Bill Richardson's pollster, Paul Maslin, makes an interesting claim in a fundraising e-mail:
The Governor has rocketed up 10% among likely Iowa caucusgoers in just three months, and now stands at 13%. No other Democratic candidate has made gains anywhere close to that over the same time period. In fact, amongst the likeliest caucusgoers (those who attended the 2004 caucuses, voted in the 2006 primary and are definite to attend next year's caucus) the Governor has overtaken Senator Obama for 3rd place. [EMPHASIS ADDED]
Not entirely sure where he's getting that.
A new Mason-Dixon poll of Iowa shows the top three candidates -- not Richardson -- in a virtual dead heat.
A new Mason-Dixon poll shows that Clinton, Edwards, and Obama are all in a dead heat in Iowa. But the actual leader in the survey is someone who isn't even running -- and isn't even a person: It's "undecided".In the poll -- which was taken of 400 likely Democratic caucus-goers from June 13-16, and which has a margin of error of +/- 5% -- Clinton is at 22%, Edwards is at 21%, and Obama is at 18%. Richardson comes in fourth at 6%, and Biden gets 4%; no other Dem gets more than 2%. But a whopping 27% say they are undecided.
On the Republican side, Romney has the clear lead at 25% (even over "undecided," which checks in at 21%). He's followed by Thompson at 17%, Giuliani at 15%, Huckabee at 7%, and McCain and Brownback at 6% each.
BTW: will Richardson raise more than John Edwards? Our Richardson sources are waving us away from that insinuation.
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One New Mexican asks you to take a closer look at Bill Richardson's Foreign Policy Genius
I am so glad to see more and more websites are warming to Richardson’s campaign. He is my governor, and I have known him personally for 30 years. What Richardson has achieved vis-a-vis the New Mexico Legislature is remarkable, but I won't recite the accomplishments. I do want to see him President, but I am in no way connected officially to his campaign.
The so called "top-tier" candidates together, all 3 of them, have a collective resume still lesser in quality to Bill Richardson's! I am certain
that Richardson’s real genius and his strongest suit is in international affairs, and that will be vital (and I don't mean as just a future US
Secretary of State!), if we are going to even attempt to rebuild the shattered US image internationally, after six years of Halliburton-driven corporate kleptocracy. His debate skills have not been as honed and polished as the 3 lawyers in so-called "top tier," but that is fixable. His biography is great (Between Worlds: the Making of an American Life), and the new book on Energy Policy will be just as good.
Here is what I consider the bottom line: you don’t have to be a Marxian or Hegelian or a Ph.D Economist to comprehend that our domestic economy is suffering and going to get worse resulting from the on-going international implications of the screwed up foreign policy of this administration, so thoroughly based on corporate needs and demands; as long as we continue to see appointments like Bush’s trade negotiator Zoelick made over into President of the World Bank to replace 'Wolfiewits', don’t expect ANY major improvements in the last two years of Bush’s tenure, especially in the trickle down economic realms which would improve the lives and economic situation of individual
American consumers.
Richardson has repeatedly made it clear that Congress could deauthorize the Iraq War, and that he personally would end it the first day of his
Presidency.
My prediction: Richardson is going to win in Nevada, and he is going to do very very well in , Iowa, New Hampshire, Tennesseeand California, I think winning in several of those states. [If you wish, take the time to google and read my most recent major article, RESOLVING THE WORSENING CRISIS AT THE FDA, published in several nations.]
Truly,
Stephen Fox
217 W. Water St.
New Millennium Fine Art, Santa Fe, New Mexico
505 983-2002
Posted by Stephen Fox | June 25, 2007 9:17 PM