Penn. Rep. Patrick Murphy endorses Obama for president
WQAD, IL - 6 hours ago
AP - August 21, 2007 1:04 PM ET PHILADELPHIA (AP) - Pennsylvania Congressman Patrick Murphy has endorsed Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama ...
Barack also called for easing of travel restrictions to Cuba:
Obama calls for lifting US-Cuba family travel limits restrictions
Sun-Sentinel.com, FL - 10 hours ago
Obama will speak at a fundraiser for the chapter Saturday at the Miami-Dade Auditorium...
Obama says Bush's Cuba policy 'strategically blundering'
CNN International - 1 hour ago
Obama will speak at a fundraiser for the chapter Saturday at the Miami-Dade Auditorium, the same Little Havana site where Ronald Reagan won over many in the ...
Is the early state strategy a wise plan? Do Iowa and New Hampshire act as racial barriers guarding the gates for "good old boy" types?
Seems like not much attention is given to South Carolina and Nevada. The latter state in particular is much closer to the overall U.S. demographic.
The early states may be important if candidate's seem them as important. Those candidates who don't choose to be taken in by results in early states have gone on to win including the last two presidents to win open elections -- Bill Clinton and George W. Bush -- each losing both states in their first presidential runs. They were able to recover though and win.
However, if the candidate and supporters collapse after losing one or both of these states, if they collapse internally, then of course one has to look at them as important.
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