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Article: The American Catholic church in Neverland: U.S. Catholics require institutional accountability, says pollster.(Washington Notebook)(seasoned pollster John Zogby surveys American Catholics)
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- National Catholic Reporter
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- January 30, 2004
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John Kerry's Iowa caucus victory was a surprise.
To nearly everyone, that is, except pollster John Zogby. The former political science professor saw it coming.
Zogby's caucus tracking polls were discounted by the political professionals and pundits because, according to conventional wisdom, Iowa's highly structured and community-orientated caucus system is not a primary; organization, not "message" or electoral momentum, was "everything."
Wrong.
Howard Dean campaign manager Joe Trippi discounted Kerry's progress prior to the caucus. "It's the John Zogby surge," he told the New Republic. Rather than hold the caucus, suggested a ...