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There have been a couple of interesting developments these last few days in the Ad wars. Let me quickly summarize.

The John Kerry ad featuring former Democratic Governor Jeanne Shaheen, which had been running regularly on the radio, is now offered as a television ad too. Shaheen is campaigning in person with Kerry, who drew a large and enthusiastic (and surprisingly young) crowd to the Dover Elks hall on Thursday night despite a windchill of about -15.

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Happy 2004 and welcome to the Iowa count-down with only 12 days remaining until the caucus! In case folks in New Hampshire have not heard, we are experiencing the coldest days of the season facing wind chill factors upwards of 30 degrees below zero BUT the heat is on!
This past Monday, agency co-hosted a caucus training event in conjunction with several other national organizations and the local county Democratic and Republican parties. While a small group turned out, it was a great event for all. I must admit I learned a lot about the caucus process and how it differs between the two parties. What was most interesting is that I had 2 persons tell me they will temporarily change their party affilliation to attend the Democratic caucus because it sounded a lot more interactive and exciting! It made me wonder if others will do the same.

The buzz in Iowa today is the tarnish starting to show on Democrats' self-proclaimed white knight just as crunch time arrives for the Jan. 19 caucuses.
Dirty tricks by his campaign staff, a plan to stack the deck and an NBC News segment showing Dean's startlingly stupid remarks about the Iowa caucuses just might stall the pompous governor's drive to win Iowa and may give new life to several candidacies.