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Dems Pal Around in Iowa

Frontrunners dominate Iowa event

By Dustin Lushing,  Newser Staff

Posted Aug 19, 2007 4:45 PM CDT

(Newser) – In a more-amiable-than-usual war of words, the Democrats debated this morning in Iowa, the locale of the pivotal first primary. Hillary Clinton, Barack Obama, and John Edwards dominated the 90-minute discussion moderated by ex-Bill Clinton aide George Stephanopolous, the Washington Post's Chris Cillizza reports, playing it safe as the lower-tier contenders circled.

"You don't have to be against anybody," Clinton said. "You can choose who you are for." Edwards said the differences between the Dems were negligible compared to their Republican rivals, who resemble "George Bush on steroids." Bill Richardson stressed his intention to pull all troops out of Iraq by the end of this year, successfully separating himself from the pack.

Democratic presidential hopeful and former New Mexico Gov. Bill Richardson speaks to the media in the spin room after the ABC News Democratic candidates debate at Drake University in Des Moines, Iowa, on Sunday, Aug. 19, 2007. (AP Photo/Kevin Sanders)
Democratic presidential hopeful and former New Mexico Gov. Bill Richardson speaks to the media in the spin room after the ABC News Democratic candidates debate at Drake University in Des Moines, Iowa,...   (Associated Press)
Democratic presidential hopeful Rep. Dennis Kucinich, D-Ohio, speaks to the media as wife Elizabeth listens in the spin room after the ABC News Democratic candidates debate at Drake University in Des Moines, Iowa, on Sunday, Aug. 19, 2007. (AP Photo/Kevin Sanders)
Democratic presidential hopeful Rep. Dennis Kucinich, D-Ohio, speaks to the media as wife Elizabeth listens in the spin room after the ABC News Democratic candidates debate at Drake University in Des...   (Associated Press)
Democratic presidential hopeful Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton, D-N.Y., acknowledges supporters after a democratic presidential debate Sunday, Aug. 19, 2007, in Des Moines, Iowa as Democratic presidential hopeful Sen. Barack Obama D-Ill., talks with Democratic National CommitteecChairman Howard Dean, left. (AP Photo/M. Spencer Green)
Democratic presidential hopeful Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton, D-N.Y., acknowledges supporters after a democratic presidential debate Sunday, Aug. 19, 2007, in Des Moines, Iowa as Democratic presidential...   (Associated Press)
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