Poll Smoking

Iowa polling.

Things of note:

1. On the Republican side, Mitt Romney is destroying the competition with a 12% lead on the second-place candidate, Rudy Giuliani. Poor John McCain is in third, but only by one percentage point. Although, on the "favorable impressions" scale, there are still a lot of folks who are unsure about Mr. Romney.

2. Also on the GOP side, my underdog pick, Ron Paul, doesn't even register in the polling because he failed to get even one percent... ugh.

3. On the Democratic side of things, I'm jumping up and down in my seat (quite literally) because Hillary Clinton is NOT the front-runner in Iowa. She's not even in second place! John Edwards has the top spot with 29%, Barack Obama is numero dos with 23% and Hillary rounds out the top three with 21%.

4. Staying with the Dems - on the "candidate impressions" polling, Hillary is getting CREAMED by Edwards and Obama. Edwards has a 79% and Obama has a 74% on the "favorable" scale. Clinton - while in the third position - scores only a 66% favorable impression.

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