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They "see politics as exclusively combative contests, involving haggling, maneuvering, bargaining and manipulating.
If Bradley gets into the open field of the post-New Hampshire contests, he'll surely deplete your campaign treasury, and he might just win.
Right now, the Iowa markets are trading stock in four contests: The Democratic presidential nomination (click here to see the prospectus and latest quotes), the Republican presidential nomination (click here ), the New York Senate race (click here ), and which party will control Congress (click here).
Dick Gephardt's future-of-the-Democrats speech at Harvard was Issue 3. The Democratic pundits sparred over Gephardt's intention: Al Hunt ( Capital Gang ) said Gephardt was energizing the liberals for the 1998 contests.
The best time to see them is in the weeks following the rice harvest and during the special festivals that stage statewide contests (see page 155).