by WonkoKevin

IAAI.  It’s all about Iowa.  So what’s the recent buzz in our bellweather state?

The Des Moines Register is oft-cited as a key influencer.  The Register acts as a multiplier to a candidate’s grassroots efforts.  If they pay attention to you, so will others, including national MSM.  In order to get a hint as to who might be hot–and not–in Iowa, Wonkosphere counted up the number of candidate-focused stories in the Register from 10/27/2007 to 11/9/2007.  Here are the results:

1. Barack Obama, 11

2. Chris Dodd, 10

3. Bill Richardson, 9

4. John McCain, 7

4. Hillary Clinton, 7

4. John Edwards, 7

7. Mike Huckabee, 5

8. Mitt Romney, 4

9. Ron Paul, 4

9. Rudy Giuliani, 4

11. Joe Biden, 1

Not mentioned: Mike Gravel, Duncan Hunter, Alan Keyes, Dennis Kucinich, Tom Tancredo, and Fred Thompson.

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