Richardson claims to have overtaken Obama in Iowa, moved into 3rd place...

[SaveElmer]

http://bluesunbelt.com/showDiary.do?diaryId=722

Dear Supporter,

I have been doing polling for political
candidates for over 25 years. And what I am seeing happen right now in
Iowa is nothing short of amazing.

The Governor has rocketed up 10% among likely Iowa caucusgoers in
just three months, and now stands at 13%. No other Democratic candidate
has made gains anywhere close to that over the same time period. In
fact, amongst the likeliest caucusgoers (those who attended the 2004
caucuses, voted in the 2006 primary and are definite to attend next
year's caucus) the Governor has overtaken Senator Obama for 3rd place.

[Ian David]

1. Good news from Howard Dean... I mean, Bill Richardson!

I've been here before, and I don't want to get my hopes up.

[CaliforniaPeggy]

2. Hmmm...good news...

I like him.......

I'd really like to see him get somewhere good!

Like....the White House......

[Rainbowreflect]

3. I received that email too.

I hope it's true. I feel he is our best hope for 2008!

[Adelante]

4. The poll

The poll of 500 likely Iowa caucus-goers was conducted for the Richardson campaign by Fairbank, Maslin, Maullin and Associates June 18-20 and has a margin of error of + 4.4%.

Governor Richardson is now solidly in double-digits in both Iowa and New Hampshire. A CNN-WMUR TV poll following the June 3 debate had the Governor at 10%, as did last month's poll published in the Des Moines Register.

Here are the results to the question "If the caucuses were held today, who would you support?" (likely caucus-goers)

John Edwards 34%
Hillary Clinton 24%
Barack Obama 17%
Bill Richardson 13%
Joe Biden 2%
Dennis Kucinich 2%
Chris Dodd 0%
Other 1%
Don't Know/NA 8%

Here are the results to the same question, broken out among "likeliest" caucus-goers (representing just over 40% of the sample - voters who attended the 2004 caucuses, voted in the 2006 primary, and say they are definite to attend next year's caucus):

John Edwards 31%
Hillary Clinton 23%
Bill Richardson 18%
Barack Obama 16%
Joe Biden 3%
Dennis Kucinich 2%
Chris Dodd 0%
Other 1%
Don't Know/NA 8%

Posted by Mike on June 25, 2007

http://blog.4president.org/2008/2007/06/bill-richardson.html

[bigdarryl]

5. Hes on a slow move upward trend thats only going to increase in fact....

all the stupid ass pundits keep saying he did bad in those debates well this is evidence the voters are starting to like him.he's a regular guy you could sit down and have a beer with.and he's funny as hell

[maximusveritas]

7. So

he's using a small subset of his own poll to claim he's in 3rd place. I guess you gotta do what you gotta do to raise funds, especially now that he's raised expectations about beating Edwards this quarter, but I hope no one here takes it seriously.

[draft_mario_cuomo]

6. Good news nt

[Bullet1987]

8. It was conducted by the Richardson campaign...says it all

I smell clever propaganda...

[thoughtcrime1984]

9. you can only hope

[Telly Savalas]

10. I'm beating them both in Missouri according to a poll.

[rucky]

11. Stop bothering the neighbor kids! n/t

[Telly Savalas]

12. It's all good. They're happy with the candy bars they won by choosing the correct candidate.

[calteacherguy]

13. This kind of thing delights Clinton supporters. nt

[annm4peace]

14. I support Richardson and hope he increases popularity

although I would love to have a young, incredible African American in office, I think what we need right now is an experience and mature person who excels in Diplomacy, doesn't constantly talk about his "faith", and hasn't taken a lot of money for corporations.

I would love it if Kucinch wins, but Richardson is the next best thing to being the peace candidate.

I watched Richardson work the crowd in Des Moines, IA on CSPAN and he was genuine and did not make condending remarks that I often see most candidates do.

I hope those who only have Network TV get more chances to see Richardson.

[Comicstripper]

15. Richardson used to be a top choice of mine

But he does pathetically in debates. Really a dismal public speaker. I agree he is exceptionally well-qualified but he'd have a hard time winning a general election with his campaigning skills.