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Top Clinton Strategist Says Iowa Was a Real Win
Joel Benenson, the Democratic front-runner's chief strategist, says focusing on her margin of victory in the Hawkeye State misses the point.
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After a razor-thin victory in Iowa, Hillary Clinton’s senior strategist, Joel Benenson, dismissed those who are trying to diminish her first-place finish in the caucuses.
“Winning is winning," Benenson told Bloomberg Politics' Masters in Politics podcast. "All the pundits who are twisting themselves into pretzels to try to figure out what did every vote mean. Was it really a win? It was a win. The Super Bowl is on Sunday and if a team misses the extra point and loses by a point, they lose the Super Bowl."