{"id":1866,"date":"2007-06-20T12:26:00","date_gmt":"2007-06-20T18:26:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.nmpolitics.net\/index\/2007\/06\/poll-shows-richardsons-support-dropping-in-iowa\/"},"modified":"2007-06-20T12:26:00","modified_gmt":"2007-06-20T18:26:00","slug":"poll-shows-richardsons-support-dropping-in-iowa","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nmpolitics.net\/index\/2007\/06\/poll-shows-richardsons-support-dropping-in-iowa\/","title":{"rendered":"Poll shows Richardson’s support dropping in Iowa"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>After several weeks of climbing in polls in Iowa<\/st1:state> and New Hampshire<\/st1:state>, a new survey of likely Democratic caucus goers in the Hawkeye<\/st1:placename> State<\/st1:placetype><\/st1:place> has Gov. Bill Richardson\u2019s<\/a> support moving in the opposite direction. <\/p>\n

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The Mason-Dixon Polling and Research survey<\/a>, conducted June 13-16, has Richardson<\/st1:city> at 6 percent in Iowa<\/st1:place><\/st1:state>. It surveyed 400 likely caucus goers and has a margin of error of 5 percent.<\/p>\n

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The drop follows several weeks of gains in polls in the two important states to between 8 and 10 percent. This is the first poll conducted in Iowa<\/st1:state> since two recent, nationally televised appearances that earned Richardson<\/st1:place><\/st1:city> a lot of criticism.<\/p>\n

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The most recent poll in New Hampshire<\/st1:place><\/st1:state>, conducted after those TV appearances, had him holding steady at 10 percent and only two points behind John Edwards<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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The new poll in Iowa<\/st1:state> was also conducted days after Richardson<\/st1:place><\/st1:city> began airing his third \u201cjob-interview\u201d ad<\/a> in that state. Richardson<\/st1:city> experienced huge gains in Iowa<\/st1:state> and New Hampshire<\/st1:place><\/st1:state> following the release of the first two ads in that clever series.<\/p>\n

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Hillary Clinton<\/a> leads the pack in the new Iowa<\/st1:place><\/st1:state> poll with 22 percent. Edwards is second at 21 percent, and Barack Obama<\/a> is third at 18 percent. No other candidate was above the margin of error.<\/p>\n

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The most significant development in the new poll is Clinton<\/st1:place><\/st1:city>\u2019s lead. Previous polls in Iowa<\/st1:state> had Edwards in first, which was significant because he trailed Clinton<\/st1:city> in most other states, but had a chance as long as he led in the earliest contest in Iowa<\/st1:place><\/st1:state>.<\/p>\n

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The new poll also follows some other bad news for Richardson<\/st1:city>\u2019s campaign in Iowa<\/st1:place><\/st1:state>. His Des Moines<\/st1:place><\/st1:city> office was vandalized on Tuesday. Read about it by clicking here<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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Richardson<\/st1:city> focusing on Iraq<\/st1:place><\/st1:country-region> withdrawal<\/span><\/p>\n

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Meanwhile, Richardson<\/st1:city> is continuing his attempt to stand out among Democratic presidential contenders by calling for a full withdrawal of all American troops from Iraq<\/st1:place><\/st1:country-region>. His campaign has started a new Web site \u2013 notroopsleftbehind.com<\/a> \u2013 and, in a speech given Tuesday in Washington<\/st1:place><\/st1:state>, scolded his rivals who are current or former members of Congress for not doing enough to bring the troops home. Read about it from the Associated Press by clicking here<\/a>, and read his speech to the Take Back America Conference<\/a> by clicking here<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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\u201cWith all due respect to my outstanding Democratic colleagues \u2013 Senators Clinton, Obama, (Chris) Dodd<\/a> and (Joe) Biden<\/a> \u2013 they all voted for timeline legislation that had loopholes,\u201d Richardson<\/st1:place><\/st1:city> told the group. \u201cThose loopholes allow this president, or any president, to leave an undetermined number of troops in Iraq<\/st1:place><\/st1:country-region> indefinitely. And this is the same legislation that former Senator Edwards says we should send back and back to the president over and over again until he signs it.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Yes, it was Richardson who, several months ago, gained national attention for calling for all Democratic candidates to agree to no negative attacks at a time when Clinton and Obama were fighting. Richardson<\/st1:place><\/st1:city> said Tuesday\u2019s speech wasn\u2019t an attack, but was an attempt to highlight the differences between him and the other candidates.<\/p>\n

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There\u2019s a fine line between the two. Richardson<\/st1:place><\/st1:city> is always trying to walk such lines. You can watch portions of the speech at the end of this posting and decide for yourself whether he\u2019s a hypocrite or a tightrope walker.<\/p>\n

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Some good news for Richardson<\/st1:place><\/st1:city><\/span><\/p>\n

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Richardson<\/st1:place><\/st1:city>\u2019s speech was well received, and his simple, hard-line stance is gaining national attention. And there\u2019s more good news for Richardson<\/st1:place><\/st1:city>.<\/p>\n

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According to the Cleveland Plain Dealer<\/a>, Richardson<\/st1:city> raised more money in the Cleveland<\/st1:place><\/st1:city> area than any other presidential candidate during the first quarter of 2007.<\/p>\n

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Richardson<\/st1:place><\/st1:city> raised $63,500 from that area in the important presidential-election state. Edwards was next at $52,675. But Richardson<\/st1:place><\/st1:city> didn\u2019t lead in statewide fundraising. Obama did, with more than $1.5 million.<\/p>\n

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Richardson<\/st1:place><\/st1:city> on the campaign trail<\/span><\/p>\n

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Following Tuesday\u2019s AFSCME<\/a> forum and the conference in Washington<\/st1:city>, D.C.<\/st1:state>, Richardson<\/st1:city> attended fundraisers in New York City<\/st1:place><\/st1:city>. Richardson<\/st1:city><\/st1:place> is taking a break today, with no scheduled campaign events.<\/p>\n

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On Thursday, he\u2019ll be in Phoenix<\/st1:city> for a union town-hall meeting in the morning and will attend a fundraiser in Santa Fe<\/st1:place><\/st1:city> in the evening. He will be in Iowa<\/st1:state> on Friday for a presidential candidate forum, the official grand opening of the office that was just vandalized in Des Moines<\/st1:place><\/st1:city> and other events.<\/p>\n

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Here\u2019s that video of the conference speech I promised:<\/embed><\/object><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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