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Gross a polarizing figure for Iowa GOP
waiting for this to break all over!!!!!!!
go obama!!!!!
will hillary's campaign now spin it that they all ganged up on her to stop her momentum???
i guess the entrance poll will be even more important but i think you can do the math chase...it looks like a landslide for obama....at least 40% of the vote!
Maybe he is not in the loop, but is there any confirmation from the campaign?
looks like someone jumped the gun a bit or someone is playing tricks.
Richardson doesn't gain any more by his supporters going to Obama than to Edwards - that doesn't help him at all. If Obama wins it in effect becomes a 2 person race - unless Clinton does very poorly.
If Edwards wins, it opens things up for everyone.
This:
"Richardson would prefer an Obama victory over Clinton because a Clinton victory could end the campaign before New Hampshire voters even head to the polls. And if Edwards's numbers look weak, Richardson could head to New Hampshire as the best alternative to the top two contenders for the Democratic nomination."
just doesn't make strategic sense at all. All he would be doing by supporting Obama, who might even be the front runner in NH now, is driving more support to him in NH due to an Iowa win momentum.
i hope you are staying away from sharp objects...lol
ive read you a lot on mydd....i respect your passion if not over the top obama bashing....
but the writing is on the wall....the tsunami is about to hit iowa...
ofcourse they will deny it to the bitter end..BOTH camps have to.....
http://marcambinder....
My guess is its a kind of a bank shot to try to get more 2nd choice caucusers.
how does that work?
Obama On Track To Win Caucus 2nd Tier Support
Posted January 2, 2008 | 03:45 PM (EST)
http://www.huffingto...
"Off-the-bus spoke with a national Obama staffer who confirmed, "We've heard that Richardson may also be telling his supporters to caucus for Barack if they aren't viable. Nothing definitive but there's a trend going on," she added with a smile. Ah, that's an understatement.
All of this off-the-record conversation and backroom pol talk could be nothing or something.
But the fact that the rumors are flying and top aides are willing to discuss their thinking with Offthebus, albeit without disclosing their names, is still enough smoke to detect yet another spark that could ignite a fire under the Obama campaign's fortunes in the Iowa caucuses."
You heard it first here and you can take that to the bank.
Thats seems to really undercut the validity of the "exclusive", especially when you have an offical spokesperson denying it.
It appears as though he's simply taking the time-honored approach of a down-poll candidate hitching his wagon to the front runner he thinks will win the White House since he has absolutely no chance of it himself.
What's fascinating is that Richardson -- the consummate Washington insider -- would snub Clinton, with whom he is more ideologically-tuned. There appears to have been a falling out between the two camps a few weeks ago when Richardson took the gloves off and hammered Clinton on shifting her position on the Iraq War in one of the 3,568,293 debates the Dems have held this cycle.
Is it smoke from a fire? Or is it someone just saying they see smoke to create a fire?
Obama would not float this type of rumor.
Obama supporters do not believe this rumor and neither should anyone else.
Ben Smith on Poltico has the details.
www.iowa.barackobama.com to find their caucus location.
Republicans and independents who wish to support Barack can change their party affiliation at the polls to Democratic.
6:30pm tonight!!!
"We are viable throughout Iowa. We have strong support throughout the state and are looking forward to tonight," she said. "This is just last-minute rumor buzz that has no truth to it. The Richardson for President campaign is looking forward to finishing in the final four and moving on to the New Hampshire primary."
We've agreed to boost each other's group to increase either viability or to give the other the extra delegate. For example, if the Obama group needs 6 extra people for an extra delegate and the Richardson crew has 10 more people than they need, then they will give us those 6 extra people.
Not sure if this is happening in other precincts.
http://www.essential...
From Robert Becker, the Richardson Iowa director:
"Here we are the day of caucus and there are all these rumors about deals being made," he said. "I'm just sick of it. We have not directed our supporters to caucus for anyone other than Bill Richardson.""