[Iowa-dx] Dem caucus, Independents' comments
Kelley Putman
kputman@mchsi.com
Sat, 5 Jan 2008 14:55:45 -0600
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I chatted up as many people as I could on Thursday night and as the =
clutter of political commentary drains from my memory a group of =
comments has risen to the surface.
We all heard that tens of thousands of independents turned out for both =
parties' caucuse, more for the Dems than Reps, and among them, more for =
Obama and Edwards than Clinton.
Many of them said upon leaving that if their candidate [Obama or =
Edwards] didn't get the nomination they would not vote for the Dem =
nominee [Clinton] and would probably vote third party.
If Clinton gets the nod, then a third party candidate might get a boost.
Kelley
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<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>I chatted up as many people as I could =
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night and as the clutter of political commentary drains from my memory a =
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of comments has risen to the surface.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>We all heard that tens of thousands of =
independents=20
turned out for both parties' caucuse, more for the Dems than Reps, and =
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them, more for Obama and Edwards than Clinton.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>Many of them said upon leaving that if =
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candidate [Obama or Edwards] didn't get the nomination they would not =
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the Dem nominee [Clinton] and would probably vote third =
party.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>If Clinton gets the nod, then a third =
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candidate might get a boost.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>Kelley</FONT></DIV></BODY></HTML>
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