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Article: Edwards focuses on Iowa, New Hampshire.
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- Chicago Tribune (Chicago, IL)
- Article date:
- September 30, 2007
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Byline: Jim Tankersley
MANCHESTER, N.H. _ "Comfortable chairs" top the wish list scrawled on butcher paper at the New Hampshire headquarters of John Edwards' presidential campaign. Now more than ever, they seem needed: Edwards and his campaign are making themselves very comfy here and in Iowa this fall.
Unable to match Democrat rivals Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama in fundraising, Edwards has placed all his chips on the only bet available to him: a full-scale grass-roots push in the two earliest primary states in hopes that success there will vault him to the nomination.
Rivals call it a long shot, particularly because Edwards' decision last ...