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Article: John Edwards, Mike Huckabee will take Iowa caucuses
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- Columbia Daily Tribune
- Article date:
- November 27, 2007
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Now that Thanksgiving is over, the presidential primary races
will accelerate to an even faster pace - as if they weren't already
moving at light speed. By the night of Jan. 15, the Iowa caucuses,
New Hampshire primary and Michigan primary will all be over and
done. The winners of these early contests will only gain a small
number about 200 of the 3,500 elected seats at their parties'
respective conventions but will win much more in terms of name
recognition and fundraising ability.
Of course, that doesn't guarantee that the winners in these early
races would be the best candidates for their parties, but the fact
is that we Americans love the horse race aspect of political
campaigns and ...