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The Best Possible Iowa Results
ecthompsonmd January 3, 2012

The Iowa Republican caucus has been a time suck to follow and leaves you with the impression that Iowa is filled with mean-spirited nuts. (Above–Cornfield  in Newton, Iowa. Every place has all types of people.)  Yet Obama carried Iowa in 2008.  To the extent that voting for Obama is a progressive act, Iowa is not –taken as a whole– a right-wing place. You have to know what is going on with the news of the day. At the same time, it is important to focus on what your own side can do better, and on generating your own content so that the narrative of your

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Sunday Morning News Roundup
ecthompsonmd August 14, 2011

Yesterday, Romper Room (this used to be an old kid show that aired in the mid-’50s thru the mid-’90’s, but I like it has a nickname for the mainstream media) spent a lot of time talking about the Ames straw poll in Iowa. First of all, several things about the Ames straw poll are clear. This straw poll sort of predicts who’s going to win the Iowa caucus. It has approximately a 58% predicting power. Winning Iowa does not guarantee winning the national nomination. So, I guess, congratulations are in order for Michele Bachmann. She had a narrow victory in the

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The Errington Thompson Show 12/22/07
ecthompsonmd January 7, 2008

This is the show right before Christmas. I have as my special guest Dwight Mullen, professor of political science at UNC at Asheville. We discuss the candidates before the Iowa caucus. Please note that Dr. Mullen correctly states that Obama will not suffer from the Tom Bradley effect. Extremely insightful. Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays.

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