Mike Huckabee’s Iowa victory last week has stirred a sleeping giant in US politics. It was a timely reminder that the Religious Right owns a large section of America’s conservative electorate. We can forget Barack Obama’s enormous grassroots appeal, his massive student following, his precinct captains and armies of volunteers. Nothing can match the pull [...]

Filed under: andrewnoakes, election2008, mikehuckabee, religion, republican, uspolitics on January 11th, 2008 | No Comments »

Although the candidates have been campaigning for months, the Iowa caucuses today represent the first real step towards the election of the next President of the United States (Absolutely tonnes of coverage here and here. And while - of course - those of us who are not US citizens don’t get a vote, the next [...]

Filed under: election2008, mattclifford, mikehuckabee, uspolitics on January 3rd, 2008 | 3 Comments »

It may seem surprising to citizens of a country which may receive as little as three weeks notice before an election, but across the pond no sooner had the Republicans been routed in the 2006 mid-terms the campaign to be the 44th occupant of the White House began. The fact that campaigns are increasingly dependent [...]

Filed under: barackobama, election2008, hillaryclinton, jameschettle, mikehuckabee, republican, uspolitics on November 18th, 2007 | 1 Comment »