IA: Recent public polls contradict McCain campaign's message
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The Politico's Jonathan Martin compares a recent McCain campaign memo ("Like many other Midwestern states, Iowa is moving swiftly into McCain's column") to the newest Iowa Poll (Obama 54 - McCain 37: "Obama has widened what was a solid lead in the Midwestern swing state, and has strengthened his position on key leadership traits since the Register's September poll.") and concludes thusly: "One of these isn't true."
Read Martin's full blog post
The McCain campaign is keeping up its effort in Iowa, however: Sarah Palin has a Monday afternoon visit scheduled for Dubuque, in western Iowa. Media coverage of that visit will likely come from western Wisconsin as well.
