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Article: It's 6th-grade gym class! No, it's the caucuses
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- The Record (Bergen County, NJ)
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- January 18, 2004
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DAN BALZ, Washington Post News Service
The Record (Bergen County, NJ)
01-18-2004
It's 6th-grade gym class! No, it's the caucuses
By DAN BALZ, Washington Post News Service
Date: 01-18-2004, Sunday
Section: NEWS
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DES MOINES - To the outsider or the uninitiated, the Iowa caucuses may seem an arcane, even intimidating, form of democracy, with no secret ballots, shifting coalitions, and a don't-be-late requirement for participants. Iowa Democratic Party Chairman Gordon Fischer sees them differently. "It's really like sixth-grade gym," he explained.
What has taken place so far in Iowa is as transparent as anything in American politics. ...