Story Archives of '2008 elections'

North Carolina and Indiana Primary Recap

By Laura Knoy on Wednesday, May 7, 2008.

On Tuesday voters in the Hoosier and Tar Heel States have their say. Overwhelming wins by Hillary Clinton or Barack Obama in both states could finally decide the Democratic nominee for president. Otherwise... there's always Kentucky and West Virginia next week. We recap what happened in the two latest primaries and what may come next.

Guests

  • Ken Rudin, political editor for NPR
  • Dean Spiliotes, political analyst and commentator at NHPoliticalCapital.com, formerly with the New Hampshire Institute of Politics

We'll also hear from

  • Mary Hartnett, news director at WFYI in Indianapolis
  • Jim Morrill, Senior political reporter for the Charlotte Observer
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State Dems Claim Unity As Obama And Clinton Battle On

By Josh Rogers on Monday, May 5, 2008.

Top local Dems pledge to ensure GOP nominee John McCain won’t win in November. The Move comes as new polls show McCain benefiting from protracted primary battle.

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Pennsylvania Primary Recap

By Jon Greenberg on Wednesday, April 23, 2008.

It’s the next round in a long fight between the two remaining Democratic candidates for president, and if the battle continues another day, it will head to Indiana and North Carolina. We’ll look at the results of the Keystone State’s primary, what it means and where the Democrats go from here.

Guests

  • Dante Scala, Associate Professor of Political Science at the University of New Hampshire and author of the Graniteprof blog
  • Andy Smith, Director of the UNH Survey Center and Professor of Political Science at the University of New Hampshire
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China and the 2008 Elections

By Laura Knoy on Wednesday, April 16, 2008.

Tomorrow, Rivier College will take part in the national "China Town Hall", on the opportunities and challenges of China’s economic and military power and its role in global issues including the Olympics, the environment, manufacturing, trade and foreign policy. We’ll look at our current relationship with China, how it's changing and how much of an issue it may be in this year’s elections.

Guests

  • David Kang, Professor of Government at Dartmouth College, Adjunct Professor of Business Administration at the Tuck School of Business and author of China Rising: Peace, Power and Order in East Asia
  • Chris Reardon, Associate Professor of Political Science at the University of New Hampshire, specializing in China and East Asian politics

We'll also hear from

  • Jennifer Donahue, Political Director for the New Hampshire Institute of Politics at Saint Anselm College
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March 4th Primary Results Recap

By Laura Knoy on Wednesday, March 5, 2008.

Primaries in Rhode Island, Vermont, Texas, and Ohio could prove decisive in the race for the Democratic nomination. Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton are running neck and neck in the Buckeye and Lone Star states, and both candidates are ratcheting up their campaigns on the ground and over the airwaves. We’ll untangle the results with two of New Hampshire's best political minds and look at what the future holds for the 2008 campaign.

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Super Tuesday Wrap Up

By Laura Knoy on Wednesday, February 6, 2008.

24 states will vote on Tuesday with a significant number of delegates at stake. We’ll look at the results and where the candidates go from here, and we’ll also hear from political watchers in some of the states involved.

Guest

  • Dante Scala, Associate Professor of Political Science at the University of New Hampshire, and author of the GraniteProf blog

We'll also hear from

  • Bob Hennelly, Senior Reporter at WNYC in New York covering Albany, Trenton and New York’s City Hall
  • Martha Bebinger, General Assignment Reporter for WBUR in Massachusetts
  • Kitty Felde, Special Correspondent for KPCC in California
  • Jo Mannies, Regional Political Correspondent for the St. Louis Post-Dispatch in Missouri
  • Mark Moran, News Director for KJZZ in Arizona
  • Jim Galloway, Political Correspondent and Editor of the Political Insider blog for the Atlanta Journal-Constitution in Georgia.
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Kucinich-requested Democratic Recount is Underway

By Josh Rogers on Thursday, January 17, 2008.

Dennis Kucinich could pay 24 cents a ballot to address concerns over "discrepancies between hand and machine-counted results."

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Presidential Campaign Staff Clean Up and Move On

By Dianne Finch on Thursday, January 10, 2008.

The party's over.

The New Hampshire Primary started slowly almost a year ago as guests began to arrive and it ended with a bang on Tuesday night.

And now it's clean up time.

Campaign staff are cleaning up and while some may be heading home, others are off to the next party in another state. .

NHPR's Dianne Finch reports on the day after.

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Dems Piece Together Clinton Victory

By Dan Gorenstein on Wednesday, January 9, 2008.

The question Tuesday was not whether Barack Obama would win the New Hampshire primary, but how big his victory would be.

Now Democrats in the state are trying to piece together how Hillary Clinton achieved her dramatic come-from-behind victory.

New Hampshire Public Radio’s Dan Gorenstein reports that emotional moments, polls and Obama campaign mistakes all played a roll.

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Pollsters Wonder How They Got It Wrong on the Hillary Victory

By David Darman on Wednesday, January 9, 2008.

When it came to Republicans, polls released before the New Hampshire Presidential Primary were pretty much on target.

They predicted John McCain would win.

When it came to predictions on Hillary Clinton’s performance, most polls were dead wrong.

New Hampshire Public Radio’s David Darman has more on why polls may have missed the impending Clinton victory.

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