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 Stories About: Barack Obama AND elections AND Hillary Clinton AND Iowa AND politics AND presidential race 08
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The Dem primary endgame
The candidacy is Obama's to lose |
David Roberts |
03 Jan 2008 |
Gristmill |
| One hesitates to predict anything in a race this mercurial. But I think it's Obama's to lose at this point. Hillary's pitch was always "experience" and (left unstated) inevitability. It was never the experience that made her inevitable, though. It was something more like Dem voters' loss aversion. She has always been the Establishment Dem -- the known quantity. She didn't inspire people, but she was a safe pick, a model voters understand. She could get to ... |
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| Topics: Barack Obama, elections, Hillary Clinton, Iowa, politics, presidential race 08 (all these topics) |
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Iowa called
Huckabee and Obama have it |
David Roberts |
03 Jan 2008 |
Gristmill |
| Sounds like they've called the Iowa caucuses. Huckabee's the huge winner on the R side, with Romney an anemic second. Obama got a very narrow win on the D side (35%), with Edwards and Clinton effectively tied for second with 31%. Interestinger and interestinger. UPDATE: OK, the final looks like 37% Obama, 30% Edwards, and 29% Clinton. Clinton only won a single age group: 65+ Obama overwhelmingly won the under-30 crowd, which turned out in record numbers. The tota ... |
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| Topics: Barack Obama, elections, Hillary Clinton, Iowa, Mike Huckabee, politics, presidential race 08 (all these topics) |
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