Clinton to add 100 Iowa staffers

[cali]

Sources tell First Read the Clinton campaign is making a push to significantly step up their efforts in Iowa. They are aiming to add more 100 paid staff in the Hawkeye State by Nov. 1.

The campaign has also created a flier advertising an Oct. 28 and 29th Clinton “job fair” in Arlington, Va., where to send resumes and how to set up phone interviews.

According to an analysis by the Des Moines Register, Obama has 145 paid staffers in Iowa, Edwards has 130 and Clinton has 117.

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http://firstread.msnbc.msn.com/archive/2007/10/24/428537.aspx.


Looks like Clinton is going full out in Iowa. Hardly a surprise.
Also interesting to see that Edwards and Obama already have more staffers on the ground there than Hillary. But if she adds a hundred to the number she already has, she'll have far more boots on the ground than either of them.

I'm looking to Iowa as the place where Obama, Edwards or one of the 2nd tier candidates can slow down the Clinton campaign. If she came in third, for example, I think that the odds of her getting the nomination, would decrease.

[MethuenProgressive]

1. Looks like her campaign is trying to increase her lead.

http://www.presidentpolls2008.com/primary-election-poll-results/iowa-democratic-republican-polls.html

Strategic Vision
10/13/2007
N=600

Hillary Clinton 28%
Barack Obama 23%
John Edwards 20%
Bill Richardson 9%
Joe Biden 6%
Chris Dodd 1%
Dennis Kucinich 1%
Unsure 12%



Des Moines Register Iowa Poll conducted by Selzer & Company
10/2/2007
N=399

Hillary Clinton 29%
John Edwards 23%
Barack Obama 22%
Bill Richardson 8%
Joe Biden 5%
Chris Dodd 1%
Dennis Kucinich 1%
Unsure 11%



American Research Group
9/28/2007
N=600

Hillary Clinton 30%
Barack Obama 24%
John Edwards 19%
Bill Richardson 10%
Joe Biden 3%
Chris Dodd 1%
Dennis Kucinich 1%
Unsure 13%

Edit to add: Look at the "unsures," that's a group that could swing this race considerably.

[cali]

2. yep.

she wants those unsures. Of course, so does everyone else. I know you support Clinton; I don't, but I do recognize that if someone doesn't put a dent in her momentum in Iowa, there'll be no place else to do it.

[monmouth]

3. This is why I'm sending Joe Biden more money. eom