Story Archives of 'Iowa caucus'

The results of the Iowa caucuses reshuffled the political deck in both the Republican and Democratic races. Arkansas governor Mike Huckabee is now in New Hampshire with a decisive win under his belt; Democrat Barack Obama has moved to frontrunner status, with all the benefits and problems that come with that.

In four days New Hampshire voters will have their chance to validate the judgment of Iowans, or to counter that assessment with a different pecking order of their own.

New Hampshire Public Radio's Jon Greenberg has been talking to voters in Exeter today. Exeter is the focus town in our Primary Place series. He describes how Exeter voters are reacting to Iowa to NHPR's Xenia Piaseckyj.

In the morning, we air an Exchange program from April of this year on the greening of business and then later in the afternoon at 2pm, the third and final installment of our Iowa/New Hampshire Exchange series broadcasts live. The topic- the environment. In Iowa, corn is king and ethanol policy has a huge impact on farmers. In New Hampshire, conservation and preservation are near and dear to many voters. Our guests discuss the differences between Iowa and New Hampshire in terms of environmental concerns and how the presidential candidates are talking about those issues…depending on what state they are campaigning in.

Laura co-hosts today's program with Ben Kieffer, who hosts Iowa Public Radio's talk show, also called The Exchange.

In the first installment of The Iowa/New Hampshire Exchange, we’ll explore the economies of both states. What are each state's main industries? How does trade affect each state? And what are the candidates saying in Iowa and New Hampshire about economic policy?

Laura co-hosts today's program with Ben Kieffer, who hosts Iowa Public Radio's talk show, also called The Exchange.

Guests

• In Iowa: George Neumann, George Daly Professor of Economics at the Henry B. Tippie College of Business at the University of Iowa.
• In New Hampshire: Jennifer Donahue, Senior Advisor for Political Affairs at the New Hampshire Institute of Politics at Saint Anselm College in Manchester, New Hampshire.

Recent events have tested just how important Iowa and New Hampshire’s “First in the Nation” status may turn out to be, for this presidential election and in the future. South Carolina Republicans announced in New Hampshire this past week that they will be moving their primary up to January 19th. Many see this as a nod of respect to the Granite State’s primary which will now most likely move to the beginning weeks of January. It was also seen as a hit to Iowa who will likely have to have their “First in the Nation” Caucus the December holidays. Add to that a no-show of Rudy Giuliani and John McCain at the Republican Straw Poll in Iowa over the weekend, a general campaigning trend of large rallies over retail politics and many other states trying to move their primaries and caucus closer to the beginning. We’ll look at how the presidential primary is becoming more “nationalized” and how recent events may help or hurt campaigning in the Granite and Hawkeye states.

Guests

• Dante Scala: Associate Professor of Political Science at UNH and author of the GraniteProf political blog
• Tom Beaumont: political columnist for the Des Moines Register in Iowa

We'll also hear from

• William Gardner: New Hampshire Secretary of State
• Emmett Buell: Richard Lugar Professor of Public Policy at Denison University in Ohio who’s written and edited several books on the presidential selection process including his latest, Enduring Controversies in Presidential Nominating Politics
• Lee Bandy: political columnist for The "State" Newspaper in Columbia, South Carolina

We continue our series on the issues and the Democratic Presidential Candidates with a look at their tax policies. In the last few days before the primary, it's become one of the hot botton issues. We'll look closer at what the candidates are saying about taxes and ask why the debate has become so heated. Plus, we'll look at Monday's Iowa Caucus and how it's results might affect elections in the Granite State. Laura's guests are Dean Spiliotes from the St. Anselm Institute of Politics, Russ Thibeault, president of Applied Economic Research, and Andy Smith, director at the UNH Survey Center. We'll also hear from Linda Fowler, political science professor at Dartmouth College.