IA-08: Hillary's smears causing defections
In Iowa, there has been a major defection from Hillary Clinton's camp. One of her 25 campaign co-chairs in Iowa is because he believes the former First Lady has run a very dirty campaign:
Once, Garry Thomas counted himself a Hillary Clinton supporter --even signing up to be one of her 25 co-chairs in Iowa alongside withformer Iowa First Lady Christie Vilsack.
But Thomas now says he felt obliged to switch sides in recent weeks."I think the Clinton campaign went negative," Thomas said in atelephone interview on Thursday. He attributed his defection to the newtone Clinton took last weekend, describing it as divisive. Obamaofficials said Thomas committed to them this week.
Thomas said he informed Harry Baxter, the former Des Moines CountyDemocratic Party chairman and a Clinton coordinator, of his decision todefect -- and no one from the Clinton campaign tried to talk him out ofit.
"I didn't get any calls," Thomas said.
Thomas is a Burlington City Council member.
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