tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8327639392070628793.post6540372771723109374..comments2024-03-26T05:19:30.411-04:00Comments on PA Editors Blog: Iowa Leans LeftUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8327639392070628793.post-74399836278498752212008-01-04T13:49:00.000-05:002008-01-04T13:49:00.000-05:00Both Joel's and Joe's comments are very intelligen...Both Joel's and Joe's comments are very intelligent, but I would, given the way the system is organized, be careful. <BR/><BR/>The Iowa caucuses did show that the core constituencies of the Democratic party, with the exception of African-Americans, who are a vital core constituency nationally but not in Iowa, were moving left, with nearly 70% of the voters voting for the more progressive(in Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8327639392070628793.post-64276155219846157882008-01-04T13:04:00.000-05:002008-01-04T13:04:00.000-05:00Third place finisher Sen. Clinton got 73,000 votes...Third place finisher Sen. Clinton got 73,000 votes (if they can be called that in the Democratic side of the caucuses) to Huckabee's 38,000. Suggestive that Iowa plans to go blue as blue can get in November.Joelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16818415755568794461noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8327639392070628793.post-71914931823724417212008-01-04T12:23:00.000-05:002008-01-04T12:23:00.000-05:00I have a feeling conventional wisdom is being thro...I have a feeling conventional wisdom is being thrown out of the window by the Iowa caucuses and it would be a mistake to allow gravity to follow its natural course. It should be recalled that "conventional" wisdom had Clinton as the "inevitable" victor, a claim Joel took issue with long ago. However, the analysis of the Edwards campaign may not take into account what is still a very volatile and joe simshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13000488801507443794noreply@blogger.com