Yeah, I know it is a bit early, but they already know who is going to win, right?
"Iowans scan the field and vote for a 2d look" by Susan Milligan/Boston Globe December 16, 2007
DES MOINES - The Hawkeye State prides itself on being a political filter for the rest of the nation, winnowing the crowded fields of Democratic and Republican presidential hopefuls down to a smaller set who survived Iowa's proving ground to advance to the next step of the campaign.
Instead, Iowa is blowing the race in both parties wide open.
The presumed front-runners are struggling, losing ground to candidates once dismissed as upstarts or has-beens. Voters say they are taking a second look at candidates such as former senator John Edwards of North Carolina, whom political pundits had largely written off as serious contenders for the nomination.
Vast numbers of Iowa caucusgoers are still undecided - half of Democrats and 60 percent of Republicans, according to a recent Des Moines Register poll - and voters say they are resisting pressure to support the most "electable" candidate in both parties.
Yup, and yet the MSM is calling it for Buckahee and Obama already!
How good can their polls be when it is a SLIVER of the voting public -- and they exclude Ron Paul from their polls?
Dean Prestemon, 73, as he waited to hear Edwards make his pitch:
"I like Hillary Clinton fine, but last time we got suckered into going with the electable candidate, we're not going to do that again."
Prestemon added, referring to Iowa's 2004 support for Democratic nominee John F. Kerry.
Eric Crowdis, a 30-year-old optician, said he initially supported former Massachusetts governor Mitt Romney for the GOP nomination, then gravitated toward Representative Tom Tancredo, a Colorado Republican, because Tancredo is tough on illegal immigrants.
Yeah, even Tancredo gets a mention, huh?
Now, Crowdis is leaning towards former Arkansas governor Mike Huckabee, who has had a stunning rise in polls in Iowa recently. Romney is "a little standoffish,"
Crowdis, after Romney stopped by his shop in Des Moines:
"[Huckabee] is kind of a blue-collar guy. He had to do everything on his own - he earned it, just as most Americans have to do."
Yup, ALL PERSONALITY and NO POLICY!
That's how Amurka decides its presidents!
The shake-up in the race has boosted the hopes of several candidates in each party - even those not in the top of the poll rankings in Iowa. With Romney and Clinton, a Democratic senator from New York, no longer able to count on Iowa as a springboard to New Hampshire and beyond, their momentum has been disrupted, giving other candidates a chance to compete longer and convince voters they are able to win a general election.
Huckabee's surge in Iowa has given the low-budget campaign hopes of taking off nationally; recent polls show him also leading in South Carolina and in second place in Nevada, both of which hold nominating contests next month. But Huckabee's success also could help GOP candidates John McCain and Rudy Giuliani, who are lagging in Iowa and hoping to gain steam in New Hampshire - an easier task if Romney does not go into his neighboring state of New Hampshire with the momentum of an Iowa win.
On the Democratic side, Iowa's uncertainty has given new life to Edwards, who has been banking on a win here to keep his campaign alive against two very well-funded rivals.
Edwards's campaign events do not attract the massive crowds that turn out to see Clinton and Obama, who are now deadlocked for the lead in opinion polls. But Edwards's supporters are devoted and enthusiastic, pledging to turn out on an evening in January, however cold and snowy, to caucus for their candidate.
Edwards has shown an informality and passion not always evident in his 2004 campaign for the vice presidency, delivering an unabashedly populist message that plays well among liberal Iowa Democrats. He blames big corporations for much of the nation's ills, including poverty, high prescription drug costs, and the failure to achieve universal health coverage.
Four years ago, the former trial lawyer's campaign style sometimes mimicked that of an attorney making a case for the presidency in a courtroom. But this year, the campaign has an Edwards-Unplugged quality, with the former senator pledging to fight the power in Washington and return control of Washington to the people.
