Word: iowa
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...Edwards pushed as hard as he could ahead of the New Hampshire primary, holding more than 20 events in four days to make his populist pitch that he is the only genuine "change" candidate in the race. But after a surprise second-place showing in the Iowa caucuses, the former North Carolina Senator failed to parlay that momentum into a stronger-than-expected showing in the New Hampshire primary. Edwards came in third place, garnering around 17% of the vote behind Hillary Clinton's 39% and Barack Obama's 37%. "Up until now one half of 1% of the country...
...success has focused the race, whether he wins here tonight, whether he wins the nomination or not, and that's to our advantage," says Castellanos. However, their new pitch hinges on basking in the reflected glow of his shiny message of change - "With Barack Obama, the people of Iowa have shown they want change," is now a standard line in Romney's stump speech - while also painting him as a dangerous radical: "The nation wants us to move forward, but," he says, referring to Obama, "do we want it to be a sharp left? Following in the path...
...were saying that the race really started tonight, McCain supporter Lindsey Graham - in the midst of a victory toast - laughed and questioned whether Romney can really run on that reputation any more: "It must really be bad to spend $10 million dollars on a race" - as Romney did in Iowa - "and not have it count...
...Indeed, listening with a straight face as Romney's advisers talk about the value of second-place finishes in the first two states, of being "competitive" rather than winning, demands a bit of amnesia. The Romney campaign's highly focused strategy was always on winning in Iowa and New Hampshire and Michigan and then riding the momentum created by those victories to wins in the bigger states on Jan. 29 and Feb. 5. That was the way Romney was going to overcome his low name recognition nationally against celebrity opponents like McCain and Rudy Giuliani. Now the momentum belongs...
...fact that Romney can fund a long campaign from his own bank account, it doesn't seem all that foolish to stay in the race, no matter how bleak his prospects might seem today. In a year when a little known Baptist minister can come from nowhere to win Iowa, a left-for-dead septuagenarian can claw out a comeback win in New Hampshire, and when Hillary Clinton can begin the day fighting back rumors that she's dropping out the race and end it by delivering a victory speech - anything is possible. And Mitt Romney might just find those...