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Small states, big impact in cheap ads.

Byline: Larry Eichel

Oct. 10--DES MOINES, Iowa -- One day last week, there was a cartoon in the newspaper here about reports that Mitt Romney's political commercials had run 10,000 times already this year.

The drawing showed Romney greeting fellow Republican presidential candidate Fred Thompson, who starred on NBC's Law and Order for five years.

Romney tells him: "I bet I've been on TV more than you have."

For years, the rationale for starting the presidential selection process in Iowa and New Hampshire has been that their small populations encourage "retail politics," allowing personal contact between voter and candidate.

And retail politics is alive ...

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