cross-posted @ One Million Strong
YOU DAMN RIGHT....
OBAMA - 32
CLINTON - 25
EDWARDS - 24
Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama has widened his lead in Iowa over Hillary Clinton and John Edwards heading into Thursday's nominating caucuses, according to The Des Moines Register's final Iowa Poll before the 2008 nominating contests.
Obama was the choice of 32 percent of likely Democratic caucusgoers, up from 28 percent in the Register's last poll in late November, while Clinton, a New York senator, held steady at 25 percent and Edwards, a former North Carolina senator, was virtually unchanged at 24 percent.
The poll reflects continued fluidity in the race even as the end of the yearlong campaign nears. Roughly a third of likely caucusgoers say they could be persuaded to choose someone else before Thursday evening. Six percent were undecided or uncommitted.
Read for yourself. As we have been knocking on doors, calling folks, this cycle is about CHANGE, nothing else, CHANGE.
In an indication of the Obama's appeal in Iowa, Democratic caucusgoers say they prefer change and unity over other leadership characteristics. Selecting a candidate who represents a sharp departure from the status quo is 56-year-old Lansing Democrat John Rethwisch's priority, and his main reason for backing Obama.
"I have been seeing more and more something Kennedy-esque coming from Obama," said Rethwisch, Lansing's water and sewer administrator. "But it's always a gamble when you get somebody in there who hasn't got a proven track record."
And even as Clinton and Edwards, try to wrap their final words around it, it is just too late. They are not the change agent.
On the news here the minimum participation is 150K. That is 10% which is a record for Iowa and will be even more if 150K is surpassed.
OK, have at it y'all. I am going to pop the bubbly with my Obama co-workers.
YEAH!!!!!!