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ruggerson Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Dec-30-07 12:36 AM
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If Edwards wins Iowa, one of the most interesting things in the aftermath
will be watching Tweety spin it somehow as a victory for Obama.
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itsrobert Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Dec-30-07 12:38 AM
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1. or CNN spin it as a win for Hillary
lol
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David Dunham Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Dec-30-07 12:43 AM
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2. It isn't going to happen. Hillary will win surprisingly easily in the end
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Jim Sagle Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Dec-30-07 02:35 AM
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8. The inevitablility con ain't nuthin' but shit.
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NoodleBoy Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Dec-30-07 12:45 AM
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3. well, gee, don't you think putting Hilary in 3rd place would be a victory for Obama and
Edwards?

You know, showing that a former Senator, former failed Presidential nomination candidate, and failed VP candidate, as well as a young freshman Senator, can defeat the Clinton machine?

Yeah, it'd be a victory for both of them. And us.
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onehandle Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Dec-30-07 12:45 AM
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4. Gravel has it in the bag.
I read it on the Internets.
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ThatPoetGuy Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Dec-30-07 12:48 AM
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6. My prediction --
Edwards will win Iowa, due to mathematical peculiarities of the Iowa caucus system. He will lose the popular vote but win the most delegates, since the rural districts are represented disproportionately.

And yes, various candidate loyalists will spin it as a victory for Hillary or Obama. They will base their spin on the fact that Edwards did not win the popular vote.
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JDPriestly Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Dec-30-07 01:14 AM
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7. Much of America is rural, and it is his ability to appeal to
rural voters that makes Edwards so electable. Bush won (if you believe he did win) based on his ability to win rural votes. Rural America is very depressed and very angry. Oddly, that is why the angry Republican rhetoric appeals to rural people. They are very polite and kind, but they are, underneath it angry. They have been left behind. Many of the outsourced jobs have been outsourced from rural communities where there were few job opportunities to begin with. Edwards responds to those concerns. I know about those concerns because I have family in rural America.
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Seabiscuit Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Dec-30-07 05:12 AM
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12. Which is why Edwards WILL win the popular vote in Iowa.
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Jim Sagle Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Dec-30-07 02:41 AM
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9. If Edwards wins, they'll mention it once as expected, then they'll drop it altogether.
Then they'll say he'll flop for SURE in New Hampshire.
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Lindsey Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Dec-30-07 05:06 AM
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10. Yea, all of a sudden it'll be "The Iowa Caucas really isn't that big of
a deal." Unbelievabal.
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Seabiscuit Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Dec-30-07 05:11 AM
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11. And if he tries that, his big fat yellow head will explode all over the TV camera lenses.
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