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annabanana

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52. There's an Iowa kind of special

Sun Feb 19, 2012, 08:54 PM

Feb 2012

chip on the shoulder attitude we've never been without that we recall.

We can be cold As our falling thermometers in December
If you ask about our weather in July.
And we're so by God stubborn We could stand touchin' noses
For a week at a time And never see eye-to-eye.

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Obama trails three of four Republican candidates in latest Iowa Poll [View all] DavidDvorkin Feb 2012 OP

Unsettling,... MarianJack Feb 2012 #1

Let's hope not. DavidDvorkin Feb 2012 #4

Bullshit. Lil Missy Feb 2012 #2

I think the Des Moines Register poll is considered reliable. DavidDvorkin Feb 2012 #5

Normally it is but this is an outlier. Details given below grantcart Feb 2012 #9

As I said below, this is for Iowa, not nationwide. DavidDvorkin Feb 2012 #11

so Iowans are batshit crazy and voting against their best interests? peacebird Feb 2012 #3

It's happened before DavidDvorkin Feb 2012 #6

There's an Iowa kind of special annabanana Feb 2012 #52

Remember what IOWA stands for... Rosco T. Feb 2012 #7

Outlier - all other polls are showing Obama up by a lot grantcart Feb 2012 #8

Those are all nationwide numbers DavidDvorkin Feb 2012 #10

You are right, I over clicked. grantcart Feb 2012 #13

Wow! That's the first bad number we have had in a while. aaaaaa5a Feb 2012 #12

Good points DavidDvorkin Feb 2012 #14

Brother and family live there, elleng Feb 2012 #19

It's a pretty state, and it seems very green by my standards DavidDvorkin Feb 2012 #22

Yes, heat and humidity there pretty bad that part of the country I recall, elleng Feb 2012 #30

So Ron Paul is the strongest Repuke candidate Thrill Feb 2012 #15

The whole poll reads like Porno for Fox Viewers emulatorloo Feb 2012 #49

Obama will win Iowa. ForgoTheConsequence Feb 2012 #16

here is an interesting discussion of the poll grantcart Feb 2012 #17

Does this mean it is time to get CONCERNED? I just want to make sure I am appropriately renie408 Feb 2012 #18

LOL PSPS Feb 2012 #24

+100 MineralMan Feb 2012 #39

+200 treestar Feb 2012 #45

I just love seeing Paul winning these things. napoleon_in_rags Feb 2012 #20

Oh yeah. ForgoTheConsequence Feb 2012 #21

Yes, I confess. The man is a detestable peace Nazi. napoleon_in_rags Feb 2012 #25

agreed..and I'm not alone...nt xiamiam Feb 2012 #31

No one in the world is alone friend. napoleon_in_rags Feb 2012 #32

Hear hear. nt woo me with science Feb 2012 #37

I bet you do. Ikonoklast Feb 2012 #35

Aginst Iran War. napoleon_in_rags Feb 2012 #43

I don't think you are a Republican. Ikonoklast Feb 2012 #46

You are probably right. napoleon_in_rags Feb 2012 #53

It doesn't look like that's what Iowans are worried about, though muriel_volestrangler Feb 2012 #36

Ron Paul is one of the biggest enemies of civil liberties there is. NYC Liberal Feb 2012 #47

LOL...sorry, but LOL Drunken Irishman Feb 2012 #23

611 people were asked election questions.... HuskiesHowls Feb 2012 #26

For one state that is a big number. former9thward Feb 2012 #51

I don't buy this for one second Renew Deal Feb 2012 #27

Totally agree. This poll is suspect. DCBob Feb 2012 #34

Let's hope the Republicans respond by nominating Paul or Santorum. n/t geek tragedy Feb 2012 #28

The last poll taken in Iowa (12/2011) showed Obama up by 7 points, with an MOE of only +-2.5% SaintPete Feb 2012 #29

There is a lot of bullshit in Iowa Angry Dragon Feb 2012 #33

Iowa is a split state. justgamma Feb 2012 #38

Thanks for the FUD! MineralMan Feb 2012 #40

After 1980, I don't take anything for granted. DavidDvorkin Feb 2012 #41

If you consider the axiom that all politics is local, this isn't a surprise to me OmahaBlueDog Feb 2012 #42

Meh, there is still plenty of time and when they settle their candidate treestar Feb 2012 #44

I read article today in the DMR. They claim 51% of Iowa Democrats want Newt Gingrich for President emulatorloo Feb 2012 #48

The article is a little misleading: Obama beats Gingrich 51 to 37 but loses to the others. libinnyandia Feb 2012 #50

This IS unsettling Proud Liberal Dem Feb 2012 #54

Simple question DFW Feb 2012 #55

Obama up by 7 lovekendyl Feb 2012 #56