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Thursday, January 3rd, 2008

DES MOINES, IA — It’s caucus day! Yesterday I caught up with veteran ABC Newsman Sam Donaldson at the convention center here. He gave me his take on the trouble with the Iowa caucuses, and what he would do to increase the extremely low participation in them.

Stay tuned here for more coverage of the caucuses. New here? Check out our effort to get the presidential candidates talking about the state of our voting system – the Why Tuesday? Candidate Challenge.

Previously from Iowa:
Tim Russert’s Take

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