For those of you who may not live in the "Heartland", the "Breadbasket of the World", or "Iowa", as some prefer, the results of the Des Moines Register's Iowa Poll may be confusing.
This is an attempt, albeit a weak one, to explain how Iowans think.
The Republicans:
Mike Huckabee: Iowa Republicans are CONSERVATIVE! They elected Rep. Steve King, didn't they!
Mitt Romney: Mitt has dropped quite a bit lately, probably due to the fact that Iowans like their candidates to use their real first names.
Rudy Giuliani: Rudy was the name of a famous movie about an unknown Notre Dame Football player, not a President.
Fred Thompson: I love "Law and Order". He's running for President?
Ron Paul: This may explain it.
John McCain: Senator McCain hasn't played the game the way we like in Iowa. He doesn't have a big staff headquarters in Des Moines buying take out and having pizzas delivered, he hasn't spent millions of $$$ buying ads on our television and radio stations, and he hasn't come to my hometown and had coffee with the retired people and explained how much better off they would be with him rather than somebody else**.
Tom Tancredo and Duncan Hunter: Who?
The Democrats:
Barack Obama: Iowa Democrats (caucus types) love someone they believe is not "mainstream" or from DC. Barack fits. Perfectly.
Hillary Clinton: If Ms. Clinton were not in the senate and hadn't been married to Bill, she would be the love of the caucus Dem's like Barack.
John Edwards: We love his hair! He's for the little guy and all of that, but he DIDN'T win last time.
Bill Richardson: He's from Mexico, no, excuse me, NEW Mexico. Close enough to bother a lot of Iowans though.
Not sure/uncommitted: I haven't seen any ads or heard anything about this candidate.
Joe Biden: If he just had hair like John Edwards. Or even more hair.
Dennis Kucinich: We like our Presidents just like we like our basketball players, Tall!
Christopher Dodd: Any relation to Christopher Robin?
**it's all about the money, whether a huge ad campaign or just a cup of coffee. Be sure to leave a tip though.
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