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A Great Day for Barack Obama

Today has been a pretty good day for Barack Obama, starting with today’s hot-off-the-presses poll results:

Barack Obama has pulled ahead in the race for Iowa’s Democratic presidential caucuses, while the party’s national frontrunner Hillary Clinton has slipped to second in the leadoff nominating state, according to The Des Moines Register’s new Iowa Poll.
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Obama, an Illinois senator, leads for the first time in the Register’s poll as the choice of 28 percent of likely caucusgoers, up from 22 percent in October. Clinton, a New York senator, was the preferred candidate of 25 percent, down from 29 percent in the previous poll.
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In the new poll, Obama leads with support from 31 percent of women likely attend the caucuses, compared to 26 percent for Clinton. In October, Clinton was the preferred candidate of 34 percent of women caucusgoers, compared to 21 percent for Obama.
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Obama also dominates among younger caucusgoers, with support from 48 percent from those younger than 35. Clinton was the choice of 19 percent in that group and Edwards of 17 percent. The under-35 bloc represents 14 percent of Democratic caucusgoers, up from 9 percent in the October poll. Obama has an advantage among first-time caucusgoers. He also leads among people who say they definitely will attend the caucuses.

Now that’s good news, but it only gets better.

Des Moines Mayor Frank Cownie endorsed Senator Obama for president today. Mayor Cownie was elected in 2007 with 80% of the vote.

Mayor Cownie has emerged as a national leader on environmental issues and Barack said he looks forward to working side-by-side with him in the months and years to come.

Here’s some of what Mayor Cownie had to say this morning:

The real promise of Senator Obama’s presidency isn’t just the plans he’ll bring with him into the White House, it’s the visionary leadership he’ll demonstrate once he gets there. Barack Obama will put an end to the bitter partisanship that’s stopped us from making progress on the urgent challenge of global warming. He’ll tell the American people what they need to hear, not just what they want to hear. As President, he’ll restore America’s standing in the world and lead a global effort to meet this challenge once and for all.

All in all, a great day for Barack Obama. This kind of momentum is going to make a big deal in the Iowa caucus in January.

12/2/07 1:41 pm | Comment (2) | Permalink | Tags: 2008, Barack Obama, Frank Cownie