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...this means that even before the first ballot has been cast, Iowa has given each of the top four Democratic contenders a chance to learn a lot about their own strengths and weaknesses. And each in his own way has been humbled by the fact that no matter how ready you think you are to run for President, nothing can prepare you for that first encounter with the icy Iowa wind. Here's how Iowa has remade or unmade each of the other main contenders...
...away everyone but hard-core party activists and the pitifully lonely, but it can actually lead to an informed decision. And while three hours seems like a lot to give up for democracy, it's shorter than that last Lord of the Rings movie. The lack of a secret ballot does make some people nervous, but having to declare your political opinion in public probably keeps people from voting for things they should be ashamed of, such as liking cats. Plus there's something nice about getting together with your neighbors to eat cookies and talk about politics. Once every...
Dean and Sharpton were joined by Ohio Rep. Dennis J. Kucinich and former Illinois senator Carol Moseley Braun, while the other Democratic hopefuls asked to have their names taken off the ballot in hopes of not stirring up controversy with voters in Iowa and New Hampshire, which have traditionally hosted the nation’s first primaries...
Less than 10 percent of eligible voters cast their ballot, a figure in line with past presidential primaries held later in the course of the campaign, when the outcome of the election was clearer and voters may have been more apathetic to the outcome of those contests...
...think it says a lot about the candidates. The candidates on the ballot are only the ones that care about the plight of black people in D.C. enough to show support for them,” Terry said. “The others don’t even want to lend their position to fight for the disenfranchised. It would have been a minuscule effort to show their support, to put their name on the ballot, to show that they care whether the residents of Washington, D.C. have a voice in determining the policies...