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...different ways we have been thinking and talking out loud since taking third in New Hampshire," Trippi said. "Every day we were looking for ways to break out against these two candidates ... It became clearer and clearer after South Carolina on Sunday, Monday and Tuesday, the press was really focused on Clinton and Obama that it was going to be tougher and tougher for us to break through. And contrary to what staff or pundits may say - the idea of playing the political game of kingmaker or spoiler never really appealed to him. In his mind it was a clear...
...caucuses and New Hampshire primary. This cycle more than 20 states will hold primaries on February 5, picking 2,075 convention delegates - or 51% of those needed to win the nomination. "Once this thing gets down to two the press always spend more time on the alternative," said Joe Trippi, a senior advisor to Edwards. "Look at Jerry Brown and Bill Clinton. Once it got down to two, Jerry Brown started kicking Bill Clinton...
...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...
...only thing you can conclude after tonight is that this is going to be one long, drawn-out process," said John Edwards' strategist Joe Trippi, in one of the evening's few moments of clarity...
...million, though he benefited from spending by supportive unions and privately funded outside groups that ran television commercials on his behalf. "I have to be honest, I didn't think with a turnout of more than 200,000 that we'd be where we are in this thing," Trippi said. "We only had 42,000 hard count [i.e., committed voters], so to go from 42,000 to 65,000 or 70,000 - the message had to have been so strong that people got up out of their homes and went to a caucus without the campaign getting them there...