SNEAK PEEK: ‘Courage and Coolness’
Hillary Clinton is headed to New Hampshire after hostage crises is averted
November 30, 2007— -- 33 days until the Iowa caucuses
Hillary Clinton is headed to New Hampshire in the wake of a hostage crisis which ended peacefully late Friday.
"I am very grateful that this difficult day has ended so well," said Clinton. "All of my campaign staff and volunteers are safe. I want to thank them for their extraordinary courage and coolness under some very difficult pressures."
Clinton is going to the Granite State to thank law enforcement and to check in on those who were held hostage by Leeland Eisenberg in her Rochester office.
Appearing in front of her Washington, D.C., home, Clinton did not address whether her trip to New Hampshire will impact her plans to participate in two Iowa forums which are taking place on Saturday.
Saturday's first Democratic forum in Iowa is the "Heartland Forum."
If Clinton makes it, she will be one of five Democratic '08ers taking part: the others are Barack Obama, John Edwards, Chris Dodd, and Dennis Kucinich.
Candidates will appear one-by-one and take questions on community values and various policy issues.
The second Democratic forum is the "Brown and Black Forum."
At this event, Clinton is scheduled to join all seven of her Democratic rivals on stage at the same time. In addition to taking moderator, panelist, and audience questions, the candidates will get an opportunity to question one another directly.
The focus of the forum is on issues which impact Latinos and African-Americans, and by extension, the nation as a whole.
On Sunday, be sure to tune into "This Week with George Stephanopoulos" for an interview with surging Republican '08er Mike Huckabee.
A YouTube video surfaced Friday of Huckabee pretending to take a call from God at a 2004 Republican fundraiser.
"We want to do what's right," Huckabee pretends to tell the Lord. "And our president does. And we're behind him, yes, sir, we sure are. Yes, sir, we know you don't take sides in the election. But, if you did, we kind of think you'd hang in there with us, Lord, we really do."
Saturday Dec. 1, 2007
The Democrats. . .
HILLARY CLINTON
--Thanks law enforcement and talks with her staff in New Hampshire
--4:40 pm ET: Participates in the Heartland presidential candidates forum, Des Moines, IA (tent.)
--8:00 pm ET: Participates in the Iowa Brown and Black Presidential Forum, Des Moines, IA (tent.)
BARACK OBAMA
--3:40 pm ET: Speaks at the Heartland presidential forum, Des Moines, IA
-- 8:00 pm ET: Participates in the Brown and Black forum, Des Moines, IA
JOHN EDWARDS
--11:00 am ET: Participates in the Every Child Matters presidential candidate forum, Des Moines, IA
--3:00 pm ET: Speaks to the Heartland presidential forum, Des Moines, IA
--8:00 pm ET: Participates in the Brown and Black forum, Des Moines, IA
BILL RICHARDSON
-- 8:00 pm ET: Attends the Iowa Brown and Black forum, Des Moines, IA
CHRIS DODD
--10:00 am ET: Meets firefighter's tour bus, Marshalltown, IA
--3:05 pm ET: Participates in Heartland forum, Des Moines, IA
--8:00 pm ET: Participates in the Brown and Black forum, Des Moines, IA
FIREFIGHTERS FOR DODD
--4:00 pm ET: Firefighters for Dodd, Mason City, IA
--9:00 pm ET: Firefighters for Dodd, Waterloo, IA
JOE BIDEN
-- 8:00 pm ET: Addresses the Brown and Black forum, Des Moines, IA
DENNIS KUCINICH
-- 10:30 am ET: Hosts meet and greet, Des Moines, IA
--2:30 pm ET: Attends the Heartland presidential forum, Des Moines, IA
--8:00 pm ET: Participates in Brown and Black forum, Des Moines, IA
ELIZABETH KUCINICH
--3:30 pm ET: Drops in to meet and greet local Democrats,
--1:15 pm ET: Hosts an event
MIKE GRAVEL
-- 8:00 pm ET: Participates in the Brown and Black forum, Des Moines, IA
The Republicans. . .
RUDY GIULIANI
-- 2:00 pm ET: Receives endorsement, Concord, NH
--4:00 pm ET: Delivers remarks at town hall meeting, Durham, NH
--5:45 pm ET: Attends Portsmouth holiday celebration, Portsmouth, NH
MITT ROMNEY
--10:45 am ET: Hosts a campaign rally, Indianola, IA
--12:30 pm ET: Holds a Clarke County meet and greet, Osceola, IA
--2:45 pm ET: Hosts a campaign rally, Chariton, IA
JOSH ROMNEY
--11:00 am ET: Meets with Sheridan area voters, Sheridan, WY
--1:30 pm ET: Meets with Gillette area voters, Gillette, WY
JOHN MCCAIN
-- Attends Army-Navy game in Baltimore
FRED THOMPSON
-- 12:30 pm ET: Hosts a campaign rally, Laguna Woods, CA
--Attends a luncheon fundraiser, Newport Coast, CA (closed press)
--Attends an evening fundraiser, Los Angeles, CA (closed press)
MIKE HUCKABEE
-- 10:00 am ET: Holds a meet and greet, Bedford, NH
--Speaks at College Convention 2008, Manchester, NH
--3:00 pm ET: Attends 90th birthday party for Beryl Reeve, Hudson, NH
--5:15 pm ET: Attends house party, Keene, NH
--7:30 pm ET; Speaks to Cheshire County Republican Committee, Keene, NH
RON PAUL
--9:00 am ET: Speaks at the College Convention 2008, Manchester, NH
--1:30 pm ET: Holds meet and greet, Nashua, NH
--3:30 pm ET: Attends town hall meeting, Salem, NH
TOM TANCREDO
-- 10:00 am ET: Visits the Southern New Hampshire Rescue Mission, Nashua, NH
Sunday Dec. 2, 2007
The Democrats. . .
