All Blog Posts from From The Road

From CBS News' Ryan Corsaro:

HOOKSETT, N.H. -- In a television advertisement set to run nationally the same day as Iowa’s caucus, Rudy Giuliani’s campaign uses a photo of assassinated Pakistani opposition leader Benazir Bhutto despite previously saying her death “should not be viewed in a political light.”

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From CBS News' John Bentley:

FORT MADISON, IOWA -- Could Huckabee’s lack of foreign policy experience be hurting him in Iowa? It made the difference tonight for at least one voter at a Fred Thompson event in Fort Madison.

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From CBS News' Joy Lin:

PELLA, IOWA – A foreign issue made domestic. An assassination abroad turned into a hardline immigration stance. After Mike Huckabee was done gladhanding with Iowans at the overcrowded Pizza Ranch restaurant, journalists grilled Huckabee on a hard right turn he took from the subject of Benazir Bhutto’s assassination to illegal immigration.

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From CBS News' Mary Hood:

DES MOINES, IOWA -- A slightly under the weather - and perhaps, slightly under the gun - Mike Huckabee was quizzed last night on his seemingly less-than-perfect word choice earlier in the day when he remarked it was unclear whether martial law Law would be "continuing" in the aftermath of Benazir Bhutto's death.

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From CBS News' Nancy Cordes:

ORLANDO, FLA. -- With about 150 supporters crowded around a podium set up on the tarmac of Orlando Executive airport (and about 20 Ron Paul supporters waving signs outside) Mike Huckabee strode out to the strains of “Right Now” by Van Halen and immediately addressed the Bhutto situation, expressing “our sincere concern and apologies for what has happened in Pakistan.”

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From CBS News' Aaron Lewis:

WAVERLY, IOWA -- John Edwards again told caucusgoers about his phone call with Pervez Musharraf this afternoon, this time taking a bit more critical tone of the Pakistani president.

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From CBS News Capitol Hill Correspondent Chip Reid, who's covering the Edwards campaign:

DECORAH, IOWA -- When John Edwards told reporters earlier today that he tried to reach Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf, there was some skepticism among the press corps as to whether the call would be returned.

Well, news flash: Edwards just told a town hall in Decorah, Iowa that Musharraf did call back.

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ADEL, IOWA -- Former President Bill Clinton reacted to the assassination of former Pakistani Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto during a campaign event on behalf of his wife.

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From CBS News' Aaron Lewis:

WAUKON, IOWA -- John Edwards reacted to the assassination of former Pakistani Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto this afternoon in Iowa.

"She was an extraordinary and courageous woman who obviously cared more about democracy and the people of Pakistan and the children of Pakistan than she did about the great risk to her own life," Edwards said. "She served her country admirably as others had. And she had gone back to Pakistan for the purpose of promoting the democratization of Pakistan which is a noble cause."

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From CBS News' Scott Conroy:

MANCHESTER, N.H. -- On a tumultuous day in Pakistan, reporters pressed Mitt Romney on why voters should trust a one-term governor from Massachusetts to make important foreign policy decisions.

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