About a week after Iowa Caucus in 2008....while most reporters were focused on primaries ahead....some journalist went back to Iowa and asked how a no-name Senator like Obama won the Caucus instead of Hillary.
The commentary was interesting. Hillary and her “Team” were in Iowa six months prior. Large contingent....stayed in nice hotels....and had a pretty decent expense account. Locals in Iowa noted that the just didn’t connect to the general public or priorities. The assumption was that you just mentioned Hillary’s name and that was enough on salesmenship.
A Caucus is totally different from a primary, but her loss in Iowa set the pattern for Obama to challenge her and get donor-dollars.
I think the same issues arose in 2016,, where she could not connect to non-urban voters. Her lack of energy (due to whatever health issue she really has) also played a role. And the email server topic dragged on to hold back a fair number of voters. She lost because of herself.
I’ll bet they were as thick as flies on a dead possum at the 801 Grand Steak & Chop House.
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