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<p>Steven Taylor has <a href="http://www.poliblogger.com/poliblog/archives/002139.html" title="Toast-o-Meter (11/28 Edition)">the latest update on the Toast-O-Meter</a>, with Howard Dean firmly in the lead. Says Steven:</p> <blockquote>Dean continues to race ahead, with none of the Other Eight seemingly able to catch up. As pollster Frank Luntz noted on <cite>Hardball</cite> this week, his status is so well established that when the Other Eight attack him, they are seen in a negative light, rather than the attacks bringing Dean back to earth.</blockquote> <p>I might also add a separate classification to the Toast-O-Meter: whether the candidate is achieving his or her goals&mdash;perhaps how &ldquo;buttery&rdquo; the toast is. For example, we all know that Al Sharpton doesn&rsquo;t really want the nomination: he just wants to hog the spotlight at the convention. So being 2nd in South Carolina actually serves his interests, because he&rsquo;ll rack up delegates. This, however, may only apply to the novelty candidates.</p> <p class="update">Mark of <cite>Southern Appeal</cite> <a href="http://southernappeal.blogspot.com/2003_11_23_southernappeal_archive.html#107007510445993049">links</a> to the <a href="http://www.cq.com/corp/show.do?page=crawford/crawford_current">latest predictions</a> by <cite>CQ</cite> analyst Craig Crawford, which correlate highly with those of the Toast-O-Meter.</p> http://blog.lordsutch.com/archives/943 http://blog.lordsutch.com/atom.cgi/entryid=943