"I'm going to give you back your party! I'm going to give you back your White House! And I'm going to give you back your country!" Edwards loudly promises at his campaign events, pumping his fist in the air. So convincing was Edwards's antiestablishment message at an Indianola town meeting, he won over a supporter of Representative Dennis Kucinich of Ohio.
Pfffffffttttt!!!!
You gonna believe this lying shit media, readers?
Edwards dismissed suggestions that he was being eclipsed by Clinton and Obama:
"I think I've had a shot all along. It's a very tight race."
But supporters say the upheaval in the polls can lead wary caucusgoers to take another look at him.
Susan Mills, a precinct captain for Edwards in Des Moines:
"Some of the people I know who were strongly for Edwards in 2004 are working for Hillary. Young people are going for Obama."
But with the Clinton lead fading in recent weeks, Edwards backers are trying to win back voters who might have been lured by the celebrity status of his two major rivals.
Actor Tim Robbins, campaigning for Edwards in Des Moines:
"We've been sold a fiction that this is a two-candidate race. Why? No one has voted yet. We're the voters - we decide who the front-runner is."
You would like to think so, but if Ron Paul and his legions of voters get ripped off, well....
Many Iowans in both parties agree, saying they are only beginning to make their choices and aren't going to be swayed by campaigns to rally around the most "electable" candidate.
Then I expect a Ron Paul surprise on caucus night -- unless it is rigged!
Republican Phil Stone, 67, who is undecided but considering Senator John McCain of Arizona, whose Iowa-unfriendly opposition to federal ethanol subsidies, has him lagging in polls here:
"Iowans are doing what they should be doing. They're asking the tough questions."
Genny Loraditch, 25, who is wavering between supporting Huckabee and McCain:
"It's all shaken up. There are definitely people you [earlier] would think of as the front-runners, and now they're the furthest ones from your mind."
Like GHOULIANI, right?
Democratic voters frequently note the history of the 2004 race, when former Vermont governor Howard Dean appeared nearly unbeatable in Iowa, and Kerry was struggling in the polls. Kerry ended up winning Iowa, giving him added strength to win New Hampshire and, ultimately, the nomination.
David Hubler, a Democrat who plans to caucus for New Mexico Governor Bill Richardson, isn't fazed by polls showing the governor in fourth place:
"I voted for Kerry four years ago. This is where he was then [in the poll rankings], and then he jumped up and won."
Ron Paul, readers!
Yup, the words Ron Paul never cross their lips, even though he has SHATTERED his MONEY GOAL!
No, the stink fuck press would rather focus on the shit star endorsements!
Celebs turn on charm for '08 hopefuls
Funny how celebrity endorsements are such a big thing to the stink fuck media, except when they are AGAINST THE WARS!!!
I guess this explains the coverage:
Globe Editorial For Democrats: Barack Obama
Globe Editorial For Republicans: John McCain
Oh, and about the Globe:
"In Iowa, Coveted Newspaper Endorsements for Clinton and McCain Campaigns" by JEFF ZELENY
MASON CITY, Iowa — The Boston Globe is owned by The New York Times Company."
Case closed on AmeriKa's stink-fuck Zionist-controlled Jew Press, readers!
Case FUCKING CLOSED!!!!!!!!!!!!
And it's not like they don't know the elections are a bunch of illegitimate rig jobs, either!
"Ohio Elections Official Calls Machines Flawed" by BOB DRIEHAUS
CINCINNATI — All five voting systems used in Ohio, a state whose electoral votes narrowly swung two elections toward President Bush, have critical flaws that could undermine the integrity of the 2008 general election, a report commissioned by the state’s top elections official has found.
Secretary of State Jennifer Brunner, of the report:
“It was worse than I anticipated. I had hoped that perhaps one system would test superior to the others.”
Therefore, I will NOT BELIEVE whatever RESULTS of SHIT we are fed on primary and election night!
Unless Ron Paul wins like he should, I will consider ALL AMERIKAN ELECTIONS ILLEGITIMATE!
