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The week's other major political book is Giving on the virtues of public service by Bill Clinton. ABC's Andrea Mitchell spent little time on the former President's book tour. Instead she cited it as an example of the formidable "Clinton media machine" which included the candidate Hillary's appearance on The Late Show with CBS' David Letterman. "Constitutionally he could be a Vice-Presidential candidate, could he?" "Apparently not." "Apparently not?" No--and, believe me, he looked into that."
Following the major changes in the Presidential primary calendar, with major states like California, New York, Texas and Florida voting in early February, ABC reminded us that New Hampshire and Iowa will still have disproportionate clout. George Stephanopoulos (no link) told us that horse-race insiders believe that if a favorite sweeps both contests "they are not going to be able to be stopped" in the subsequent megastates. Jake Tapper (subscription required) filed from New Hampshire, "a state that loves underdogs." It is small enough, he reminded us, that a candidate can win "not so much running TV ads but by coming here and meeting the voters in person." It is also less partisan than other states, allowing independents to vote in either primary. In Des Moines, Kate Snow (at the tail of the Tapper videostream) characterized caucusgoers as "over 50; they are white; they are well educated; they are not all farmers." While national polls have Rudolph Giuliani and Hillary Rodham Clinton as each party's frontrunner, Snow noted that Mitt Romney and John Edwards are in the lead in Iowa.
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