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Ron Paul is irrelevant. He gets a little blurb or two in the media. Congrats to him.

igotthisguitar · Posted: Thu Oct 04, 2007 11:21 pm Post subject:

Obama stops wearing flag pin
By MIKE GLOVER, Associated Press Writer
Thu Oct 4, 5:14 PM ET

WATERLOO, Iowa - Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama says he no longer wears an American flag lapel pin because it has become a substitute for "true patriotism" since the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks.

He commented on the pin in a television interview Wednesday and then again on Thursday at a campaign appearance in Independence, Iowa.

Noting the TV interview, he told the campaign crowd, "I said, you know what, I probably haven't worn a flag pin in a very long time. After a while I noticed people wearing a lapel pin and not acting very patriotic."

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http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20071004/ap_po/obama_no_flag_pin
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Ya-ta Boy · Joined: 16 Jan 2003 Location: Established in 1994

Obama hopes to surprise Clinton in Iowa

WASHINGTON - Barack Obama's hopes for the Democratic nomination hinge on getting hundreds of thousands of new voters fired up enough to actually turn out � and on spending a good chunk of his $80 million at the very end of a front-loaded campaign.

Other candidates � usually trailing, like Obama � have tried similar plans in the past and failed. But none of them had nearly the money Obama has. And the scheduling conditions of the 2008 campaign have never existed before.

Obama's plan is all about the Iowa caucuses.

His wife said recently, "If Barack doesn't win Iowa, it is just a dream." And his advisers agree that it will be nearly impossible to stop Hillary Rodham Clinton from steamrolling to the nomination if she wins in Iowa, although some still argue he could remain in the race if he comes in a close second.

They see hope in the fact that although she is surging ahead elsewhere in the country, Iowa remains a tight race between Clinton, Obama and 2004 vice presidential nominee John Edwards.

The rest of the artilce here: http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20071005/ap_on_el_pr/obama_s_plan_5;_ylt=Aqd6ovsKzDHDF2b4F469g5PkbeRF

From Yahoo:
By the Numbers
Poll Averages - Democrats
Hillary Clinton 45.4%
Barack Obama 23.0%
John Edwards 13.4%
Bill Richardson 3.5%

Poll Averages - Republicans
Rudy Giuliani 28.0%
Fred Thompson 21.0%
John McCain 14.4%
Mitt Romney 10.4%

If the numbers are accurate, then the Democratic race is all but over. The Iowa caucus is in 3 months. Unless Senator Clinton crashes and burns in the very near future, she will have the nomination wrapped up. [/quote]