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Stopping Clinton

By The Daily Dish
Jan 2 2008, 9:18 AM ET

Many Republicans in Iowa may cross parties to vote against her in the Democratic primaries. The Republican mayor of Brooklyn, Iowa, is one. But there are others:

"There are many Republicans in Iowa who feel that their party is in trouble in November, but they also don’t want to see Hillary be president, so they’re switching parties to back other Democrats," said Eilers. "Hillary has had the biggest machine behind her here. Some people feel she’s buying her way through the process while Obama is appealing to the grassroots, which is what you have here in Brooklyn."



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