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| Contributor | User 13 |
| Last Edited | User 13 Jun 25, 2003 01:30pm |
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| Media | Website - Yahoo News: Iran |
| News Date | Wednesday, June 25, 2003 06:00:00 AM UTC0:0 |
| Description | Last weekend in Iowa there was an inadvertently comic, but important, turning point in the race for the Democratic presidential nomination. At a forum Saturday in Newton, some of the leading candidates proved that they have reached the stage where they reflexively respond to any question with an unrelated and well-practiced string of catch phrases.
Next week, the candidates will report their fundraising totals for the second quarter of the year. Five are likely to have each collected more than $4 million in the past three months, meeting the threshold pace for political respectability. Only Joe Lieberman (news - web sites), who is leading in many national polls, is thought to be battling an embarrassing financial shortfall. While John Kerry and Edwards are likely to continue to hold a fundraising edge, Dean, Gephardt and Bob Graham may come in with second-quarter figures close to parity.
* For all the importance lavished on Iowa's caucuses (Jan. 19) and New Hampshire's primary (Jan. 27), this time three serious candidates boast strategies premised on waiting to make a breakthrough in the next round of Sun Belt primaries (Feb. 3). North Carolina's Edwards and Florida's Graham, along with centrist Lieberman, all hope to surge to the forefront with victories in South Carolina, Arizona, Tennessee, Oklahoma and New Mexico.
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