 | Stick Kucinich In Your Iowa Poll |
Dennis Kucinich has given Barack Obama a significant boost in the Iowa caucuses by directing his supporters to cast their second vote for Barack Obama, rather than any other candidate.
That’s a significantly more important form of support than what John Edwards got yesterday with an endorsement from Ralph Nader. Dennis Kucinich is actually running for President, for one thing, and is, for another thing, a Democrat, and capable of significantly influencing other Democrats, especially the progressives likely to support Barack Obama or John Edwards instead of Hillary Clinton.
When you hear news about who is ahead in the polls predicting the vote in the Iowa caucus, you should remember that a great deal of uncertainty remains, because the supporters of any candidate who fails to get 15 percent of the vote must recast a ballot in support of another candidate. Kucinich’s support of Obama could give Obama a boost of several points above what is shown in the polls.
Kucinich’s move is more of a blow to Edwards than to Clinton. Few Kucinich supporters would have voted for Clinton as a second choice in any event.
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