Iowa Poll Puts Clinton Atop in Key State

[Hissyspit]

Source: Associated Press

Iowa poll puts Clinton atop in key state
By NEDRA PICKLER, Associated Press Writer

NEW HAMPTON, Iowa - Hillary Rodham Clinton has taken the lead among Democratic presidential candidates in an Iowa poll, an encouraging sign of progress toward overcoming a big hurdle in the race.

Although the New York senator is the clear front-runner in national surveys, Iowa has remained an elusive prize. She has been in a tight race with John Edwards and Barack Obama in the state that begins the primary campaign voting in three months.

But her campaign has focused on boosting her appeal in Iowa, including two visits with her husband, former President Clinton, by her side over the summer. The effort appears to have paid off, according to the poll of likely Iowa caucus-goers that was published in Sunday's Des Moines Register.

Clinton was supported by 29 percent of the 399 respondents to the poll conducted Oct. 1-3, compared with 21 percent in May. Edwards and Obama are not far behind, ensuring that all three campaigns will continue their intense efforts in Iowa, which leads off voting in the 2008 primary contests.

Read more: http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20071007/ap_po/democrats_iowa_poll

[TwilightZone]

1. Still very close, almost within the MOE.

Iowa is going to prove quite interesting.

[Lucinda]

2. Very. Still plenty of time for things to change there....

[LeftCoast]

3. Plus, polling Iowa caucuses is notoriously difficult

All numbers coming out of Iowa should be viewed cautiously.

[Lucinda]

6. Exactly.

I'm actually pleased that things are a little tight right now. To me, it makes everyone bring their A-game.

[DURHAM D]

4. So - she bitch slapped an antagonist who can't read.

Good for her.

No reason to be nice to jerks - apparently the crowd liked it as well.

[madrchsod]

5. from "hillary is 44"

"In order to keep attention focused on Iowa politics and thereby their own importance, Iowa media and politicians typically try to drum up interest by making dramatic claims and pumping up the underdogs. Iowa Big Media gets time on national television shows every 4 years so they do not want clear-cut winners who deprive them of the quadrennial spotlight."


http://www.hillaryis44.org/
Hillary Is 44

[saracat]

7. Such a credible source.NOT.

[Tellurian]

8. It is a credible source...

[Zhade]

11. Such arrogance - as if they're coronating her.

Dynasties are undemocratic.

[brentspeak]

9. Who cares? The primary is three freaking months away.

[Zhade]

10. Kinda shows just how much our country HASN'T learned, eh?

Oh well. Not with MY vote. Anyone not willing to end this war and hold the criminals who lied us into it accountable isn't getting my support.