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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
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Richard Adams

Iowa minus 17

John Edwards at the Johnson County Democrats Fall BBQ in Iowa, photo by Joe Crimmings Photography, Some Rights Reserved

The temperature may be chilly but ace blogger Marc Ambinder has hot news of a key Iowa endorsement for John Edwards:

His campaign is mum, but Democratic sources in Iowa believe that Mari Culver, the wife of Governor Chet Culver (D), is set to endorse the former North Carolina senator tomorrow. The governor himself is said to be remaining neutral, but if his wife endorses Edwards, the larger Culver orbit will be seen to have descended on Edwards's campaign. (Mari Culver endorsed Edwards in 2004).


There is also news in the offing on the Republican side, with Joe Lieberman - the senator from Connecticut who was Al Gore's running mate in 2000 - set to endorse John McCain. (Snarky aside from a "senior Democratic strategist" at The Page blog: "Who cares? Would any Democrat want his endorsement in the primary? No way.")

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