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What Will They Say After the Caucuses?

Why wait until tonight? Get the spin for each and every result here

By Jonas Oransky, Newser Staff

Posted Jan 3, 2008 4:13 PM CST

(Newser) – No matter what result the Iowa caucuses bring tonight, the campaigns will have plenty of spin up their sleeves. NBC’s Chuck Todd previews the politico talk:

John Edwards: No one needs this one more. A victory will be a vindication of populism and domestic issues. A loss may well be un-spinnable.
Hillary Clinton: If she wins, even barely, we’re back to the inevitability storyline. A three-way tie could be OK, if managed perfectly. Third would be a “near-disaster."

Barack Obama: He must win here to get the nomination. Revolutions need victories, and this bandwagon needs to get going. Spinning a loss will fall flat.
Mike Huckabee: A win will be a massive upset, but it’s got to be big to avoid the spin that he merely wooed evangelicals. If he loses, he disappears on the spot.
Mitt Romney: Victory would have new meaning because of Huckabee’s surge. A loss could be played off, blamed on Christian conservatives. But McCain would have a field day.
John McCain: If he can pull 15%, bring on the front-runner spin.

Republican presidential hopeful former Mass. Gov. Mitt Romney greets Ruth Searles, of Cedar Rapids, Iowa, following a rally, Wednesday, Jan. 2, 2008, in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, on the last day of presidential... (Associated Press)

Democratic presidential hopeful, Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton, D-N.Y. speaks during a campaign stop in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, Wednesday, Jan. 2, 2008. (AP Photo/LM Otero) (Associated Press)

Republican presidential hopeful and former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee speaks at a campaign stop at the Chicago Dawg in Mason City, Iowa, Wednesday, Jan. 2, 2008. Democratic and Republican candidates... (Associated Press)

Democratic presidential hopeful Sen. Barack Obama, D-Ill., points to the crowd after speaking at a campaign stop Wednesday, Jan. 2, 2008 in Des Moines,, Iowa. (AP Photo/M. Spencer Green) (Associated Press)

Democratic Presidential hopeful, former North Carolina Sen. John Edwards waves during a rally at the United Steel Workers union hall in Des Moines, Iowa, Thursday, Jan. 3, 2008. The candidates clash in... (Associated Press)

Republican presidential hopeful, Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz., speaks to supporters during a campaign stop at the Dubuque Jet Center at the Dubuque Regional Airport Wednesday, Jan. 2, 2008 in Dubuque, Iowa... (Associated Press)

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