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...compete Edwards accepted public financing, a deal that places severe limitations on his ability to keep up with the two celebrity candidates. Instead, Edwards has largely been relying on outside groups funded privately and by unions, and the campaign claims they have seen record online fund raising since Iowa. "Yesterday was our largest fund-raising day online or close to it," Edwards said. "We'll have plenty of money, money won't be an issue...
...meantime, his campaign said there is a silver lining to having a three-person field. "We beat Hillary in Iowa, she beat us here. Obama beat her in Iowa, she beat him here," said Jonathan Prince, Edwards' top strategist. "If you have these results on February 5, no one's the nominee. No one's anywhere near 50 percent... And we think over the long haul we're going to be very competitive...
...Edwards is still betting that the message of change - a message represented by both him and Obama - will decide the campaign. "The two change candidates in Iowa got nearly 70% of the vote between them," Trippi said. "The two change candidates in New Hampshire received nearly 60% of the vote." They are betting that if they can last, they can swing all those votes against Clinton. But, then again, so is Obama...
...Obama's narrow defeat at the hands of the Senator he just a few days earlier had clobbered in Iowa deprived the challenger of the clear and undisputed momentum he had enjoyed after Iowa. The outcome instead sends the Democratic race into several weeks of tough and expensive, hedgerow-to-hedgerow combat. About the only thing that is certain now is that the race will remain unclear for some time to come...
...Obama campaign is now settling in for a more prolonged siege - of, and by, the Clinton campaign - than many might have expected just a few days ago. The heady moments after Iowa have given way to a grittier roadmap going forward and Obama's challenges may be increasing as the Clinton operation is reborn...