Kerry, Edwards surge (Des Moines Register, Sunday)

[chimpymustgo]

Iowa Poll finds surge by Kerry, Edwards
By JONATHAN ROOS
Register Staff Writer
01/18/2004
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A late surge by Democratic presidential candidates John Kerry and John Edwards has pushed them slightly ahead of long-standing front-runners Howard Dean and Dick Gephardt in the race to win Monday's Iowa caucuses, a new Des Moines Register poll shows.

Kerry, a U.S. senator from Massachusetts, leads the Iowa Poll with 26 percent of likely caucus participants naming him their first choice for the presidency. The poll, conducted Tuesday through Friday, also showed him gaining strength as the week wore on.

Edwards, a North Carolina senator who was in single digits in an Iowa Poll taken two months ago, follows in second place at 23 percent - his highest finish in any media poll of Iowans.

Dean, the candidate who seemed to be in the driver's seat as recently as two weeks ago with a key endorsement from Iowa Sen. Tom Harkin, has slipped to third at 20 percent. But the former Vermont governor remains within striking distance of the lead in an unusually close race in which almost half of caucus-goers say they could still change their minds.




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[molly]

1. Kerry's my guy, but I like Edwards!

[liberalpress]

2. My Icon says it all....

[bearfartinthewoods]

3. you need to edit your post to four paragraphs tops per DU rules

quickly before this good news get's locked.

[chimpymustgo]

4. I gave it the knife. Hopefully people will open the link. It is good news.

Some of those "paragraphs" are just one sentence. Whatever - you're right - no need to risk getting the good news locked. Thanks.

[bearfartinthewoods]

5. i know...the one sentence paragraphs drive me nuts too!

but it think the alternative rule would involve counting words :grin:

[maddezmom]

6. thanks for posting :)

read it this am, while DU was down. It's going down to the wire....

[bearfartinthewoods]

7. i think this part is encouraging

The Iowa Poll shows likely caucus participants have become a little less fond of Dean. In November, 73 percent of those with an opinion about him rated their feelings toward him favorably, and 27 percent rated him unfavorably. In the new poll, 63 percent regard him favorably and 37 percent unfavorably.

By comparison, 85 percent in the latest poll say their feelings toward Edwards, a candidate running on a campaign theme of staying positive, are favorable. Kerry's favorability rating is virtually the same at 84 percent.

this compares with the positive / negative ratings i've seen lately.