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Originally posted by pirepresent
I dont understand why Gephardt is dropping out of the race - can someone explain this to me? Lieberman and Clark didn't even participate in the Iowa caucuses - why does his poor showing neccessarily mean that he should drop out?
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From what I understand, Iowa was Gephardt's "test market" so to speak. He's from a neighboring state (Missouri), he won the Caucuses in 1988 (I think). The general thought was if he could get the support he needed in Iowa, then he felt like he could continue, but since he didn't get the support (coming in a very low 4th) he didn't feel he had the support necessary to pull ahead of the other contenders later on in the game.
Wow. Can I use the word support any more times in that sentence?
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