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Originally Posted by JPhillips
I'll admit I'm biased because I think Marc Penn is a human bad luck totem, but Hillary did really screw up by not paying enough attention to Iowa. Her third place finish there took the inevitability off her run. Then in NH and NV she won the vote, but came in second in delegates due to Obama's better planning.
She did better as the campaign went on, but they were flat-footed at the beginning and that ended up making all the difference in perception and momentum.
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Tiny note - they both won 9 delegates in NH because of voting percentages (39-36), but John Edwards later pledged his 4 to Obama. NH is not about delegate totals - what was critical there was simply winning.