Didn't anyone read the Vinton Eagle (Vinton Iowa) endorsement of Hillary Clinton?

It's a very clearly written and lengthy endorsement.

Will TPM be reporting this?

I'll tell you why. Because most of the writers here do NOT support Hillary Clinton. And if you haven't figured that out by now, I'm worried about our fellow readerships' reading comprehension abilities.

They've got alot of work to do, understand, and they cannot necessarily get everything out there. Besides, I am sure the MSM will do a fantastic job of covering endorsements of that type for Clinton. Cheerio!

Greg--I second Tom, you better check on The Storm Lake Tribune Endorsement, which may have been like a month ago.

I think the Edwards folks may be wrong here, unless Th Storm Lake Trib is a weekly like the Vinton paper.

Sorry, it was the Storm Lake Times, not the Tribune that endorsed Biden. It was October 20th: http://stormlake.com/bidenendorsement.htm

I should have known better because the editor, Art Cullen, was the altar boy at my wedding many years ago.

The Storm Lake Times is a daily paper.

I was surprised when they endorsed Biden because Cullen is a very progressive editor.

The Storm Lake Times is a daily newspaper, so I am not clear why their endorsement of Biden does not count as the first Iowa endorsement of a daily.

I especially appreciated their noting that Edwards support isn't based on just one demographic group as Hillary's is by less informed women who often don't participate in electoral politics or Obama's support from young people.

Henry,

I checked again, and you are right, they switched to a twice-weekly publication some years ago. Still, it's more than the Vinton paper. Not that I need to give Biden any credit, though I am leaving now for a fundraiser with him. Me, I am for Obama.

My wife is from Storm Lake and we were married there in 1973.

DemAC, I guess you don't like actual well known information regarding the support Hillary gets from younger, less likely to participate females without which she would not be anywhere near leading the pack and the same is true for the large swell of younger voters for Obama--also less well informed and far less likely to actually participate in either caucuses or regular elections. These groups are supporting her because she is a woman: not for any other reason and Obama's young supporters are for him because he's young and black. They know little about where their candidates actually stand on any issues. Thus their support for their candidate is very fluid and changeable. Once they start paying more attention to what is actually being said, the deck is going to get shuffled in a pretty thorough manner.

"...I guess you don't like actual well known information regarding the support Hillary gets from younger, less likely to participate females without which she would not be anywhere near leading the pack and the same is true for the large swell of younger voters for Obama..."

LOL! Ah, me.

Actually, the well known fact is that Clinton tends to dominate the Democratic field among middle aged and older voters and married women in general. Obama's support tends to be concentrated in the youngest age groups, where he also draws about as much support among single women as Clinton in some polls.

You are correct however that a person's age is generally a strong predictor of voter participation -- with the likelihood of voting rising steadily up to about age 70. The same is true of marital status, particularly for women, with married women being significantly more likely to vote in general than single women.

In Iowa specifically, where John Edwards is also a strong contender (currently the only state besides NC where that is true) it's a somewhat different story. There, John Edwards seems to enjoy some advantage among the important demographic of middle aged past-caucus-goers. Both Clinton and Obama need to mobilize significant numbers of first-time caucus participants to overcome that advantage. Clinton however will be looking to bring out primarily middle aged and older married women who reside in Iowa. Obama of course will be looking more to the youngest demographics, including some college students from other states who are likely to be away for the holidays.