Don't call it a comeback -- he's been here for years. The improbable fall and rise of John F. Kerry continues.
Research 2000 sez:
Jan 12-14, 607 likely caucusgoers, MoE +/-4 (Jan 5-7 in parentheses)
Dean 22 (29)
Kerry 21 (18)
Gephardt 18 (25)
Edwards 18 (8!)
Gephardt and Dean appear to be killing each other. If Kerry's rise leads him to a more prominent position in the circular firing squad, Edwards could continue his even more implausible rise, and just sneak on up to the top. That said, I firmly believe that Kerry and Edwards will perform worse than their poll numbers on Monday night -- they just don't have the organizations that Dean and Gephardt do. My gut tells me that Kerry can't win Iowa unless he has a 5 point lead going into Monday night -- in the end, you need feet on the ground to get out the vote. Kerry can't do that on the scale of Gep and Dean. Neither can Edwards.
But man, is that Edwards spike something else! If he had only caught fire a week earlier . . .