ShareThisMASON CITY, Iowa -- Handicapping the Democratic contenders in Iowa:-- Sen. Joe Biden of Delaware: Folks say he could be the true sleeper in the race -- and not just the ones who've heard him talk and talk and talk.-- Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton of New York: Taking on the "boy's club of presidential politics" -- with a little help from her own boy, a former president.-- Sen. Chris Dodd of Connecticut: Being an out-of-towner wasn't working, so he moved his family to Des Moines. Still acts like he's having more fun than anyone.-- Former Sen. John Edwards of North Carolina: His old Iowa lead took a trim, but in the country barbershops they say he could win by a hair.-- Former Sen. Mike Gravel of Alaska: Promised to give rivals "adult supervision," then mostly played with the YouTube kids.-- Rep. Dennis Kucinich of Ohio: Being morphed into a regular character on Saturday Night Live was not the attention he was seeking.-- Sen. Barack Obama of Illinois: Hoping against hope that he's as popular as Oprah Winfrey the day after the caucuses.-- Gov. Bill Richardson of New Mexico: Could sneak up on the top tier, even if he never answered the question posed in his job interview ads: "If you were a tree, what kind of tree would you be?"(M.E. Sprengelmeyer writes for Scripps Howard News Service, http://www.scrippsnews.com)
Handicapping the Dems in Iowa
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