TNR says that a close source says that its Edwards

It's going to be Joe Biden. Yepsen and many Iowa politicos absolutely love Biden.

I dont think he'll be Obama because it will pretty much seal the deal for him in Iowa.

My gut tell me it's Joe Biden , but i hope it's Obama.

Obama is basically the 2004 Edwards.

DMR seem to like fresh face that arent to tight up to washington...This is probably why they endorsed Edwards in 2004.

The 2004 Edwards is not the same of 2008 Edwards , so i could see why DMR shies away from Edwards.

Edwards has the better position on the war. His progression makes sense to anyone. Obama said he was heavily against the Iraq war before being elected and then soon as he was he voted for all the funding bills, against deadlines for withdrawal, for the Gregg amendment that said cutting off funds would be not supporting the troops in harms way in the field, etc. That's a very bad progression.

Edwards voted for it when he felt the evidence was there for it and then when it became clear they had been duped and that Rumsfield and others were mismanaging the military efforts there he turned against the Iraq war, spoke out and began voting against supplemental funding requests beginging in 2003 and he's been consistantly against the war from that point onwards. That progression and position makes a lot more sense then being against something, but funding it anyway and voting against deadlines for withdrawal, etc.

I hope that the Edwards people have made this arguement as it's one of the better ones relating to his and Obama's war funding positions.

I'm an Obama guy, and if Obama doesn't get the endorsement, I would prefer Biden to get it, because 1. Edwards scares me in Iowa.  2. Biden may cut into Clinton's support.  (Since he's an experienced candidate, older)  3. He had a hell of a performance at the DMR debate.  

tease!

that would be huge! in addition it would help alot with older Iowans where Obama is weakest. Please let this be true?

that would be huge! in addition it would help alot with older Iowans where Obama is weakest. Please let this be true?

It's been clear to me for about two weeks now, that given the Register's track record, their two top options are Obama and Biden. Anyone claiming it will be Edwards or Clinton is simply raising expectations , fallaciously, to set-up doom-and-gloom press narratives about them. If I had to bet, it will be Obama.

i bet biden

If it is Obama....he.will.go.all.the.way.

Thompson? Seriously?

What the hell has he shown, besides ignorance and sloth?

Man, oh man!

The campaigns intend to deploy young aides to the printing presses at the edge of town on Saturday night, looking for an early copy even before the endorsement appears on the paper's Web site.

but I really hope Biden gets it. I think he deserves  more of a voice in the process and I'd like nothing more than to have him surprise us all and take 3rd.

I'll definitely take an Obama endorsement though!

Can you imagine the fallout if they endorsed Gravel?

If I was on the board, I would endorse Gravel just to see what happens...

Guess nobody expects Hillary to get it, huh?

How is it remotely possible that they would endorse Obama?

I'm here on the ground in Des Moines.  Unfortunately, the DMR doesn't seem to have town criers roaming the streets.

My neighbor's sister has a guy who cleans her pool with a second cousin who lives in Iowa next door to a lady who's son empties the trash at the Des Moines Register.  Anyway, my neighbor told me that there is definitely a rumor that there might be a buzz that Dodd is getting the endorsement.

You heard it here first!

Its as easy as knowing the difference between STARTING a war ENDING a war. Two different things..get it?

Bloody hell! First we focus excessive attention on what 120,000 Iowans think when there are probably 50 million Democratic primary voters nationally, and now we're focusing on what a half dozen particular Iowans think? How on earth did we come up with a process in which someone's coffee meeting got to decide who our next president will be?

I'm not the only one who thinks this is absurd, am I?

Iowa isn't anywhere near as important as it thinks it is.  That goes double for the Des Moines Register.

The Register endorsed John Edwards in 2004, Bill Bradley in 2000, nobody in 1992, Paul Simon in 1988....should I go on?

Suffice it to say, none of them got anywhere nearer to the Oval Office than what the White House tour guides would allow.

Grandpa Fred?  No way.

How could they endorse him after his terrible debate performance this week?

I also wonder if this will have any bearing on their decision.  He is connected to too many corrupt Chicago politicians.

wanna be among the first to know?

Des Moines Register says on their website that you will be if you sign up for the mobile phone text message alert:

Coming tonight: Presidential endorsements. Text DMRNEWS to 4INFO to be the first to know.

Does anyone know when the endorsement will come?  I would guess it is already written but will we have to wait until tomorrow's paper?

That being said I'm putting my money on Biden.  If he does win it, I think it hurts Hillary the most since shes the "experience" candidate (though Biden has considerably more experience than she does).  Obama and Edwards seem to be going after a different crowd.

Well the Boston Globe just endorsed Obama.

fools

ITs Clinton, just as desmoinesdem said.

Question, could this actually feed into her status as the "establishment" candidate and diminish her ability to claim to be the candidate of change?

After the Clintons wined and dined the editors at a lavish cocktail party, is it really a shock?  Nope.

I think the real news is they endorsed McCain of all people.

http://desmoinesregister.com/apps/pbcs.d ll/article?AID=/20071215/NEWS/71215016

Speaks for itself...

The Register�s editorial board members who participated in the endorsement process were: Laura Hollingsworth, publisher; Carolyn Washburn, editor; Carol Hunter, editorial page editor; Linda Lantor Fandel, deputy editorial page editor; Rox Laird, editorial writer; and Andie Dominick, editorial writer.

Of course they go with the big business establishment candidate. The elite don't want any change, period.

http://thepage.time.com/2007/12/15/its-c linton/

darn

would say that endorsements don't count for a whole lot unless it is not the frontrunner

CONGRATULATIONS HILLARY!!!!!!!!!!!

And a huge thank you to those smart folks at the Des Moines Register!

and guess who just bought up the wall street journal? anybody?