U.S. Sen. Tom Harkin of Iowa on Friday endorsed Howard Dean for president, calling him the “kind of plain-spoken Democrat we need.” The endorsement comes just 10 days before Iowa’s first-in-the-nation caucuses and could deal a powerful blow to U.S. Rep. Richard Gephardt, who remains in a dead heat with Dean in Iowa polls. In his endorsement, Harkin praised Dean’s straightforward… return to article
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Reader Comments (2)Page 1 of 1 pagesI wanted to add since this story was done that the real buzz is now about who will come in third Edwards or Kerry and by how much Dean and Gephardet will be first and second. All of these can help to tilt the equation on how the media reports the iowa “winner”. It is also very interesting to watch who will be thye Iowa “loser”. Both of these give dynamic motion to New Hampshire and to the larger primary campain after that!
Steffen Schmidt
Prof. of Pol Sci.
Posted by steffen schmidt on Jan 14, 2004 at 1:38 PM I just wanted to add that since the professor’s commetns, the real buzz now is about who actually came in third - Dean.
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