Word: trippiness
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...take one more step and you'll be sorry," Jimmy Hogan, a precinct caucus captain for Jimmy Carter in Monticello, Iowa, bellowed across his living room at his daughter. And with her prompt pirouette, all hopes of seeing Ted Kennedy elected President died. The year was 1980 and Joe Trippi, a Democratic strategist for Ted Kennedy, had learned a crucial lesson: The Iowa caucuses are as much about group psychology - and sometimes the deference of a child to her parent - as they are about politics...
...Taking the gloves off, however, is still a sensitive issue. Joe Trippi, Edwards' senior adviser, was quick to point out that Edwards was merely responding to a reporter's question. At the same time, Trippi noted that Edwards' criticisms of Clinton's lobbyist ties and his call for all Democrats to renounce contributions is somewhere Obama is too timid to follow. "This is where Obama will not go; he will not do this," Trippi said...
...struck up a spontaneous chorus of the campaign's newly debuted catchphrase: "Fired up!" Beat. "Ready to go!" Beat "Fired up!" Beat. "Ready to go!" This slightly manic release of tension and elation wasn't surprising. What was surprising was the person leading it: John Edwards campaign manager Joe Trippi, who punctuated each explosive slogan with a pumped fist...
...that Trippi is a convert. (One Edwards staffer said that Trippi was simply showing support for the "change gang.") And, it's true, the Edwards campaign is alive and well in Iowa. Privately, rival campaigns concede that Edwards would probably win if the caucuses were held, say, tonight. Says one organizer, "His supporters are largely previous caucus-goers; you don't have to convince them very hard to go again. Everyone else is going to need all the convincing we can manage in the next month and a half." The excitement generated by Obama's fiery but disciplined speech...
...Trippi likes to say Edwards is running a "transformational" campaign that calls on our better angels rather than a "transactional" campaign full of policies meant to buy votes from specific groups. But Edwards' sales pitch is full of transactions-a couple hundred billion dollars' worth of them, give or take-and the crowd in Ottumwa wants all of it. When he is finished, the people clap and whoo-hoo and head up to shake his hand and hug Elizabeth. A gray-haired woman in front of me, who wears a blouse covered with Harley-Davidson logos, is cheering as hard...