Aides to Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton (D-N.Y.) scrambled late yesterday to control the fallout from a leaked memo advocating that she pull her campaign out of Iowa's first-in-the-nation caucuses, where she is trailing in polls.You don't want to skip Iowa what about the farmers, the agriculture lobby, ADM? What about the corn on the cob? Of course, if George H. W. Bush can't get near broccolii, I can understand about not liking corn on the cob.
The memo, written by Clinton deputy campaign manager Mike Henry, exposed a rift among Clinton advisers over her approach to the first real test of the presidential campaign. Henry advocated focusing the senator's resources on the Jan. 22 New Hampshire primary and the wave of states that follow with contests on Feb. 5.Skipping Iowa would be a stunning move for the presumed front-runner; it is usually lesser-known and poorly financed candidates who are forced to pick and choose their primary battles. Clinton campaign officials quickly dismissed any suggestion that she would pull out of the state, characterizing the memo as "one person's opinion."The memo, Clinton campaign spokesman Phil Singer said, "reflects the thoughts of one person on the staff."
And Karl Rove is just deputy chief of staff. And Paul Wolfowitz was just deputy Secretary of Defense. and Dick Cheney is just Vice President. And pigs fly when you throw them from a 20 story building.
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Still, campaign advisers and outside supporters agreed that Iowa presents a particularly difficult challenge for Clinton because of the absence of an established Clinton network in the state and the strong antiwar sentiment among many Democratic activists, who may not forgive her early support for the Iraq war.Equally important is the fact that former North Carolina senator John Edwards, who finished second in the Iowa caucuses in 2004, has spent the past two-plus years deepening his ties in the state.
"If the election were held today, we probably would not win, but I feel good," said one senior Clinton official. "But Edwards has done a phenomenal job. We're probably the underdog."
You can read the rest here,http://www.washingto.... It goes on to say that she does in fact have problems, National polls are flattering for Clinton, not so in Iowa, but here is yet another reason to not nominate Clinton, the old you win where you can and you just need to knock off one state of your opponents, otherwise don't bother setting up camp strategy. This is an outdated strategy. Also it sends a message of which voters are really important. And while I think that California moving its primary up so that now Global Warming can be an issue that gets talked about and that Iowa is outdated,though antiwar voters are timeless, saying so isn't really helpful.
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