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The last 2 months I have had a poll up asking people if they would support Tom Vilsack if he runs for President in 2008. This poll was put up after just 10% of the people polled by the Des Moines Register said they would support Vilsack. The poll on this site had similar results. With 80 votes cast, 80% thought that Vilsack was not Presidential material and should not run. 10% thought he should run, but probably won't vote for him. The remaining 10% said they would vote for him or might vote for him.
Vilsack is going around the state campaigning for Democratic candidates for the Iowa Senate and Iowa House. That is nice, Iowa Democrats have a great chance of taking control of the Senate and the House. However, I feel that if Chet Culver does not win the Governor's race, any hopes of a Vilsack Presidential run are out the window. Former Virginia Governor Mark Warner got a huge boost when a Democrat was elected to succeed him. If that did not happen, I am not sure if we'd even be talking about Mark Warner and 2008. I know that Vilsack has donated money to Culver and Christie Vilsack has campaigned around the state with Patty Judge. It will be interesting to see how much Tom gets out there with Chet before November.
In the mean time, the Register did report that Vilsack will be heading to New Hampshire in September.
Thursday, August 03, 2006
Common Iowans voice their opinion on President Vilsack
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I don't think a Culver win ensures succes for Vilsack in the Caucuses. Culver won the nomination without Vilsack's support (in fact running against Vilsack). Although it's nice to have the help of the head of the Party, Vilsack won't be the reason Culver wins in November. (In fact I think Fallon has done more for Culver with manpower than Vilsack's $100,000 check could ever do).
I don't think so either. However, if Culver doesn't win the national pundits will see it as a knock against Vilsack and won't take him serious. For Vilsack to get noticed more by the national media, Culver must win. If that sways voters is another thing altogether.
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