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HIllary's Inevitability Evaporates in Iowa
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 Posted: Wed Nov 21, 2007 7:00 am Post subject: HIllary's Inevitability Evaporates in Iowa |
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 HIllary's Inevitability Evaporates in Iowa
About that inevitability thing . . . just kidding.Barely 50 days before Iowa, it matters about as much as Dick Cheney's approval ratings, or Barry Bonds' contract situation, or Robert Novak's newest secret source.
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About that inevitability thing . . . just kidding.Barely 50 days before Iowa, it matters about as much as Dick Cheney's approval ratings, or Barry Bonds' contract situation, or Robert Novak's newest secret source.Ladies and gentleman, we have ourselves a race.Toss out the 30-point lead in the national polls, the fundraising edge, the long list of endorsements, the bold predictions of Terry McAuliffe, Mark Penn, even Bill Clinton himself.The new ABC News/Washington Post poll has Sen. Barack Obama, D-Ill., up on Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton, D-N.Y., in Iowa — really in a statistical tie in the state where they could be playing for all the marbles. It's Obama 30, Clinton 26, and former senator John Edwards, D-N.C., 22 — setting up a three-way scramble for the top spot in a state that's notoriously difficult to call in advance.The worrisome signs for Clinton aren't so much in Obama's movement (and her lack thereof) as they are inside the numbers."A growing focus on fresh ideas coupled with lingering doubts about Hillary Clinton's honesty and forthrightness are keeping the Democratic presidential contest close in Iowa," ABC polling director Gary Langer reports."Most Democratic likely voters in Iowa, 55 percent, say they're more interested in a 'new direction and new ideas' than in strength and experience, compared with 49 percent in July — a help to Obama, who holds a substantial lead among 'new direction' voters," Langer continues.The comparable number favoring "strength and experience" is 33 percent.
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