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...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 has voted," Edwards told supporters in Manchester Tuesday night. "Ninety-nine...
...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 to McCain and Mike Huckabee, whose Iowa...
...opponents. "In the American economy, there are only two truly perishable commodities," says Schmidt, "U.S. currency and time." The six-day spread between today and the Michigan primary will make it difficult for Romney to overcome the impression that he has lost not just momentum, but any chance to beat the eventual Democratic nominee...
...time, that's clear," Edwards said in an interview with TIME. "I mean we have more support, we have better organization and I'm very encouraged by all that." His third place showing in New Hampshire this time around, though, still makes it a challenge for him to regain momentum going into South Carolina, Nevada and beyond in a crowded three-person field - a field that up until now has not worked to his advantage...
...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...