Reply #39: 3 months ago, nobody imagined he would sweep Iowa [View All]

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and more importantly, knock Hillary into the #3 spot. The fact that Iowa decided she was a 3rd-rate candidate straight out of the gate was what really damaged her - if she had come a close second to Obama in the first lap, she'd have passed him out long ago, and it would have ended up like MCain v. Huckabee.

Anyhoo, if it goes as far as PA (I wouldn't be surprised if it is called off before that), it'll be interesting, because it's like a 2-person rerun of Iowa. 40 days is a loooong time to campaign in a single state. Obama excels at retail politics and Clinton has her own skills there, plus she and her campaign have several months of experience to draw on so they may not make the same mistakes that they did in Iowa. The folks in PA are going to see more of the candidates up close than people in most other states have been able to do.