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The campaign of Democrat Barack Obama moved quickly Thursday to dampen any expectations raised by Michelle Obama who said this week that her husband has to win Iowa.
Most polls in Iowa show the Illinois senator in a tight race with Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton and John Edwards. During a visit Wednesday to Davenport, Iowa, Michelle Obama commented on the importance of a strong showing in the caucuses.
“Iowa will make the difference,” she said. “If Barack doesn’t win Iowa, it is just a dream. If we win Iowa then we can move to the world as it should be. And we need your help in making that happen.”
Historically, she’s absolutely right. Since 1980, only twice as the Republican winner in Iowa not been the nominee, and only twice has the Democratic winner not been the eventual nominee (and one of those winners was Tom Harkin, who is from Iowa). The other Democratic winner? Dick Gephardt won in 1988, but Dukakis got the nomination.
Popularity: 9% [?]
And it should be noted that Governor Dukakis might have overcome Mr Gephardt’s Iowa win in 1988, but he still lost, by a significant margin, in the general election.
September 28th, 2007 at 8:04 am