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Yepsen owes Obama an apology

by: desmoinesdem

Tue Dec 11, 2007 at 16:40:10 PM CST


In his column for the Des Moines Register on Tuesday, David Yepsen repeated assertions he made on his blog not long ago, implying that the Obama campaign is somehow not playing fair because they are encouraging students at Iowa colleges to return to campus for the January 3 caucuses.

As I've written before, the right of students at Iowa colleges to caucus is well-established.

Mike Connery goes into more detail about why Yepsen is wrong here. He notes that several rival campaigns have jumped at the chance to imply Obama is cheating in Iowa. I am proud that the Edwards campaign is NOT among those.

The Iowa caucuses should never have been scheduled so early, while colleges are on winter break. I encourage all of the campaigns to identify their student supporters. Why shouldn't students come back to their campuses for caucus night?

I'm disappointed that the Register would seem to endorse the idea that it is illegitimate for students enrolled at Iowa colleges to caucus.

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I agree completely.  While I was an Iowa resident and rightfully participated in 2004, many of my out of state college friends also caucused.  And why shouldn't they?  Most would spend at least 9 months of the year in state, while some spent the entire year and even owned property.  Yepsen is out of line.

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