Iowa Sen. Grassley (R) predicts Clinton will finish third in Iowa

[dajoki]

Grassley predicts Clinton will finish third in Iowa
By Klaus Marre | Posted 12/11/07 2:02 PM
December 11, 2007
http://thehill.com/campaign-2008/grassley-predicts-clinton-will-finish-third-in-iowa-2007-12-11.html

Iowa Sen. Chuck Grassley (R), who has represented the state in the Senate for 26 years, predicted Tuesday that Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton (D-N.Y.) will finish third in the Hawkeye State’s Jan.3 caucus.

The GOP senator said the race between the top three Democratic candidates would be close but he believes that the caucus system favors Sen. Barack Obama (Ill.). Grassley pointed out that supporters of candidates who do not surpass an initial threshold of 15 percent in the Iowa caucuses either leave or support a secondary candidate.

“I think those people are more inclined to go for than to go for Clinton,” Grassley said on MSNBC.

The senior Republican said it would be “crazy” for Clinton supporters to support Edwards to prevent Obama from winning.

“That would kind of be a Waterloo for Clinton people, I think, because it would show that you’re throwing in the sponge,” Grassley added. “And I don’t think anybody that’s in a position of national leadership, as Sen. Clinton is with about 45 percent of the vote nationally, would dare do that in Iowa.”

[acmavm]

1. Yep, that's where I'll get my political news about the democrats. From

Chuckie Grassley.

[Renew Deal]

2. There's two or three ways to look at this.

1. He knows his state better than most people and has a good sense of what's going on on the ground.
2. He's full of shit.
3. He's a republican playing games.

I don't know enough about him to know which of those three it is, but at least he placed his bet.

[balantz]

3. Self delete

[dajoki]

9. I could care less...

about Grassley's opinion on the Dem Caucus, but I figured he knows his state and might have an idea ast to what's going on.

[Tejanocrat]

4. You need to edit your excerpt, which omits "I think those people are more inclined to go for Edwards

Which was omitted "Edwards" because it's in brackets in the original.

[dajoki]

8. Sorry...

I screwed up somehow and my edit time is up. I don't know how that got left out, I thought I had everything copied. Thanks for the heads up though.

[Stop Cornyn]

5. Iowa Sen. Grassley predicts Hillary will come in 3rd. Timmy predicts Biden will come in 3rd. Wonder

which one knows Iowa better?

[The_Casual_Observer]

6. Grassley's opinion on any subject is utterly worthless.

[DemocratSinceBirth]

7. Gr(ass)ley's opinion on any subject is utterly worthless

FIXED

[rinsd]

10. Grassley is talking out of his ass. Richardson, Biden and Dodd voters favor Hillary (nt)