The Des Moines Register's Iowa poll is considered, "one of the most respected measures of the nation's first caucus state." And just last night, the results came in: Barack Obama is ahead statewide, ahead in women voters, ahead in youth voters, and importantly, ahead in Iowans most likely to turn out for the January 3rd caucus.
The Iowa caucus is just one month away...and you might still be wondering: just what is a caucus? It's not your typical pull-a-lever process, and the team in Iowa is doing a great job making sure every Iowan knows just how it works -- and just how easy it is. Check out this brand new step-by-step animated guide, and after that, be sure to visit the Caucus Center:
Organization is everything in Iowa -- and the Barack Obama campaign has more offices in the Hawkeye state than any other candidate. Michelle Obama herself, after visiting Ottumwa, Centerville, Corydon, Lamoni, and Graceland University, stopped in West Des Moines on Thursday to help the Iowa team open their 37th office in the state.
And this momentum isn't limited to Iowa: Barack Obama is now rapidly gaining in the New Hampshire polls.
It was a big week for Senator Obama in New Hampshire: a gathering of Barack’s senior foreign policy advisors came together in Portsmouth, New Hampshire for a forum, "The Judgment to Lead," discussing the challenges our next president will face. The panelists included:
Here's one highlight from the event, and after that check out New Hampshire's full coverage and additional videos:
In fact, Barack has wide support from major foreign policy and national security experts: here's retired four-star General Merrill "Tony" A. McPeak all the way over in Nevada, stumping in Pahrump:
Nevada also got a visit from six term Congressman Adam Smith (D-WA), which you can read about here.
And down in South Carolina, there has been outpouring of volunteer energy, phonebanking and doing all the hard work necessary to make sure the Palmetto State elects Barack Obama on January 26th.
To check out everything happening in these critical early states, go to Iowa.BarackObama.com, NH.BarackObama.com, Nevada.BarackObama.com, and SC.BarackObama.com.
And of course there's been one announcement on the minds of early staters, Feb. 5th states, and many of the rest of us alike: Oprah!
More on that next week...see you then!
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