Poll: Obama, Huckabee strong in IA
DES MOINES -- Barack Obama and Mike Huckabee just got a welcome dose of good news in the closing hours of 2007: The latest -- and presumably final -- Des Moines Register poll before Thursday's caucuses shows them leading their respective fields by modest margins.
Among Democrats, it's Obama at 32 percent, Hillary Clinton at 25 percent, and John Edwards at 24 percent. Huckabee is up over Mitt Romney, 32 percent to 26 percent. John McCain clocks in at third with 13 percent.
What does this mean? It's hard to know -- other recent polls have shown different results. But the Register poll, which has a good track record, is very well-respected here, and all the campaigns were awaiting it eagerly.
Aides to Clinton and Edwards immediately tried to throw water on the results, arguing that the methodology and sampling were off. "Is the poll accurate? There are good reasons to think it is NOT," the Edwards campaign said. And Clinton is expressing confidence.
"I feel really good about what's going to happen Thursday night at the caucuses," she just told a crowd of supporters gathered for a New Year's Eve party at a downtown office building.
What's clear is that both races remain very tight. Three days, a dozen candidates, two very happy campaigns come Thursday night. Stay tuned.
Go Obama!
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A Huckabee vs. Obama race would be the best thing that could happen to this country. Both Hillary and Romney would gve us a cut-throat race, both have a history of dishonest campaigning.
Romney is slick, Hillary is certainly not slick. But both would destroy the country for their own campaign success.
Huckabee and Obama both appear to be good men, who would discuss their widely different views of tne country with civility and hopefully, with honesty.
This would give our country the respite that it needs.
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-even the young'in's are FIRED UP and READY TO GO!
Please end the political dynasties. That's why we broke from England years ago. That's why we set a two term - 8 year limit. It seems people inherently love to be ruled! Why? Wake up! Don't take the path of least resistence. Make real change for once, America.
Obama for change, for transparency in government, for diplomacy, for the return of haebus corpus, for our civil liberties, for respect, courage, decency, for bringing back that shining light on top of the hill... America!
I LIKE MIKE HUCKABEE for PRESIDENT 2008!!! GO HUCK!!!
I LIKE MIKE HUCKABEE for PRESIDENT 2008!!! GO HUCK!!!
Come on people. Can you imagine what a person like Obama would do to this country. A person with Muslum Roots. We are at WAR with these people. Remember September 11, 2001 when they attacked us. Wake up people don't let America fall into the hands of the enemy.
please observe the above is a knucklehead and needs mental assistance stat. That said I will vote for Huckabee primarily on the fact that I am a moderate conservative who agrees with Huckabee's tax plan. If you want a better tax system vote Huckabee, not Obama as he will only give it a band-aid.
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