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Wanting to see democracy in whatever the opposite of action is, I walked into the Westridge Elementary School in West Des Moines to caucus. To my left, in a library full of Laura Ingalls Wilder books, the Democrats assembled for their uniquely convoluted system, which involves gathering next to the sign of your favorite candidate, hoping you can collect more than 15 percent of the voters in the room, trying to convince the followers of the least popular candidates to join you - and, most of all, re-explaining the rules every few minutes. To my right, in the unadorned...
...debate Thursday night inside Hillary Clinton's shell-shocked campaign was what to do now - specifically: how negative to go on Barack Obama. Her 10-minute speech from the stage in the Hotel Fort Des Moines was all magnanimity and grace. Congratulating Obama and former North Carolina Senator John Edwards, who finished ahead of her, Clinton said, "Together we have presented a case for change and made it absolutely clear that America needs a new beginning...
...campaign advisers are quick to point out, by finishing second Edwards's David can claim victory over at least one Goliath. "The person hurt in all this is Hillary Clinton," Joe Trippi, an Edwards senior advisor, told TIME minutes after his candidate claimed the silver medal in Des Moines. "The former President of the United States flew all around this state and so did she. They outspent us three-to-one at least. And we beat...
...some ways the story of Obama's victory was written in the turnout numbers. Democratic party officials said that turnout exceeded 218,000, a jump of nearly 100,000 - or nearly 80% - over 2004. A variety of precincts sites around Des Moines reported turnout two or three times the norm, with some would-be caucusers being turned away or precinct captains running out of registration forms. Obama's supporters swamped some sites...
Politics may be something that divides people in other parts of the country. In South Des Moines, it brings neighbors together...