Iowa perspective

[WallaceRitchie]

FLASHBACK:

December 2011- Des Moines Register endorses Romney for Republican nomination:
http://caucuses.desmoinesregister.com/2011/12/17/23902/

January 2012- Santorum declared Iowa caucus winner:
http://www.kcci.com/Iowa-GOP-Now-Says-Santorum-Won-Iowa-Caucuses/-/9357770/10379562/-/lhnq4iz/-/index.html

Lesson:
A newspaper endorsement of Romney over another candidate matters less than you might think.

Obama still leads in Iowa state polling.

[WallaceRitchie]

1. 2008

DMR also endorsed Hillary in 2008. How did that turn out again?

The ground game matters.

[Drunken Irishman]

2. DMR also endorsed Kerry in '04 ... and who won Iowa that year?

Hint, his name rhymes with tush.

[davidpdx]

3. One of my friends from Oregon who is an Obama supporter

is out in Iowa helping there. Things in Oregon are pretty calm and they needed some extra hands to do stuff. Sounds like they are working him hard.

[cheriemedium59]

4. I work in Des Moines and..

There are Obama/Biden signs all over the place. I would say for about every 10 there is 1 Romney/Ryan sing. I would also say most of the people I know and work with have already voted early for Obama. I think the DM Register will have a huge backlash over this crazy endorsement!