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Friday, January 09, 2004


Elizabeth Birch 'joining' our Rainbow Storm group in Iowa

I put join in quotes, because she's going to join us for a few hours, but it might be a stretch to count her officially as part of the group.

But she is going to be featured at a Dean event the night before the caucus, so draw your own conclusions.

Here are the details, embedded in a nice message that went out to the Rainbow Storm group headed to Iowa for the pre-caucus weekend:

Wanted to thank you ALL for being a part of this incredible effort.  Here is a little update.  On Sunday, January 18th from 4:00pm to 7:00pm, there will be an event in Des Moines (location to be determined but most likely the Embassy Club) that will feature Elizabeth Birch along with Minnesota State Senator Scott Dibble.  There will be an evite that will be available shortly but local Dean supporters are putting this together.  Also, we are working on other coordinatted evening activities and will update you further.

You can still join us. Book you plane tix today for a good 7-day advance price. They're still pretty cheap. Or hop in your car.

Just register here first, and use GROUP ID NUMBER is 1121 and GROUP NAME RAINBOW STORM.

More from me on why I'm going here.

I'm planning a blow-by-blow account while I'm there (shooting for at least 2-3 times a day)--all posted directly here, of course. And I'll see if others in the group want to post their responses here as well. Before I go, I'll set up a special link of some sort.
Comment                        9:54:35 AM                        



Dean hanging on to Iowa lead

Finally, some new poll numbers out of Iowa. From SUSA (12/11 results in parenthesis):
Dean 29 (43)
Gephardt 22 (23)
Kerry 21 (15)
Edwards 17 (10)
Other 8 (?)
Undecided 3 (?)
From Research 2000:

Dean 29 (26)
Gephardt 25 (26)
Kerry 18 (15)
Edwards 8 (8)
Clark 3 (3)
Undecided 13 (18)

Dean in a slight lead, with turnout the key factor in a caucus state.

I don't know what those huge Dean numbers in the previous SUSA poll were about. Seem a bit farfetched (and out of whack with the rest of the trendline).

Much more info at Kos. Much more insight on everything at the main Kos page.
Comment                        9:02:11 AM                        


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