HILLARY CLINTON
--11:30 am ET: Attends campaign event, Des Moines, IA
--2:15 pm ET: Attends campaign event, Cedar Rapids, IA
--5:00 pm ET: Attends campaign event, Bettendorf, IA
BARACK OBAMA
--10:00 am ET: Meets with retired admirals and generals, Des Moines, IA
--1:00 pm ET: Attends a rally at Iowa State University, Ames, IA
--6:00 pm ET: Attends campaign event, Boston, MA
JOHN EDWARDS
--12:00 pm ET: Holds a community meeting, Fort Dodge, IA
--2:45 pm ET: Holds a community meeting, Algona, IA
--7:45 pm ET: Holds a community meeting, Mason City, IA
CHRIS DODD
--6:00 pm ET: Holds media availability with retired admirals and generals, Des Moines, IA
--7:30 pm ET: Attends house party, Indianola, IA
FIREFIGHTERS FOR DODD
--2:00 pm ET: Make stop, Cedar Rapids, IA
--7:00 pm ET: Make stop, Iowa City, IA
JOE BIDEN
-- 2:00 pm ET: Participates in a mid-Iowa organizing strategy forum, Des Moines, IA
--4:00 pm ET: Holds a town hall meeting with Iowa veterans and their families, Des Moines, IA
--7:30pm ET: Attends a meet and greet, Des Moines, IA
DENNIS KUCINICH
--7:30 am ET: Participates in radio interview with Arnie Arneson, WCCM 1110 AM
--11:30 pm ET: Appears on "Political Chowder" a New Hampshire TV show
-- 2:00 pm ET: Attends American Association of People with Disabilities (AAPD) national forum on equality, opportunity, and access, Manchester, NH
--7:00 pm ET: Attends the Arab American political action committee 10th annual dinner, Dearborn, MI
The Republicans. . .
RUDY GIULIANI
--9:30 am ET: Visits with local residents, Greenland, NH
--10:00 am ET: Visits with supporters, Stratham, NH
--4:00 pm ET: Visits with local residents, Marietta, GA
JOHN MCCAIN
-- Hosts finance events, Alexandria, VA
MIKE HUCKABEE
--Appears on "This Week with George Stephanopoulos" from New Hampshire
--9:00 am ET: Speaks at morning worship service, Nashua, NH
At the White House. . .
PRESIDENT BUSH
--7:30 pm ET: Attends the Kennedy Center Honors Gala with First Lady Laura Bush
Monday Dec. 3, 2007
The Democrats. . .
HILLARY CLINTON
--12:00 pm ET: Attends Caucus Event in Clear Lake, IA.
--3:00 pm ET: Attends Caucus Event in Sioux City, IA.
--5:45 pm ET: Attends Caucus Event in Council Bluffs, IA.
BARACK OBAMA
--Has midday and evening events
JOHN EDWARDS
--1:00 pm ET: Holds community meeting, Waterloo, IA
--8:00 pm ET: Holds community meeting, Burlington, IA
CHRIS DODD
--11:00 am ET: Meets with firefighters on bus tour, Ottumwa, IA.
FIREFIGHTERS FOR DODD
--3:30 pm ET: Make a stop, Keokuk, IA
--7:00 pm ET: Make a stop, Burlington, IA
JOE BIDEN
-- 3:00 pm ET: Delivers a speech on Iran, Iowa City, IA.
--7:00 pm ET: Attend a meet and greet with Democrats in Poweshiek County, Grinnell, IA.
The Republicans. . .
RUDY GIULIANI
--10:00 am ET: Delivers remarks at North Carolina women for Rudy event, Greensboro, NC
JOHN MCCAIN
-- 7:00 pm ET: Participates in MySpace and MTV Presidential Dialogue Series.
MIKE HUCKABEE
-- 4:10 pm ET: Tours Pioneer Hi-Bred Energy facilities and addresses employees, Johnston, IA
At the White House. . .
PRESIDENT BUSH
--10:30 am ET: Attends the Children's Holiday reception and performance with First Lady Laura Bush
--1:40 pm ET: Participates in meeting with U.S. Palestinian public-private partnership