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In Iowa, Clinton Sits at Table 44
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| Contributor | Eric |
| Last Edited | Eric Jun 03, 2007 10:23pm |
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| News Date | Monday, June 4, 2007 04:00:00 AM UTC0:0 |
| Description | CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa – At the Iowa Democratic Party’s Hall of Fame dinner here Saturday night, Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton took her seat at Table 44 in the middle of the ballroom. Coincidence? Hardly. If elected, she would be the nation’s 44th president, so the table moniker provided a good visual for the photographers hovering around her.
While most of her rivals waited in the wings before taking their turn on stage, Mrs. Clinton literally sat down for dinner with a table of Iowans. To her left was Jean Pardee, the chairwoman of the Clinton County Democrats. To her right was Janet Lyness, the Johnson County attorney. A variety of loyal Democrats filled the rest of the table.
A private dinner it was not. That, of course, was precisely the point.
Senator Clinton wanted to telegraph her attendance far and wide. Hundreds, if not thousands, of HILLARY placards were plastered on walls throughout the convention center. And parked across the street? A semi-trailer with a giant H-I-L-L-A-R-Y sign, compete with bright spotlights shining individually on each letter.
“I plan to spend so much time in Iowa,” she told the crowd, “I’ll be able to caucus for myself before it’s over!”
(Political translation: Yes, I intend to disregard once and for all the campaign memo that surfaced last month arguing why to avoid competing in Iowa.)
While John Edwards again employed a high school drum line to march him into dinner and Senator Christopher Dodd parked a school bus outside, decked out with Dodd signs, the presence of the Clinton campaign seemed to outweigh the other candidates.
“I-O-W-A, Hillary Clinton All The Way,” a throng of young supporters cheered, performing perfectly on the cue of campaign workers the moment Mrs. Clinton arrived. |
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