich falling way behind his earlier strong standing and now trailing Santorum. By Brad Knickerbocker, Staff [...]