Raucous Caucus: It’s all flying in Iowa—turkeys, insults, Hill-i-Copters! Alan Patricof tromps, Magic Johnson grins, Bill Clinton fends; "Look inside my mouth", says Senator Clinton, then ascends. Campaigns preparing for nasty, not nice: After a primary season full of mudslinging, will Democratic voters still be able to unite around a nominee? Who's more vulnerable to right-wing attacks: Is Obama's admitted youthful drug use more dangerous than seven years of Secret Service files on Hil and Bill? Matt Bai on the Clinton referendum: How Democratic voters judge the Clinton era may well decide the race for the party’s presidential nomination. Plague of posts: How an Internet "troll" in Kentucky takes a toll on Hillary Clinton's campaign. Ladies' choice: Barack Obama's attempt to mount a feminist challenge to Hillary Clinton. As Clinton and Obama square off in South Carolina, a window opens on the fractured state of black politics. The first chapter from Black and Blue: African Americans, the Labor Movement, and the Decline of the Democratic Party by Paul Frymer.
