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bedsitter23The Des Moines Register is releasing their last poll of the election season- which gives Obama a 47-42 lead here in Iowa (which is in line with my findings).
Early voting gives Obama a 22% lead. Not surprising that the people who generally don't like any kind of change in their lives- are traditional to the point to waiting to Tuesday.
Iowa has a few other elections to keep an eye on. Steve King is running to retain his seat againsyt Former Iowa First Lady Christie Vilsach. King should win easily in the heavily Conservative Western part of the state. Still, Vilsach made him sweat which is saying something. At the most optimistic, Vilsach is down by 5 percentage points.
The judicial retention election of Judge David Wiggins is also a big deal. Wiggins was a judge appointed by a Republican governor, but none of that matters because Wiggins voted to overturn the defense of Marriage Act in Iowa, legalizing gay marriage in this state.
A strong effort headed by perennial GOP candidate Bob Vander Plaats was enough two years ago to toss three judges off the Court who had voted like Wiggins.
This year, Vander Plaatshas been hitting hard, but there was some early pro-Wiggins ad support early on. There also is the lack of the ambush surprise that came in 2010.
At this point, 38% of Iowans said they will vote to retain; 34% against retention; and 22% stating they were undecided.
Romney is here today. Ryan is here tomorrow.
The Boss is here on Monday.
He will have Bruce Springsteen with him, as well.
It's not over, but you can see the end from here....
Early voting gives Obama a 22% lead. Not surprising that the people who generally don't like any kind of change in their lives- are traditional to the point to waiting to Tuesday.
Iowa has a few other elections to keep an eye on. Steve King is running to retain his seat againsyt Former Iowa First Lady Christie Vilsach. King should win easily in the heavily Conservative Western part of the state. Still, Vilsach made him sweat which is saying something. At the most optimistic, Vilsach is down by 5 percentage points.
The judicial retention election of Judge David Wiggins is also a big deal. Wiggins was a judge appointed by a Republican governor, but none of that matters because Wiggins voted to overturn the defense of Marriage Act in Iowa, legalizing gay marriage in this state.
A strong effort headed by perennial GOP candidate Bob Vander Plaats was enough two years ago to toss three judges off the Court who had voted like Wiggins.
This year, Vander Plaatshas been hitting hard, but there was some early pro-Wiggins ad support early on. There also is the lack of the ambush surprise that came in 2010.
At this point, 38% of Iowans said they will vote to retain; 34% against retention; and 22% stating they were undecided.
Romney is here today. Ryan is here tomorrow.
The Boss is here on Monday.
He will have Bruce Springsteen with him, as well.
It's not over, but you can see the end from here....
