Reply #81: How big a launch did Dennis need from Iowa? [View All]

[iowapeacechief]

Will, your thread got me wondering about the perceptions of those who've claimed they would support Dennis if only he had a chance. Just how big did Dennis need to place in Iowa and New Hampshire to have avoided the invisibility and dismissal he's suffering now?

As an Iowa supporter, it seems to me his support here was much stronger than the official 1 percent (of county convention delegates) that got reported from the caucuses. Most people seem not to understand that he needed at least 15 percent in a precinct to be counted there at all.

So I am wondering how he would be perceived now if, for example, he had been seen to have won 10 percent statewide. That's what he had in my precinct before we joined with Edwards supporters (and were counted as zero).

So I started a thread at http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_topic&forum=132&topic_id=282088