New CNN Poll shows 3 way Dem battle in Iowa

[fergalr]

My god, are people so obsessed by the election process in a country thousands of miles away (albeit the most powerful and influential state in the world) that the internal competition between one of its two parties in just one of its 50 states, warrants its own thread??

It's fascinating..especially at these early stages! The arcane process by which America hauls itself out of the couch every four years to elect the world's most powerful person is, for me, absolutely gripping.

[CJH]

My god, are people so obsessed by the election process in a country thousands of miles away (albeit the most powerful and influential state in the world) that the internal competition between one of its two parties in just one of its 50 states, warrants its own thread??

As opposed to the really important stuff, like Santa Claus?

American politics is generally much more interesting than its pale Irish counterpart. It's not a surprise that political geeks here would take an interest in what's happening over there

[Binx]

Binx: "I was in Dixie once."

And that makes him think he's an expert!

I'd say the nearest he has been to the Old Confederacy is on the outside of some Southern Fried Chicken.

Jackson, Mississipi. I was there for ten days in 2002. My sister was there for 8 months. She said I didn't see the half of it (The racism, not the state). I'm just talking from experience, no need to get snappy because your experience of the place was different.

[youngdan]

I don't detect any hints of racism up here in Massachusetts. The governor won easily last November to become the 1st black governor. On the republican side there is a type of racism as the big radio guys put on a drawl when they laugh at Huckabee and one of them refers to him as Suckabee. Yesterday the topic was the lovechild but today we are back to Mitt and what a great man Tancredo is.

[Akrasia]

Clinton 30
Obama 28
Edwards 26

http://i.a.cnn.net/cnn/2007/images/12/20/topia1.pdf

Great, the illusion of diversity. Isn't democracy grand.

Not one of them has a hairs breath of a difference between the policies they would implement if elected president.

[CJH]

Clinton 30
Obama 28
Edwards 26

http://i.a.cnn.net/cnn/2007/images/12/20/topia1.pdf

Great, the illusion of diversity. Isn't democracy grand.

Not one of them has a hairs breath of a difference between the policies they would implement if elected president.

Funny that, given that they're in the same party

[Kf]

The racist South won't vote for a Black candidate for president. Dem voters should take account of that.

That's the second time I've seen you making this disgusting slur. Have you ever even been in Dixie?
I have--I've spent years in the Land of Cotton.
Long enough to recognize that you're an ignorant fool.

Ah..interesting our resident immigrant hater was an immigrant himself

[Ronanr]

The racist South won't vote for a Black candidate for president. Dem voters should take account of that.

That is not all that important.

Gore won no southern state in 2000, but if he had got only a few thousand more votes in Florida (which is itself sometimes regarded as a southern state, and sometimes not), he would have won the election.

As long as Obama has a chance in Florida, it does not really matter how the rest of the south votes.

[fergalr]

Ah now, America still has big problems with regards to race. They're hardly alone in this regard but let's not apply whitewash where it's patently not needed.

[kim chi]

The racist South won't vote for a Black candidate for president. Dem voters should take account of that.

That's the second time I've seen you making this disgusting slur. Have you ever even been in Dixie?
I have--I've spent years in the Land of Cotton.
Long enough to recognize that you're an ignorant fool.

Ah..interesting our resident immigrant hater was an immigrant himself

You're a fool, kf. In a properly moderated site you'd be banned for the double offenses of slander and stupidity.