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huskerlaw Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jan-04-08 09:55 PM
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46. That's completely untrue
Kucinich had almost zero support in Iowa. In order to be viable, he needed 15% of the vote in any given precinct. What he told his supporters was that if he didn't get the 15% in their specific precinct, they should change their vote to Obama.

While I don't agree with that choice, it make very little, if any difference. Why? Because not only did Kucinich fail to get that 15% in ANY of the 1781 precincts, he was not, and never was, even close. He didn't campaign in Iowa. I worked for the Edwards campaign in Council Bluffs, Iowa the week before Christmas. I spoke to literally hundreds of Democrats and Kucinich's name NEVER EVEN CAME UP!

Many of them had NEVER EVEN HEARD OF HIM.

So. Did Kucinich throw the race for Obama? Hells no. He may have convinced a few hundred people, but even assuming that every single one of his supporters ended up voting for Obama, Kucinich did not have the support of 8% of Iowans.

I say this as an obvious Edwards fan. You're completely wrong.
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