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Monday, July 2, 2007

The Clintons Descend on Iowa

posted by on July 2 at 10:35 AM

Fresh on the heels of Barack Obama’s record-breaking fund raising quarter, both Bill and Hillary Clinton are headed to Iowa, no-doubt hoping to elbow Obama’s big money news out of the limelight with scenes of the former first couple campaigning together, over three days, in the state that holds the nation’s first primary contest.

Adam Nagourney outlines the questions the political world will be asking:

How long will Mr. Clinton talk in introducing Mrs. Clinton? Will he outshine her, as happened at the funeral of Coretta Scott King? Will Mr. Clinton talk about President Bush, or the other Democratic presidential candidates, or stick to talking about his wife? And will the Clintons agree to an extended Mr.-and-Mrs. press conference? (That one is easy: Fat chance).

The bigger question, of course, is whether Clinton can win Iowa. John Edwards is putting all his chips on the state, hoping an early win there can propel him to further victories in the primaries, and he’s been polling ahead of both Clinton and Obama in Iowa as a result.

The Clinton campaign wants to change that. As Nagourney writes:

Within the Clinton campaign, the thinking is that a win there, followed by victories in two of the subsequent early states, New Hampshire and Florida, would make it very difficult for Mr. Obama or anyone else to stop her going into the national crush of primaries on Feb. 5.

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I hope her PR machine finds a way to sell her to people other than women in their 40's, who will already vote for her. She needs a more broad appeal. Her debates are working out ok to grab some immediate attention, but the marketing has been very stale so far.

I hope that Obama and Clinton join forces early in the primaries. =)

Eli, how is the GOP race looking in Iowa? I heard that Romney was far ahead, since he has been dumping money on all the early primary states. Is this true?

Posted by Original Monique | July 2, 2007 11:49 AM
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I saw an Obama in 2008 bumper sticker on a car this morning. It was driven by an old white proffessorial dude. It brought tears of joy to my eyes.

Posted by Jersey | July 2, 2007 12:24 PM
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When do we all give up the idea of Gore getting into the race? I am "officially" a Obama Man but secretly in my heart or hearts cry out for a Gore Presidency....

Posted by Andrew | July 2, 2007 12:35 PM
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Although I consider myself a minor political wonk, my heart isn't really in this battle. Between Hillary, Obama, and Edwards, I don't have a strong preference. None are perfect. All are acceptable. I could live with any one of these three. I have a mild leaning toward Obama, but if he doesn't win, that's fine.

My only concern at this point is that all of them are raising a hell of a lot of money right now. I hope the primary doesn't get too ugly, to the point where they do lasting damage to the eventual Democratic winner. Democrats are notorious for their circular firing squad.

Posted by SDA in SEA | July 2, 2007 5:52 PM
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Fuck this.

:: Insert lengthy diatribe about the Bush administration's complete lack of any sense of ethics here. ::

No point in writing another diatribe. Sadly, diatribes against the Bush administration are just getting redundant.

*sigh*

Posted by SDA in SEA | July 2, 2007 6:25 PM
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Ooops. Please ignore #5. That was meant for the Libby thread.

Posted by SDA in SEA | July 2, 2007 6:27 PM

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