Iowa Independent: "Edwards and Obama Top Democratic Power Rankings"

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From the Iowa Independent:

Over the past week, the Democratic race has become even more difficult to predict. Sen. Hillary Clinton and several of her surrogates campaigned everywhere in the state this week, and Sen. Barack Obama and former Sen. John Edwards both spent significant time here, as well. Clinton has attacked Obama, and Obama has responded. Edwards, who was probably the most critical of his fellow candidates over the summer and fall, is now finding himself largely above the fray. If nothing else, we are confident that Iowa's Democratic caucuses will come down to the wire.

Below, we seek to answer (for the fifth time) the question, "If the Democratic caucuses were held tonight, how would they turn out?" We based these rankings on impressions we received from activists, staff, and caucus-goers across the state and, at the most basic level, gut feelings and instincts. We hope only that our work provides one additional point of reference to readers who are interested in the perspective of Iowans who have watched the race unfold here for the past year.

First Place

(tie) John Edwards ...

(tie) Barack Obama ...

Third Place

Hillary Clinton ...

Fourth Place

Joe Biden ...

Fifth Place

Bill Richardson ...

Sixth Place

Chris Dodd ...

Seventh Place

Dennis Kucinich ...

Eighth Place

Mike Gravel

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1. I think Iowa will be determined by who has the best organization

The number of people who participate in the caucus is ridiculously low, if more voters turn up this time, it could change everything.

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2. Oprah pollers are at it again.

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3. This isn't a poll