Rasmussen-Tighter Than A Tick In The Hawkeye State - The Hill 27% Obama 25% Edwards 24%

[DemocratSinceBirth]

The latest Rasmussen Reports poll of the Iowa Democratic Caucus for 2008 finds Hillary Clinton at 27%, Barack Obama at 25%, and John Edwards at 24%. Bill Richardson is the only other Democrat in double-digits at 10% while Joe Biden earns 4% of the vote from Likely Caucus Participants.


http://www.rasmussenreports.com/public_content/politics/election_2008__1/2008_presidential_election/iowa/democratic_iowa_caucus

[DemocratSinceBirth]

1. If The Results Are This Muddled Caucus Night Obama And The Hill Duke It Out Till Super Tuesday

JRE goes on to NH to finish fourth and then goes back to North Carolina...

[JI7]

24. the numbers show that Edwards can still win

they are very close.

[jefferson_dem]

2. Hillary down 2, Obama up 1, Edwards up 1 since last Ras poll.

Basically, not much real change at all. It's a nail-biter for sure.

[DemocratSinceBirth]

4. After Her Month From Hell I Will Take It

I have never seen the press choose sides like this since I read Teddy White's account of the 1960 presidential race where members of the press literally sat with JFK on the press bus and plane and mocked Richard Nixon...


Of course I am biased but I can count on my, errrr hand the number of journalists and pundits who give her a fair hearing...I'll name em...

[BeyondGeography]

8. Tune into Countdown anytime Keith and Craig Crawford are together

Surely as day turns into night, they sing her praises and talk down the others.

Don't worry, your girl still has plenty of friends out there.

[wyldwolf]

10. of course, the opposite is true on Chris (HAH!) Matthews

[BeyondGeography]

11. Yep...he's got issues with Hilly

HAH!

[RichGirl]

13. Chris Matthews is blatantly...

...anti Hillary and sexist. A few weeks ago he did a whole segment on how having Bill support Hillary is making her look weak. (Which doesn't apply to Elizabeth Edwards, Michelle Obama, Judith Guiliani, etc.) He had this segment right before having McCain on with his...MOMMY!!! A man can have his Mommy out supporting him and still be a strong he-man...but a woman having her husband support her makes her weak.

[Andromeda]

27. Bwahahahahahaha....

:rofl: I saw that interview with McCain and his Mommy; it was so funny.

She said something snarky about Mitt Romney and the Mormans and McCain tried to smooth it over.

John McCain has his mother's mouth!

[Beacool]

15. Tweety has a problem with anyone with a vagina!

That sexist pig's balls shrink into his navel every time he thinks that a woman might become president. And don't let me get started on that a-hole Tucker Carlson. In his case, he ends up with his package as a tie whenever he speaks of Hillary!!!!!

Bunch of misogynists jerks!!!!!

[mckeown1128]

I will admit it....

Chris Matthews is completely pushing Obama...... Olberman is pushing Hillary, but not as hard as Matthews is pushing Obama.

[mckeown1128]

21. I will admit it....

Chris Matthews is completely pushing Obama...... Olberman is pushing Hillary, but not as hard as Matthews is pushing Obama.

[Connie_Corleone]

14. Yeah, I've noticed that. I stopped watching it the past couple of weeks.

I get enough of that from CNN. I don't need to hear it on Countdown too.

[geek tragedy]

3. Something for everyone.

Clinton ahead, Obama leading in certain caucus-goers, Edwards leading in 2nd choice.

[Adelante]

5. That's what it is, something for everyone

There are many challenges to polling a caucus, primarily around the question of who will actually participate. Those challenges are magnified this year by the timing of the caucus on January 3 forcing candidates and their teams to explore tactful methods of contacting voters during the holiday season.

When only voters who are “certain” they will participate in the caucus are included in the totals, Obama is supported by 26%, Edwards by 25% and Clinton by 23%.

However, when only those who are certain which candidate they will support are included, it’s Clinton 27%, Obama 25% and Edwards 22%.

Among those who have participated in a caucus before, it’s Edwards 25%, Clinton 24% and Obama 22%.

Collectively, these results show that the caucuses remain a three-way race and no candidate has a measurable advantage at this time.

[Karmadillo]

6. It will be interesting to see if this poll gets the coverage the ABC/Post one got.

nt

[Stop Cornyn]

7. You may have Edwards and Obama flipped. It's reported Hillary 27%, EDWARDS 25%, and OBAMA 24% in the

data section, but it's reported just as you have it in the text.

I'm not sure which is correct.

[Stop Cornyn]

9. Rasmussen has fixed it now. It was correct in the text and wrong in the data report.

[ilovesunshine]

12. It would make for an interesting race if Edwards were to win Iowa!

That would change everything.

How much money does he have left?

[calimary]

17. If he wins Iowa, he's back in the game bigtime, because money

will suddenly flow toward him again. Donors will see him with new eyes - as a viable candidate.

[Cameron27]

20. I thought he had restrictions on donations

now that he's using public financing.

[calimary]

22. Ah yes, the public financing regulations. I'm not 100 percent up on those

but you're probably correct.

[Stop Cornyn]

19. Actually, Edwards has more money than Richardson, Dodd, Biden, Kucnich, and Gravel combined.

[Yukari Yakumo]

28. That's because nobody is donating to them. {nt}

uguu

[David Zephyr]

16. John Edwards may surprise the hell out of everyone in Iowa.

n/t

[BenDavid]

18. Hey, but you will not see 7 to 10 days of reporting from

all the msm that HRC leads....Many of these so called "liberal media" is still using the abc poll as their raision d'etre....

Still 1 poll out of 12 sees obama with a lead....

Ben David

[AtomicKitten]

23. This is so close it's almost incestuous.

[Lucinda]

25. LOL

:rofl:

[BenDavid]

26. Oh, so you saying, get any closer they'll need a lubricate.