In the Des Moines Register poll, we trust: HuuucccckkkkaaaaaBBOOOOOMMMMMM.
posted by acroso 01/01/2008 10:35:14 AM EST
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I don't know about all the other polls, but the Des Moines Register poll has a pretty good track record in Iowa.
Picture courtesty of Drudge: 48 hours until the Iowa Caucus.
This thing is coming down to the wire!
Is this Huck's try out for Johhny Depps's new movie moive: Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barner of Fleet Street?....or is that just persperation running down his face?
Huck is growing on me, and Romney has become so wobbly on the issues that even though he might be right on most of them, no one knows where he stands....well that and Romney hunts rodents and squirrels as a hobby. I do give Huck the best dressed and most confident award.....and he can play the guitar! I listened to his stump speech today, and I was indeed impressed. Any candidate who can wrap up his campaign by putting on a show and even inviting Joe Scarborough up to play music with Huck and his local band is a winner. Huckabee canceled all his negative ads, and instead decided to just play music, kick back, and go positive. Thumbs up for Huck's final push.
Wait...Mitt Romney...hunts....rodents....
Let's face it. The only candidate with an ounce of grassroots support and ethusiasm besides Ron Paul is Mike Huckabee. The nominee SHOULD be Ron Paul....who was endorsed by Barry Goldwater Jr.....but if it has to be someone else....
From the Hill...
Huckabee Packs them in and puts on a Show
"DES MOINES – Former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee (R) put on a show here Tuesday night, and, in what could be a good sign for his campaign, he had a huge crowd to perform for.
Huckabee played bass guitar with a local band and he surprised many by pulling MSNBC host and former Rep. Joe Scarborough (R-Fla.) on stage to play along.
Huckabee said there were an estimated 2,000 attendees at the Val Air Ballroom, where the former governor was joined by his wife and Chuck Norris. Huckabee supporters said before the event they were thrilled by the crowd size given the near-zero temperatures outside.
Norris announced that he and his wife will host a virtual barbeque fundraiser for Huckabee on Jan. 20, with a goal of raising $10 million. Huckabee faces a series of crucial test before then, beginning with the Iowa caucuses Thursday night.
The former governor and the rest of the candidates spent the day campaigning hard across the state, pushing for last minute support and pleading with audiences to show up and caucus.
“I would consider it the highest honor of my life if you would give me the opportunity not to rule, but to serve,” Huckabee said."
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And about those polls...
The DMR got it right in 04' although the Deaniacs weren't happy about it. Nurse Ratchett always hires the best pollsters. We'll see how she does this time around.
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"Poll shows late surge by Kerry and Edwards; Dean now third
"DES MOINES (AP) — John Kerry and John Edwards were bunched in the lead with Howard Dean and Dick Gephardt still within striking distance, according to a new copyright Iowa Poll published in The Des Moines Register just one day before Iowa’s leadoff precinct caucuses.
Twenty-six percent of the 606 Iowans polled Tuesday through Friday supported Kerry as their first choice for the Democratic presidential nomination.
Edwards, who was in single digits in an Iowa Poll taken two months ago, was the first choice among 23% of the respondents, for his highest finish in any media poll so far.
Twenty percent of the respondents named Dean as their first choice, while 18% picked Gephardt."
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The Republican polling has gelled, and Huckabee is winning.
Final Poll from the Des Moines Register in 2007
(numbers from polipundit)
The biggest newspaper in Iowa, the Des Moines Register, has released their final poll results before Thursday’s caucus in Iowa:
32% Mike Huckabee
26% Mitt Romney
13% John McCain
9% Ron Paul
9% Fred Thompson
5% Rudy Giuiani
1% Duncan Hunter
1% Alan Keyes
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And of course, I can't help but look more closely at the Ron Paul numbers.
Paul was 8% on the 28th, 10% on the 29th, and 11% on the 30th in the DRP.
Remember at the Iowa Straw poll, Ron Paul was polling low as in 1-3% yet he took 9.3% of the support. He won't have that kind gain in the real caucus, but I can't help but believe that Paul due to underpolling and enthusiasm of supporters will be good for another 2-4% on top of whatever his real numbers are. Could be wrong..
Not so bad for someone who basically refuses to campaign in Iowa. He has come...I think a total of 17 times. He stays in D.C. and refuses to miss a vote. He also honored his term limit pledge when he resigned from congress the first time. In the 1968 election, Nixon waited until a month before the Caucus, and he jumped into his car by himself and drove to Iowa and won. Ron Paul doesn't even bother with doing that...he relies on his grassroots to campaign for him and his message.
Not bad for a...politician.
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If Ron Paul takes third, this will mean that 2 of the three Republican candidates are effectively anti-war. Ron Paul is ANTI-WAR in caps whereas Huckabee is just plain old anti-war.
Huckabee opposed the war in Iraq until the surge had "success", but he recently called Bush arrogent with a "bunker mentality." Rush Limbaugh and redstate HATE Huckabee. Paul, on the other hand, they mistakenly write off as unserious.
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Mickey Kaus has a good blog today about the media's attempt to discredit the Iowa Caucus as unimportant and undeterminative. The only way that a candidate like Paul and also Huckabee can get support like they have is by grassroots politics in a manageable sized state. I just can't see the current situation occurring if we pick out candidates with SUPER DUPER Tuesday primaries that are run by the 5 corporations that run our media.
If the media does not get Hillary vs. McCain-Giuliani-Romney (any one will do), they will be upset. Witness, Fox News banning Paul from the debates while the powerless New Hampshire GOP fights for his inclusion.
