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IA: Iowans Inundated With Campaign Calls

Telegraph.co.uk   |  Alex Spillius   |   December 26, 2007 04:47 PM

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Iowans will emerge from Christmas today to be bombarded with messages and phone calls from Hillary Clinton - or Barack Obama, or John Edwards or Mitt Romney.

"Robocalls", pre-recorded messages from political candidates, are just part of the campaign frenzy ahead of Jan 3, when Iowans will be the first Americans to choose Democrat and Republican nominees to contend for the White House in November 2008.

After just a two-day break, candidates will fan out across the Midwestern state today, ahead of the January votes, the first in the primary phase of the presidential election.

Hillary Clinton, the former first lady, launches a tour called "Big Challenges, Real Solutions - Time To Pick A President", while Barack Obama, her main rival for the Democratic Party's nomination, will fly in from his home in neighbouring Illinois for a full day's campaigning, and will not leave the state until the early hours of Jan 4.

Though Dec 26 is not a public holiday in the US, the unprecedented earliness of the Iowa caucus has produced unseen levels of campaigning in the normally quiet week between Christmas Day and New Year.

Campaigns have no qualms about recommencing speech-making, phone calls and TV ads while Christmas meals are still being digested. Most broadcast commercials have a seasonal theme, with Mrs Clinton wrapping presents labelled "Universal Health Care" and "Alternative Energy".

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- xcrunner77 I'm a Fan of xcrunner77 permalink

If Iowans don't be want to be bothered then perhaps they should not be the first state to weigh in. Let another state go first, and Iowa can return to its peaceful boringness.

    Favorite    Flag as abusive Posted 11:58 PM on 12/26/2007
- bmermaid I'm a Fan of bmermaid permalink
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Iowa is getting what it wants.

Don't you guys feel so important?

I guess most of you just feel sick of it.

I am, and thankfully I'm far away from there.

It's just terrible that it is such a poor, un-representative way to choose presidential candidates. About the same as a shot in the dark. Worse- at least that way we'd have a chance of killing one of them.

    Favorite    Flag as abusive Posted 05:23 PM on 12/26/2007
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