but thought it worth sharing anyhow. When I had shared my diary on the PPP poll (which you can still read here with a number of people who do not post here, a very prominent political consultant in Virginia with connections all over the country wrote me back. Allow me to quote part of what he wrote me the day I sent him the link for that piece (which was the day it went up, Friday 1/29):
For what it's worth, I talked to a very prominent Iowa State Senator pal yesterday who was pretty good in 2004 and 2008 at forecasting the caucuses. He says there are Bernie signs everywhere, especially in small town Iowa, and Bernie's people are jumping up and down. But...at the same time, he says Hillary has paid field workers everywhere, and Bernie has very few. Also, he said Trump is pulling some blue dog populists who would in most years caucus with the Dems (and vote for Bernie). He said he would put his money on Hillary winning fairly handily.
Who knows? My buddy may have picked Germany in both wars and is just on a streak.
By the way, I'm voting for Bernie on March 1.
Make of it what you will.
Peace