Iowa not sold on Clinton

    Iowa Democrats really like Hillary Clinton - and they love Bill - but they're not convinced the junior senator from New York can win a presidential election.

    Many Iowans saw former President Bill Clinton's speech to the Democrats' annual dinner here Saturday night as a sign his wife was getting on the presidential bandwagon. But Hillary Clinton will have to do a lot more to persuade the state - which Bill Clinton ceded to Sen. Tom Harkin in 1992 - to back her.

    Her biggest stumbling block to winning in Iowa appears to be convincing folks that she can win later.

    "Even though Hillary Clinton doesn't stand much of a chance, I like her," said Eric Benson, a 21-year-old activist who happily wore a "Clinton for President" sticker on his lapel. "She could get through the primary, then lose the general," he said. "She's very polarizing for moderates."

    "I do like Hillary Clinton, but she's more of a divider than a uniter," said Julia MacMillan, 20. "I don't think the country wants that."