Your Iowa Crystal Ball

[saltpoint]

Any premonitions on the outcome in Iowa for January 3?

Will Iowans stay home in front of the tube or show up to caucus?

Will Gov. Richardson exceed expectations?

Will voters prefer Biden's foreign policy chops in a time when Iraq remains a key issue?

Can John Edwards draw enough 1st-choice and 2nd-choice votes for a big win?

Will Des Moines and Iowa City support push Obama over the top?

Is Hillary Clinton likely to win on the strength of Vilsack's support and the Des Moines REGISTER's endorsement? If she doesn't, is she more vulnerable in New Hampshire a few days later?

Can Dodd translate his recent principled stands into visible electoral support?

Do you think Kucinich will improve on his 2004 showing? Is his support underestimated this time?

Might Gravel surprise a few folks?
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And for the Pukes:

Will Willard the Automaton outflank Bible-thumpin' Huckabee for first place?

Is there any chance that Thompson can place high enough to continue his campaign? Has it even been established that Thompson knows he's RUNNING a campaign?

Who inherits Tancredo's hate vote? If he loses and leaves public service, can he hate as much and as effectively in the private sector as he could as a Congressman?

Could Huckabee and Ron Paul place first and second, respectively? If so, national Republican operatives will likely be under considerable stress. Good time to buy stock in antipsychotic medications.

Can McCain, having all but written Iowa off, expect to place among the top 3?

Is Giuliani's predicted poor showing for January 3rd a harbinger of his political future?

If there's any rationale for Duncan Hunter's campaign now, will there be after January 3rd?

Are you going to be on DU that evening, and will you follow the results here, or on a cable news outlet, or C-Span, or live and in-person from the Hawkeye State?

[Echo In Light]

1. We will caucus for DK

Well, maybe not my wife since she's utterly disgusted with everything about our phony democracy...but I'll def attend. Try to spot the plain clothes spooks lol. Probably get tossed out...depending upon how jaunty of a mood I'm in being surrounded by a bunch of people who actually believe anything is really going to change once their preferred media persona "wins," lol

Predictions? One of the obvious front runners since that who the corporate/state nexus wants to play the role of puppet/king on our behalf for the next four.

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3. Bundle up against the prairie winter's night and go for it.

Tell your wife she has to come, too. No stay-at-homes allowed!

[Echo In Light]

4. She'll determine that for herself. I'll have to decide to move to Edward's group or split after...

DK's group - the liberals - is marginalized.

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5. Well, you might as well stay. You'll have a roomful of Democrats and among

them, the entire spectrum of candidate preferences.

There's hardly a better forum for making new pals.

[ThomWV]

2. I am hoping that the top 3 frauds fall and the lower tier rises

We need experience in the White House, none of our 3 front runners have much of it.

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6. To add one more prompt:

Do you believe the Iowa and/or New Hampshire results make it more likely that Michael Bloomberg runs as a third party candidate, or less likely?