Friday, January 04, 2008

"Iowa is so small"

While flying to New Hampshire, the Wall Street Journal's Washington Wire reports that Hillary's staff delivered this fine piece of spin:
Most people inside the Clinton camp are shrugging off Iowa all together. “Iowa is so small, it’s like a mayor’s race in a medium-sized city,” traveling press secretary Jay Carson said. “It wouldn’t be wise to put too much emphasis on it.”
They say that on their way to the tiny state of New Hampshire?
Iowa: 2.9 million people
New Hampshire: 1.2 million people
Serious reporters should ask the Clinton campaign:
"If, as you say, the Iowa caucuses are like a mayor's race in a medium-sized city, then what is the New Hampshire primary like?"
But be sure to get their answer on the record before the polls open next Tuesday!

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