Sen Clinton stopped by Precinct 90 in Des Moines, a small gym in Lovejoy Elementary school for a last-minute hand shaking session with actual (not just likely) caucus goers. Asked how she was feeling as she worked her way down the line of civic-minded Iowans, she said “great! It’s exciting to see this in person.” And after one woman told her how excited she was, she said “this is exciting! More people than every before.”

All told, she spent 5 minutes at the site before jumping in her motorcade to head back to campaign HQ at the Hotel Fort Des Moines. She’ll meet her family there; both her husband and daughter also visited several caucus before the doors closed at 7:00pm central time. The Clintons plan to watch caucus returns together in their room before going downstairs to address the crowd.

Iowa-savvy campaign staffers at the precinct said they’ve never seen turnout like this — noting that there were more Hillary backers in the room than supporters of other candidate. To this reporter’s eyes, things looked pretty even — two tables for Hillary, two for Obama, one for Edwards, and a lot of Obama stickers in line.

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