Iowa lukewarm on Romney
Massachusett's Gov. Mitt Romney may need to spend some more time pressing the flesh in Iowa, but, hey, at least he's doing better than Hillary Clinton.
Romney beat the New York senator and former First Lady by 4 points in a hypothetical matchup, but he lost to three other Democrats, former senator John Edwards, Gov. Tom Vilsack and Sen. John Kerry, according to a poll by the Des Moines Register published over the weekend.
The GOP's man on top: Former NYC Mayor Rudy Giuliani, who bested Edwards, Kerry, Vilsack and Clinton.
Iowa is the place to be liked when running for president; the state hosts the first caucus in the nation and winning -- or at least doing well -- is a must to get any traction in the 2008 contest.
The poll shows that Romney needs to buck up his credentials in Iowa, since some 69 percent of those polled were unsure whether they liked him or not. Of those who knew, Romney had more people who had an unfavorable opinion of him (16 percent) than a favorable one (15 percent).
Here's to a few more trips to Iowa.
-- Thomas Burr
Romney beat the New York senator and former First Lady by 4 points in a hypothetical matchup, but he lost to three other Democrats, former senator John Edwards, Gov. Tom Vilsack and Sen. John Kerry, according to a poll by the Des Moines Register published over the weekend.
The GOP's man on top: Former NYC Mayor Rudy Giuliani, who bested Edwards, Kerry, Vilsack and Clinton.
Iowa is the place to be liked when running for president; the state hosts the first caucus in the nation and winning -- or at least doing well -- is a must to get any traction in the 2008 contest.
The poll shows that Romney needs to buck up his credentials in Iowa, since some 69 percent of those polled were unsure whether they liked him or not. Of those who knew, Romney had more people who had an unfavorable opinion of him (16 percent) than a favorable one (15 percent).
Here's to a few more trips to Iowa.
-- Thomas Burr
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