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IOWA: WHAT'S HAPPENING NOW [Brian Kennedy 10/19 11:26 AM]

Here is the current state of play in Iowa. Every other day at least one of the candidates or their spouses visits the state. In fact, it's hard to draw crowds for surrogates because all you have to do is wait 24 hours before a campaign organizer offers on-stage VIP seating for yet another town hall meeting. Soon we will be out of townhalls in which to hold a meeting.

Both sides and their allies are waging shock and awe television advertising blitzes and have D-day like ground wars underway. Voter registration drives, early voting, vote-by-mail, door knocking, telemarketing, push polls and more. We have it all, 24/7. My view is this is all fine and well for turning out the decided vote, but it is doing little to persuade that handful of undecided voters who will decide our national fate.