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New Strategic Vision poll: Obama 32% Edwards 29% Clinton 27% Link

QUOTE(Reddy @ Jan 1, 2008 -> 09:31 PM) my point is that Kucinich people wont all go to Obama. Many will just leave, many will be to stuck in their ways to go to Obama and will probably go Edwards, and then some WILL go to Obama. So now you are an expert on what Kucinich supporters will do on Thursday? What evidence do you have that they "will probably go Edwards" as you say....other than the fact that you support Edwards?

QUOTE(Reddy @ Jan 1, 2008 -> 05:44 PM) And Nader endorsed Edwards so that'll split that wacko left wing vote btw Obama and Edwards If Kucinich only gets 1 or 2% support in a precinct and they all wind up going to Obama then that is huge. Nadar isn't even on the ballot so his endorsement is irrelevant since there is no 2nd choice opportunity.

Kucinich asks supporters to choose Obama as 2nd choice.

I think it's a load of crap that Ron Paul won't be invited to the Fox debate.

QUOTE(Reddy @ Jan 1, 2008 -> 08:16 AM) seems to me to a be a pretty big outlier - none of the other polls are anywhere near those numbers. but regardless, maybe he's bouncing back. who knows. all of this really is entirely up in the air. I do know that their final poll in 2004 had the top 4 predicted correctly. This one may be too jumbled and close to pick correctly though. As long as Hillary finishes 4th or worse I'll be happy. I've become an ABC (anyone but Hillary) person in the last 2 months.

Obama leading in the final Des Moines Register poll. http://tinyurl.com/28jvwy

Memo issued today from the Biden camp:

QUOTE(Reddy @ Dec 31, 2007 -> 05:34 PM) lol wow. which would you have picked? and by the way - he only made so much money as a trial lawyer because he was DAMN GOOD. He worked his ASS off and was an incredible lawyer. Edwards had one term as a Senator and had nothing to show for it. He voted for the war in Iraq without even reading the intelligence reports. He has zero foreign policy credentials and seems as genuine as a used car salesman. QUOTE(Reddy @ Dec 31, 2007 -> 05:34 PM) and remind me what barack obama has accomplished with his life? Perhaps you should read up on him a bit. He's done much more in his term as a US Senator than Edwards. Edwards was schooled by Cheney in the past presidential debates and couldn't even carry his state for Kerry. He has almost no money left after Iowa and has no chance to get the nomination.

QUOTE(Reddy @ Dec 31, 2007 -> 05:26 PM) again, why cant rich people be nice? why can't rich people help the poor? his wealth has absolutely NOTHING to do with anything. Two people finish college and have a choice. One becomes a trial lawyer and becomes a multi-millionaire and the other becomes a civil rights lawyer who fights for impoverished people for chump change. Just saying.

QUOTE(mr_genius @ Dec 31, 2007 -> 02:10 PM) He is making his campaign about "two americas", he is fair game for charging these fees for talking about poverty and his 'supercuts'. I find it hard to believe that someone with a 28000 sq ft home can connect with the poor.

One thing the polls aren't showing is how many Republicans will vote for a Dem candidate. When I canvassed in Iowa I met quite a few families that had mixed Dems/Republicans in households and the entire household was planning to caucus for Obama. He does very well with Independents as well as Republicans who are fed up with their party and weak choice of candidates.

Edwards backer funds questionable gift of $495K to 527 group.

The other candidates wish they could get the crowds Obama has been getting. No one has generated as much excitement this campaign season even without Oprah at the events.

Without going back to read earlier posts, I agree with those annoyed by the CGI in "I Am Legend". After watching "The Descent" and "28 Days Later" I wonder why anyone would think CGI would be scarier. It practically ruined the movie for me.

QUOTE(YASNY @ Dec 28, 2007 -> 10:57 AM) And if she wins the nomination, you'll be supporting Ms. GB Lite 100%. Don't speak for me because I won't.

She's turning into George Bush Lite.

QUOTE(BureauEmployee171 @ Dec 27, 2007 -> 06:15 PM) Just vote Libertarian if you like to have money. If you like to have ppl take your money, vote REP/DEM Sometimes money isn't all that matters to people.

QUOTE(Reddy @ Dec 27, 2007 -> 01:28 PM) Obama wasn't IN the senate to make that decision at the time. Convenient. I really hate that line. If he'd been there he would've done the same goddamned thing. But what can you really point to that Edwards has accomplished? Not much as his brief term in the Senate was not memorable.

Obama actually passed an ethics reform bill during his brief term as Senator. What has Edwards done besides vote for the Iraq war?

QUOTE(Reddy @ Dec 27, 2007 -> 12:01 PM) Edwards is not the Iowa Ralph Nader. As far as selecting the next Dem nominee he is. He may win Iowa but that's all he'll win. He has no chance to match Clinton after Iowa and everyone knows that. I don't particularly dislike him as a candidate but I honestly don't think he has what it takes to go all the way.

Obama's closing argument in Iowa. I don't know how you don't feel inspired reading this.

What is wrong with the human race? This is depressing.

Edwards is the Ralph Nader of Iowa. Could spoil it for Obama and has no chance to take it all the way.

Snatched from a blog: Let's see them attack the Foreign Policy Cred of Reagan's Secretary of the Navy. Webb graduated from the Naval Academy in l968, receiving the Superintendent's Commendation for outstanding leadership contributions while a midshipman, and subsequently chose a commission in the Marine Corps. First in his class of 243 at the Marine Corps Officers' Basic School in Quantico, Virginia, Webb served with the Fifth Marine Regiment in Vietnam, where as a rifle platoon and company commander in the infamous An Hoa Basin west of Danang he was awarded the Navy Cross, the Silver Star Medal, two Bronze Star Medals, and two Purple Hearts. He later served as a platoon commander and as an instructor in tactics and weapons at Marine Corps Officer Candidates School, and then as a member of the Secretary of the Navy's immediate staff. Senator Jim Webb Webb received his J.D. at Georgetown University Law Center in 1975. He served in the U.S. Congress as counsel to the House Committee on Veterans Affairs from 1977 to 1981. In 1982, he first proposed, then led the fight for, including an African American soldier in the memorial statue that now graces the Vietnam Veterans Memorial on the National Mall. In 1984, he was appointed the inaugural Assistant Secretary of Defense for Reserve Affairs. In 1987, he became the first Naval Academy graduate in history to serve in the military and then become Secretary of the Navy. In addition to Webb's public service, he enjoyed a long career as a writer. He taught literature at the Naval Academy as their first visiting writer, has traveled worldwide as a journalist, and earned an Emmy Award from the National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences for his PBS coverage of the U.S. Marines in Beirut. In 2004, Webb went into Afghanistan as a journalist, embedded with the U.S. military. He speaks Vietnamese and has done extensive pro bono work with the Vietnamese community dating from the late l970's. Senator Jim Webb Jim Webb now serves as the junior Senator from Virginia. He is also an original co-sponsor of bills pertaining to stronger ethics rules, prescription drug pricing negotiations, the recommendations of the 9/11 Commission, stem cell research, energy/global warming, college affordability and rebuilding the military. Webb serves on the Committee on Foreign Relations, Committee on Armed Services, Committee on Veterans Affairs, and the Joint Economic Committee.