All Blog Posts from From The Road

From CBS News' Maria Gavrilovic:

(DES MOINES, IOWA) - Barack Obama was back in Iowa today – a state that he says was critical to his run for the presidency.

“On the day of the Iowa caucus, my faith in the American people was vindicated,” Obama said. “What you started here in Iowa has swept across the nation.”

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From CBS News' Scott Conroy:

(ST. LOUIS) - Recent political developments in the Midwest have not been promising for the Republicans. John McCain and Sarah Palin pulled out of Michigan early this month. Palin hasn’t visited Wisconsin in more than two weeks and hasn’t touched down in Minnesota in over a month.

But Iowa is one Big Ten state where the Republicans are still fighting hard. Palin holds rallies on Saturday in Sioux City and Des Moines, and McCain will follow in his running mate’s heels as he travels to Waterloo Saturday night.

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From CBS News' Maria Gavrilovic:

(MIAMI) Barack Obama bashed John McCain’s recent trip to Iowa, arguing the Arizona senator's opposition to the Water Resources Development Act jeopardized funding for levees and flood control programs which could have helped the state.

“Both Sen. McCain and I have traveled recently to the areas that have been devastated by floods, and I know that Sen. McCain felt as strongly as I did feeling enormous sympathy for the victims of the recent flooding,” Obama said today before the U.S. Conference of Mayors, “And I'm sure they appreciated the sentiment, but they probably would have appreciated it even more if Sen. McCain hadn't opposed legislation to fund levees and flood control programs, which he considers pork."

Obama voted for the Water Resources Development Act, and although McCain was not present for the vote, he vocally opposed it. McCain argued that some projects included in the bill were wasteful. However, he and Russ Feingold (D-WI) co-sponsored an amendment to the bill which called for a review of projects by the U.S. Army Corp of Engineers.

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From CBS News' Scott Conroy:

BEDFORD, N.H. -- Mitt Romney has spent the past couple of days trying to portray himself as a vibrant new face, in contrast to John McCain, whom the former Massachusetts governor says is a Washington politician whose time has come and gone. At a house party here this morning, Romney turned to the result of Iowa's Democratic caucuses as evidence that the entire country wants to move in a new direction.

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From CBS News' Dante Higgins:

MANCHESTER, N.H. -- As returns filed in projecting Mike Huckabee the winner of the Iowa caucus, a beaming John McCain addressed the press in New Hampshire.

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From CBS News' John Bentley:

DES MOINES, IOWA -- With a tie for the third place ticket out of Iowa, Fred Thompson told a crowd of about 100 supporters he planned to soldier on to New Hampshire. “It’s pretty clear we’re going to have a ticket for the next dance.”

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From CBS News' Aaron Lewis:

DES MOINES, IOWA -- What does a campaign do when it doesn’t win the caucus?

Claim a victory, of course.

Here’s how the Edwards campaign is trying to spin tonight’s second-place finish in the Iowa caucuses:

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From CBS News Correspondent Dean Reynolds:

DES MOINES, IOWA -- There is nothing like being with a winner on election night.

It is one of the things that makes covering politics so interesting and so much fun. A reporter can easily slip into the role of an anthropologist as he takes in the ebb and flow of emotions in the crowd. The faces upturned toward the victor astride the stage as conquering hero. Some people cry, others laugh. They strain on tiptoes for a glimpse of the “new.”

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From CBS News' Maria Gavrilovic

DES MOINES, IOWA -- Barack Obama often says, “Iowa you have vindicated my faith,” and tonight Iowa voters have done exactly that.

He spoke to a crowd of thousands roughly an hour and half after news outlets declared him the winner of the Iowa caucus. The Obama family joined him on stage as the crowds roared.

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From CBS News' John Bentley:

SIOUX CITY, IOWA -- Fred Thompson continued to fire back at reports that he will drop out of the race if he has a low finish in Iowa, this time saying the press was partly to blame.

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