Empirical Cattle Call, 10/22: Kucinich hits record low

Dean: 100.00
Clark: 70.27
Kerry: 57.43
Lieberman: 55.63
Gephardt: 54.86
Edwards: 34.86
Sharpton: 14.43
Moseley-Braun: 11.65
Kucinich: 9.51

Kucinich, who I like a decent amount, has become the first candidate to slip below the 10.00 barrier. (more)

New Information Added: Zogby Iowa poll, Concord Monitor NH poll, completed media results for 10/21, partial media results for 10/22

Information removed: D-Coprs IA and NH polls, media results for 10/15

Personally, I like more of the candidates in the bottom tier than those in the top tier. As such, I always hoped that one would break out and move into contention. I suppose this happened with Dean a few months back, so maybe that slot is filled. He was the leader of the bottom tier for the entire first few months of the year anyway.

However, instead of gaining ground, Kucinich, Moseley-Braun and Sharpton are actually all losing ground on the rest of the field (expect against Edwards). Sometimes I wish Sharpton and Kucinich would drop out and throw their support to M-B, but I suppose without those two the field would become a lot less diverse. If it was possible to combine support for all three candidates, however, that uber-fringe candidate would be tied for the lead in SC, close to the top in national polls, and have $1M COH plus several thousand volunteers and the possible de facto support of the African-American community (and a decent amount of Greens and other lefties). In other words, you would have Jesse Jackson, and a top tier candidate.