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Transcript: Analysis: Debating the necessity of the Iowa caucuses in the presidential nominating process
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- November 11, 2003
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MELISSA BLOCK
All Things Considered (NPR)
11-11-2003
Analysis: Debating the necessity of the Iowa caucuses in the presidential nominating process
Host: MELISSA BLOCK
Time: 8:00-9:00 PM
MELISSA BLOCK, host:
It's not a primary, not really an election at all and it won't directly determine any national convention delegate. Nevertheless, 69 days from now, the most committed Democratic voters in Iowa will spend several hours at their local caucus sites, and what happens there is important. The Iowa Democrats will try to convince their neighbors to support the man or woman they want to be the party's nominee for president. The last time the Iowa caucuses were truly competitive was back in ...