Apparently Obama took Hillary's advice to "turn up the heat" is now neck and
neck with her in Iowa. Could this
be the end of the Clinton dyNASTY as Americans like an
underdog who is battling a massive, corrupt political machine.
http://www.usnews.com/usnews/politics/bulletin/bulletin_071114.htm
Democratic Race In Iowa A Dead Heat
Huckabee Is Main Rival For Romney In GOP Race The CBS Evening News reported,
"Just 51 days now until the first votes are cast in the presidential
campaign in the Iowa caucuses. And as CBS News-New York Times poll [of 1273
likely Iowa caucus-goers] out tonight finds, Democrats Clinton, Obama and
Edwards are neck and neck and neck. On the Republican side, the surprise is
Huckabee, now in striking distance of Romney." CBS (Greenfield) added, "In
the latest CBS-New York Times poll, more than half the Iowa caucus goers say
they could change their minds. But that is no match for a conflict-hungry
media." Chris Lehane, Gore's former press secretary: "There is absolutely no
question that the press want to make sure that there is a race." Greenfield:
"Chris Lehane was Al Gore's campaign press secretary." Lehane: "And every
speed bump that you run into literally becomes known as a brick wall that
you have to get around."
In Iowa, Clinton leads with 25%, followed by John Edwards, 23%; Barack
Obama, 22%; and Bill Richardson, 12%; with the rest of the field at 4% or
less. On the GOP side, Romney leads with 27%, followed by Huckabee, 21%;
Rudy Giuliani, 15%; Fred Thompson, 9%, Ron Paul, 4%; John McCain, 4%; and
the rest of the field at 3% or less.
CBS and New York Times also released a New Hampshire survey today, but its
results are far less striking, and are treated that way by the two
organizations' coverage. On the Democratic side, Clinton leads in the
Granite State with 37%, followed by Obama, 22%; Edwards, 9%; Richardson, 6%;
Dennis Kucinich, 5%; and the rest of the field at 2% or less. On the GOP
side, Romney leads with 34%, followed by McCain, 16%; Giuliani, 16%; Paul,
8%; Huckabee, 5%; and Thompson, 5%.
The New York Times reports the new polls show Democratic voters in Iowa and
New Hampshire say Obama and Edwards "are more likely than Senator Hillary
Rodham Clinton to say what they believe, rather than what they think voters
what to hear, according to the latest New York Times/CBS News Polls. But
they also view Mrs. Clinton as the best prepared and most electable Democrat
in the field, the polls found." Republican voters in the state "say that
Mitt Romney, a former governor of Massachusetts, shares their values and
views on immigration, a red-hot issue for Republicans in Iowa especially.
But they are divided over whether Mr. Romney or Rudolph W. Giuliani, who
Republican voters say does not share their values, would be the party's
strongest general-election candidate - and electability looms as a crucial
factor for Republican voters in those states."
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