( - promoted by Matt Stoller)
(Update by Matt): Facebook has instant snapshot polling, and this is consistent with Republican exit polls on youth voting, when you consider the internet-usage intensity of Facebook users. Romney is below McCain on Facebook, Ron Paul is wildly popular, and Huckabee is a strong second place behind Paul.
This is an open thread for the two debates tonight. The Republican debate runs from 7:00-8:30 p.m. eastern, and the Democratic debate runs from 8:45-10:15 p.m. eastern.
Two quick notes. First, Romney wins Wyoming convincingly, but since it isn't being covered much that probably won't give him any momentum. It will, however, help him justify pushing forward, even with a bad result in New Hampshire.
Second, two new polls from the University of New Hampshire and the Concord Monitor. The six New Hampshire polls released today show an average of Obama 33.2%, Clinton 31.2%, Edwards 19.2%, and Richardson 5.0%. On the Republican side, the averages stand at McCain 32.7%, Romney 27.8%, Huckabee 12.0%, Giuliani 9.5%, and Paul 8.5%.
NEGATIVE NEWS UPDATE from Matt: One, Clinton has sent out a mailer criticizing Obama for not taking a position on abortion votes in Illinois.
Two, AFSCME went harshly negative on Obama, and the AFSCME board is revolting against the decision by publicly pressuring President Gerald McEntee to stop the attacks. McEntee built labor's modern political program, and he was the first major labor leader to back Bill Clinton in 1992. He is intensely loyal to the Clinton's and the current Democratic establishment (including strong support for Al Wynn). Lots of people made their bones with Clinton in 1992, and they will do as much as they can to preserve their suburbanized model of politics. EMILY's List is another organization working extremely hard for Clinton with poor results so far (their Iowa program was interesting but Clinton did not outperform with women).
The kind of public dissent we're seeing within AFSCME is rare within labor, but it's a good sign of vibrant internal debate. There are generational fights at all levels within the Democratic party.
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