Less than 24 hours until the caucuses begin. All the new polls show the only Democrats with double-digit preference are Senators Obama and Clinton and former North Carolina Sen. John Edwards.

The latest poll I saw this afternoon shows Obama and Clinton tied and Edwards only a point behind. IF those numbers hold, Edwards leaves here with a big bounce. If not, the air may slip of of his game ball.
We should know the outcome by 9 p.m. Thursday.

Until then, more calls, more door knocking, more hand shaking and more strategizing. The Iowans I have talked with love this process. The out-of-state volunteers are somewhat contagious with their abundance of energy. All those participating renew my faith in the process with each new conversation.
It really doesn't matter if you're for Mitt or McCain. For Paul or Fred or Mike. For Obama, Hillary, Johnny, Joe or Chris. Did I leave anyone out? if so, not by design. Can we get by negative ads? Are you kidding?

Can we stay positive and discuss what a candidate stands FOR and not against? Probably not in my lifetime. Will a non-white male be elected? A woman? Or is it still a white man's game? What great questions we get to seriosusly ponder for the first time!

What may be most important is that we as a country as a FREE country do what we can to remind people of their precious right to vote.

If people in Iowa can be this enthusiastic when it's colder than the ice on the floor of the RBC Center, surely, hopefully, more of us will take time to be part of the process in this New Year.