For Clinton More Time and more advertising in Iowa

In the four weeks between Thanksgiving and Christmas, Mrs. Clinton, whose campaign has been on the defensive lately because of her own missteps and increasingly aggressive attacks from her rivals, is moving to double or triple the amount of time she has spent here in recent months. Seldom will a day go by, aides said, when either she or former President Bill Clinton will not be on some patch of Iowa soil trying to solidify her support and win over an unusually high number of uncommitted voters.

“We’re going to begin using all the assets we have,” said Tom Vilsack, a former governor of Iowa who serves as co-chairman of the Clinton campaign. “We haven’t been bashful about asking for the moon here.”

The intense attention is the latest indication of the Clinton campaign’s worry about establishing dominance in Iowa — the opening contest in the race for the Democratic presidential nomination — to match the strength she has shown in national polls. Senator Barack Obama of Illinois and former Senator John Edwards of North Carolina have waged spirited campaigns here, taking advantage of what polls suggest is unease with Mrs. Clinton among many voters.

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And when Mrs. Clinton returns Monday to Iowa, aides said, she will begin concentrating on smaller audiences and intimate sessions with voters in outlying areas of the state. One stop on the itinerary, for example, is Tama, population 2,700.

“At the beginning, she didn’t understand the whole notion of relationship building,” said Mr. Vilsack, the former Iowa governor, who often travels the state with Mrs. Clinton and introduces her to voters. “She now gets it. She now understands the psyche of this process.”

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Bless those Iowans for being smarter than Mark Penn's focus groups are. It's time for more
untraceable push polls on Obama and Edwards by the master pollster/campaign manager/
exit poll fixer.

If she doesn't win there decisively, the others will realize that they have a chance and REALLY bring it on--and she knows it.

:headbang:
rocknation

And her poll numbers in NH dropping 6 points in the same period of time?

lol

How true. This is a trend that won't be easily reversed.

You're right, the trend line won't be easily reversed, but I'm sure they'll try every nasty dirty trick
in the Republican playbook to make it happen. Watch for the more swiftboating attacks, Mark
Penn untraceable push polls, planted storylines with Drudge, planted questions at townhalls,
Bill attacking "the boys" complete with the whole patented Clintonian shuck and jive.

Iowans don't like it when candidates phone it in.

But I'm sure she'll succeed.

Staging fawning photo-ops with staffers pretending to be Iowa locals will be easier.

with Iowans. :shrug:

I thought we were all 'having a conversation' and then we were 'ready for change and ready to lead', then last weekend we were all going to 'turn up the heat'.

Now we're 'asking for the moon'?

I'm confused.