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...sometimes wants "to walk right over and punch them, but obviously I can't do that." Which has made the last two weeks a trying exercise in self-restraint. As the most visible and constant face of the campaign in Iowa, which is getting growing scrutiny as its poll numbers soar, Sarah is often the one who must field the tough questions. "And we welcome that," Sarah says. "We're happy to have supporters and even our non-supporters come and ask us those questions so that we can answer them and give them both sides of the story...
...think it hurts us right now." She knows that more than 40% of Republican caucus-goers in Iowa are Evangelical Christians and, in part, it's thanks to their strong support that Huckabee is surging. Nearly half of the 400 likely Republican caucus-goers interviewed in a Mason Dixon poll earlier this month said they believe the ordained reverend's values were in line with their own, compared to 17% who felt the same about former Massachusetts Governor Mitt Romney and 8% for former Tennessee Senator Fred Thompson. Overall Huckabee led the poll 32% to Romney's 20% - an astonishing...
...Obama was making gains with Iowa women even before Oprah's arrival - a November Des Moines Register poll showed Obama topping Hillary Clinton with Iowa women for the first time, with his 31% to Clinton's 26% - and Winfrey's appearance certainly kept up the momentum. When she took the stage in a purple velvet suit, the mostly female crowd exploded in joy. Many women were moved to tears. "Iowa - Hellloo! Hellloo!" yelled Winfrey. "Oh my goodness. At last, I'm here...
...blasphemous was it?" That's not a question movie studios want on an exit poll for audiences coming out of a big weekend family fantasy movie that owes more to J.R.R. Tolkien and J.K. Rowling than it does to Christopher Hitchens and Aleister Crowley. Yet, because of a controversy stoked by religionists, atheists and editorial writers, the issue hovers over The Golden Compass like the witches that soar across the film's Arctic...
...kind of message you put in a PowerPoint presentation. So his campaign will simply keep putting the guy in front of as many people as they can. Asked what McCain needs to get beyond the polite admiration that marks his stalled poll numbers, senior McCain adviser Mark Salter simply said, "Four more weeks...