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And Then There Were Nine (If You Insist On Counting Dodd)

February 23, 2007

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3:19 pm

Daniel Larison

Tom Vilsack has dropped out.  I wonder if Vilsack voters in Iowa will now migrate to a new fourth candidate, such as, say, a slightly portly New Mexican.  It’s worth noting that there are now no other candidates running as centrist Democrats besides Richardson.  Is this the cycle where being the boring, “electable” centrist is actually a disadvantage?  Maybe.   

Update: I guess my confident declaration that Iowa was a “lock” for Vilsack was a bit off.

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Daniel Larison is a senior editor at TAC, where he also keeps a solo blog. He has been published in the New York Times Book Review, Dallas Morning News, World Politics Review, Politico Magazine, Orthodox Life, Front Porch Republic, The American Scene, and Culture11, and was a columnist for The Week. He holds a PhD in history from the University of Chicago, and resides in Lancaster, PA. Follow him on Twitter.

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