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To: geode00 who wrote (837)5/21/2005 1:04:11 PM
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Clinton Invites Iowa Supporters to D.C. By MARC HUMBERT, Associated Press Writer
Fri May 20, 7:05 PM ET


ALBANY, N.Y. - With a visit to Iowa not considered the politically smart thing to do just now, Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton is instead inviting Iowans to come see her in Washington.


Clinton aides Friday confirmed that the former first lady — widely expected to seek the Democratic nomination for president in 2008 — is inviting supporters to her Washington home for a fundraiser.

Campaign spokeswoman Ann Lewis declined to say when the event would be but said the sole purpose was to raise money for Clinton's Senate re-election in 2006, not to court support in a state that hosts the caucuses that kick off the presidential election cycle.

"There is no other agenda," Lewis said.

The Clinton camp has been careful to play down 2008 for now.

"It's a strategic decision," said Hank Sheinkopf, a New York-based Democratic consultant who worked on President Clinton's 1996 re-election campaign. "It's hard to run for re-election while appearing too overtly to be running for president."

Going to Iowa "would give her political enemies more to attack her with, and allow them to say her commitment to New York state is not what she wants it to appear to be," Sheinkopf said.

The Washington-based newspaper Roll Call first reported the fundraiser for Iowa supporters, and noted that Clinton has held similar events at her Washington home for donors from Massachusetts and California.
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