With five days until voting begins in Iowa, the weather forecast in Des Moines for caucus day is “mostly sunny” with a high of 34 degrees.
It looks like the presidential campaign get out the vote operations won’t have many excuses.
“While public polls show Mike Huckabee leading Mitt Romney in Iowa, a new survey of an oversized sample shows Huckabee slipping and no longer ahead of Romney,” according to Robert Novak.
“A private corporate interest commissioned a phone bank survey of 15,000 Iowans who say they will attend Republican presidential caucuses Jan. 3. It showed Romney with 30% and Huckabee at 26%. Sen. John McCain was third with 12% and Rudy Giuliani fourth at 9%.”
Interesting finding: McCain was the leading second-choice candidate for both Huckabee and Romney voters.
Update: Today’s ARG poll is the first in several weeks to also show Romney leading in Iowa.
I once wrote a tough review of a book by a journalist I admire– Davis “Buzz” Merritt. If, however, a book can…
Although the official presidential results have not been announced by the Electoral Commission of Kenya, Kenyan blogger, Gerald Baraza, has already declared the winner on his blog, “Kenya has a new President: Hon.Raila Amolo Odinga!… Congratulations Your Excellency Raila Amolo Odinga, 4th President of the Republic of Kenya!”
J.S wonders what will happen if Jacob Zuma is found guilty: “I keep wondering what this is going to mean for us especially in terms of his election victory in the ANC. What will the outcome be if he gets found guilty? Some people have speculated that the ‘groundroots’ supporters will revolt and we could […]
Mississippi Gov. Haley Barbour (R) is scheduled to announce his appointee as the interim replacement to resigned Republican Sen. Trent Lott on Monday, according to CQ Politics.
Rep. Roger Wicker (R-MS) “is widely regarded as a leading candidate to be Barbour’s choice, and other GOP figures are thought to be under consideration.”
However, one prominent Mississippi Republican– retiring Rep. Charles W. “Chip” Pickering Jr. — “took it upon himself Friday afternoon to remove himself from the running for the seat that Lott vacated for personal reasons on Dec. 18.”
“To get real change, we need a president who will stand up against the big corporations and powerful interests that control Washington. Nobody who takes their money and defends the broken system is going to bring change.”
– John Edwards, in an interview with ABC News. He later said Sen. Barack Obama was “living in never never land” for thinking he could bring change by compromising with entrenched power.
Julie Bosman has a tiny glimmer of the right idea in her blog post at The New York Times today. She…
Are the local columns of citizens getting worse, or am I just getting too picky? Perhaps, as with so many things,…
More reactions are pouring out in the Pakistani blogosphere and elsewhere as it settles in that a very strong and capable leader is no more. Some bloggers are concerned about the law and order situation, providing personal accounts of the violence on the streets. There is also a lot of speculation about the impending elections, […]
