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Kathryn Jean Lopez:
Iowa is such a "liberal state" that it went for Bush in 2004. It went for Gore in 2000, but only by .31% of the vote; Bush arguably did better there that year, in real as opposed to butterfly-ballot terms, than in the ur-swing (i.e, not "liberal") state of Florida. If Iowa is a liberal state, then so is New Hampshire (which went for Bush by a similar margin in '00, and for Kerry in '04); so, arguably, are New Mexico and Nevada, Colorado and Ohio. Put another way, if Iowa is a liberal state, then there's no way a conservative party should have any chance in an American general election.
He could really use turning his inspiration on, but on the merits, Romney should feel good and not like a loser coming out of Iowa. One hour and a half or so event in a liberal state does not make or break a Republican race (liberal Republicans more tolerant of Huckabee’s nanny-state tendencies) for a guy whose covered a lot of ground in a year.
Iowa is such a "liberal state" that it went for Bush in 2004. It went for Gore in 2000, but only by .31% of the vote; Bush arguably did better there that year, in real as opposed to butterfly-ballot terms, than in the ur-swing (i.e, not "liberal") state of Florida. If Iowa is a liberal state, then so is New Hampshire (which went for Bush by a similar margin in '00, and for Kerry in '04); so, arguably, are New Mexico and Nevada, Colorado and Ohio. Put another way, if Iowa is a liberal state, then there's no way a conservative party should have any chance in an American general election.
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