There's something really wrong with journalism (hardly a shock, I know) when one of the top political reporters at what purports to be the paper of record implies that the Democratic nominee for president should be decided on a cold winter night in the midst of holiday season, according to voting rules that occur nowhere else in the country, and by the actions of only 100,000 or so people. What if nothing's decided in Iowa? Errr, why should one tiny state decide it? Why does the press blow it all out of proportion. You mean the voters in the other 49 states won't have a clear cue on who to support? The horror!
Seriously, these people should be forced to work only 26 weeks a year, because they could clearly use some time outside the bubble. That said, any guesses as to how it'll turn out? I bet the margins will be so small that they shouldn't be newsworthy (though the press will make them so), but if I was betting on it today I'd predict it'll come out Edwards-Clinton-Obama. But then I don't know anything about what's going on there beyond the big polls. What do you think?
Posted by armand at December 31, 2007 12:00 PM | TrackBack | Posted to PoliticsEx recto, I predict Obama-Edwards-Clinton by very tight margins, close enough that Obama can claim victory and Clinton's people can claim a tie.
On the GOP side I haven't a clue.
Posted by: jacflash at December 31, 2007 01:33 PM | PERMALINK