Curious -- Has anyone lost both Iowa and New Hampsire and gone on to win the nomination?
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Sun Jan-06-08 07:33 PM
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Curious -- Has anyone lost both Iowa and New Hampsire and gone on to win the nomination? |
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Anyone know?
And by "lost" I mean come in anything other than first place ...
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Sun Jan-06-08 07:33 PM
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1. Bill Clinton But The Circumstances Were Different |
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Sun Jan-06-08 07:36 PM
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2. What was different back then? nt |
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Sun Jan-06-08 07:38 PM
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6. i don't think he campaigned in Iowa like Hillary did. nt |
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Sun Jan-06-08 08:05 PM
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13. True. And there was this Jennifer Flowers skirt chase that Bill was accused of.... |
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So when Mr Chaste won second in NH he called himself the Comeback Kid.
He came back to 2nd. And he is the one who named himself that, btw.
Anyhow, Clinton basically ignored Iowa...was this up and coming rock star who was facing this woman who he demeaned as a bimbo in order to save face....and he didn't sink as expected.
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Sun Jan-06-08 07:38 PM
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7. Harkin was running in Iowa nt |
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Sun Jan-06-08 07:38 PM
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8. it's one way of discreetly saying |
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well, Hillary won't do the same, so it really doesn't count. I have every reason to believe that January will be good for Obama -- it already is! -- and February will be good for Hillary and we may not know the Official Nominee until March.
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Sun Jan-06-08 07:40 PM
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10. For one thing, the primary season wasn't quite as compacted as it is now. |
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There was more time between primaries to campaign.
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Sun Jan-06-08 07:41 PM
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11. Harken favorite son was running, so Clinton did not run in Iowa |
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Lots of people have won in those states and did not get nomination.
When Regan ran the first time he lost 6or 7 states.
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Sun Jan-06-08 08:09 PM
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14. Reagan ran the first time in 1976 |
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He lost a lot more than that, apparently.
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Sun Jan-06-08 07:36 PM
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3. Bill Clinton. Remember? New Hampshire made him the comeback kid, because of a strong showing. |
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Sun Jan-06-08 07:38 PM
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5. Okay ... I was thinking he'd won it, not just made a strong enough showing. |
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It's all hazy. I was in grad school then ... :)
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Sun Jan-06-08 07:37 PM
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but that was after he fell nearly twenty points in one week in the NH Polls after losing Iowa and having the Gennifer Flowers scandal break. Everyone -- and I mean EVERYONE -- counted him out and told him to throw in the towel but, after losing three more States (five states lost total), he finally won Georgia and then locked up the Nomination on or slightly after Super Tuesday.
The race is far from over and I expect both Edwards and Hillary will stay in long after Super Tuesday.
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Sun Jan-06-08 07:39 PM
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9. Bill Clinton, but he didn't contest Iowa |
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Sun Jan-06-08 07:44 PM
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12. William Jefferson Clinton |
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