At Merrill Middle School on the west side of Des Moines, 113 Democrats gathered in the school's library where a Biden volunteer from Fort Lee, New Jersey, (who did not participate in the voting process Thursday night), said she was quite surprised when Chelsea Clinton, daughter of Hillary and Bill Clinton dropped in for a 15-minute visit.

"She (Chelsea) walked in to the room, no cameras, no national media, and I looked at her and said to myself, why, that's Chelsea Clinton," Erin Medlicott, Biden's online communications volunteer manager, said. "I told her, I wish your Mom luck tonight, but not too much luck."

Medlicott said she then looked at Chelsea and pointed to the Biden sticker on the lapel of her own jacket. She said Chelsea remarked, "I like Joe."

Medlicott said she made it a point to pay Chelsea a compliment and she told her that "her hair looked great." She noted that Chelsea was "very friendly" but wasn't sure if her appearance had an impact on results of the delegate selection process at the precinct. She said Clinton ended up with 2 delegates to the Polk County Convention, where Obama and Edwards each received 1 delegate.

Medlicott said she was disappointed in Precinct 60 that there were only 3 people supporting Biden and no one supporting Dodd. "It's the money and the media," she said, assessing Biden's stance in the caucuses. "They concentrated on targeted candidates and Biden was left out."

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