Culver/Blouin Get A Polk In The Eye
In a major IA GOV upset, state Rep. Ed Fallon, who has run third in all Dem primary polls, is poised to carry Polk Co by a sizable margin. With just two precincts still out, Fallon leads Chet Culver by about 2,700 votes and Mike Blouin by a whopping 3,800. Besides being the most liberal of the three, Fallon also happens to call Des Moines and Polk Co home. Still, for a darkhorse to take IA’s biggest county is nothing short of remarkable. Fallon probably won't win the Dem nod tonight, but he has raised a lot of eyebrows. [JONATHAN MARTIN]
This comment is, with all due respect, nonsense. It has been clear that Fallon would carry Polk County for some time but it is also clear that he will not be nominated. The reall question is whether he get mor than 20 or 22 percent. If he does it probably relfelcts the fairly negative tone of the last week or so fo the campain which may have driven some of the undecided to him instead of Culver or Blouin.