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JI7 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-04-08 04:29 PM Original message |
Bill Clinton never ran in Iowa |
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Captain Hilts (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-04-08 04:31 PM Response to Original message |
1. Iowa's system is so screwy and the participants so self-selecting we should IGNORE it completely! nt |
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IA_Seth (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-04-08 04:54 PM Response to Reply #1 |
7. Feel free to do so! n/t |
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Debi (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-04-08 05:24 PM Response to Reply #7 |
15. Not if we ignore them first |
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no name no slogan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-04-08 06:52 PM Response to Reply #1 |
17. How is it self-selecting? |
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Captain Hilts (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-04-08 06:59 PM Response to Reply #17 |
18. The timing, the format... |
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no name no slogan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-04-08 07:05 PM Response to Reply #18 |
19. Those really aren't good excuses. |
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Captain Hilts (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-04-08 07:37 PM Response to Reply #19 |
20. But, my point is, the less it is like voting - and the caucus process might be superior - |
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ingac70 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-04-08 04:32 PM Response to Original message |
2. Bill was virtually unknown then... |
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Kajsa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-04-08 04:35 PM Response to Original message |
3. Question- How many candidates who won in Iowa |
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mohc (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-04-08 04:47 PM Response to Reply #3 |
4. Since 1972 |
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Kajsa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-04-08 04:50 PM Response to Reply #4 |
5. Thanks, Mohc. |
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MADem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-04-08 05:02 PM Response to Reply #5 |
10. It's not accurate, that info, though |
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Kajsa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-04-08 05:15 PM Response to Reply #10 |
11. Thanks, MADem. |
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Drunken Irishman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-04-08 04:59 PM Response to Reply #4 |
8. Gephardt also failed to have the money and numbers to compete in NH. |
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MADem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-04-08 05:00 PM Response to Reply #4 |
9. The winner in several of those contests was "Uncommitted" so you aren't being fully accurate, there. |
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mohc (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-04-08 05:23 PM Response to Reply #9 |
14. Well |
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MADem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-04-08 06:48 PM Response to Reply #14 |
16. Actually my recollection is that both Carter and Muskie were viewed as slightly REJECTED. |
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mohc (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-04-08 07:44 PM Response to Reply #16 |
21. Muskie maybe |
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MADem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-04-08 04:53 PM Response to Original message |
6. You could also say that the Gephardt effect was in play and that's why Obama won. |
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BootinUp (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-04-08 05:16 PM Response to Original message |
12. I though Ill shared media coverage in parts of Iowa |
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MADem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-04-08 05:23 PM Response to Reply #12 |
13. Romney is praying for that same effect in the NH GOP primary, as NH shares market with MA. NT |
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