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...which, if the admittedly impressionistic Iowa exit poll results are to be believed, is the transcendent dynamic driving Democratic voters. So it would appear Clinton has little choice but to try to create a new dynamic. Behind the scenes, her strategists have already begun to figure out how much heat to put on the sudden front-runner, whose win was far more decisive than just about anyone had expected...
Before we arrived at our government-run hotel (which had authentic North Korean touches like no heat or hot water despite the freezing temperatures), our minibus stopped at a statue of the deceased Great Leader Kim Il Sung, where we were told to bow and present flowers. Being a tourist in North Korea was going to be even more bizarre than we had thought...
...more than a year, the people of the Hawkeye State attended a graduate seminar in presidential politics while the rest of us got to sleep in and borrow their notes. They took their responsibility seriously, braving suffocating heat at the Ames straw poll in August and near zero temperatures during caucus week to meet the candidates and study their records. They attended town meetings, rallies, coffee klatches and house parties, and they interrupted their family festivities over the holidays to hear two or three more political speeches in large auditoriums and crowded diners across the state...
...knows if Huckabee's message or Saltsman's strategy will be enough to pull off an upset victory caucus night - not the political reporters, not the consultants and not the pollsters, who keep releasing data that cumulatively shows a dead heat. And the truth be told, even Saltsman, the architect, no longer has much control over the outcome at Thursday night's caucuses. Most of the pieces have already been played. So he grows his beard, fingers his pinky ring, and barely sleeps. "On Friday," he calls out, "you can write that either I am a genius, or an idiot...
...litle late for that? With just days to the Iowa caucuses, and Huckabee polling in a dead heat with the well-funded Mitt Romney, time is short and the pressure is intense. The potential for slipups is increased by the fact that Huckabee depends heavily on the media to get his message out, forcing him to endure frequent interviews that will be combed over for any inaccuracy...