Iowa Poll - Democrats

Strategic Vision Poll: Democrats

Obama 30 %

Clinton 27 %

Edwards 27 %

Another poll showing Obama ahead and Clinton and Edwards tied for second place. An interesting thought, what if Obama wins and Edwards comes second and Clinton third, will N.H be enough to protect the nomination for Clinton. In N.H Obama and Clinton are tied, one gets the impression that Democrats don't really want Hillary Clinton and are looking for reasons to support Obama, lets face it the Clinton Campaign has not helped itself in Iowa, so many mistakes but can the powerful Clinton Machine turn this around, the next few days and weeks will be very interesting on the political front.

New Iowa Poll - Republicans

Strategic Vision Poll: Republicans


Huckabee: 31 %

Romney: 25 %

Thompson 16 %

A interesting poll, have Huckabee and Romney fighting each other taking their eye of the ball, Thompson is going up, and McCain is close to Romney in N.H. Is it possible that Romney could come third after spending his millions in the State. The Problem with Romney as shown in his Meet the Press Interview and his claim that he saw his father march with Martin Luther King; his father did not march with King but supported Civil Rights; is that Romney is a fake, his use of the English Language is like Bill Clinton not a good example in the Republican Race for President.

CIA Tapes

New York Times: Reports that a Judge at the Federal Level has turned down a request that he hold a hearing in to the destruction of the now well known CIA Tapes. The NYT wont be happy, they see this as another Watergate, they hate the Bush Administration so much they want Terrorists treated as if they are common criminals. The CIA was right to destroy the Tapes, National Security should always come first, the protection of CIA Agents should always be the first order.

The Nation - Liberal Bible

The Nation: The bible of the left is not happy, no one seems to match their need to lose elections. LBJ once said if you had a grandmother with one eye you don't show her to the public, think The Nation and you get the idea, out of Iraq, tax the rich, etc, the loony tunes of the left, God help us ( they wont like that either !! ). Makes one almost vote for Hillary Clinton.!!

Democratic Congress and Power Politics

USA Today: As with previous post this looks at the failure of the Democratic Congress to get what it wanted through, looks at how they failed and how the players, The Hill, The White House can work to get some work done in Washington D.C. Its an Election Year, I wont hold my breath.

Bush V The Hill

New York Times: An article that looks how Democratic Dreams from last year meet the reality of the Power of the Presidency. One feels the the NYT has the same problem as the Democratic Leadership, they trusted their own spin rather than looking how real power works on the The Hill. Even the Democratic Leadership has learned not to attack the President on Iraq, the NYT writes the following, " They will keep the pressure on over Iraq, though the speaker indicated that she might focus more on policy questions and less on money for troops. " In other words the Democrats don't want to be seen as weak on National Security in an Election Year. It would be ironic if the Democrats lost the White House because of the actions of a Democratic Congress.

New Hampshire Poll

USA Today/ Gallup Poll: The Firewall that was New Hampshire has gone for Hillary Clinton, Senator Obama and Senator Clinton are tied in the latest poll from the state. Here are the figures:

Obama 32 %

Clinton 32 %

The Edwards campaign is at 18 %, in other words Obama is the main challenge to Clinton. If Obama can win Iowa and N.H and then South Carolina it could be over for Clinton. It charisma v experience, hope v harsh politics. The War in Iraq has improved, the threat of terrorism has gone down, thus voters will consider a risk and vote for a less experience candidate because they want some hope for the future, a bridge to the 21 Century as a certain President once stated, who could that be? Think it was a certain President Clinton.