Today the C edar Rapids Gazette said Hillary is resonating more with the older votes, while Obama is working on the college-age and other.young adults. Since the caucuses come so early in January, many colleges are opening their dorms early so that out-of-state students wanting to participate in the Iowa caucuses (which they may legaling do if they reside in the state more than six months of the year) can live in the dorms until classes begin in another week to 10 days.

Edwards is still very viable, though he's running third at the moment. People are realizing, as they think through Edwards' positions--and he sent them out in a sizable booklet--that they agree with him. The question is "Who is electable?"

There still are many, many Iowans who remain uncommitted. Among them are two older Cedar Rapids women who decided this fall to try to see every presidential candidate (both Dems and Republicans) and be photographed with them. They missed only three, since Tancredo dropped out. These women wanted to be informed before the caucuses and spent months doing it, yet one of them--a registered Republican--hasn't decided whom to support on January 3. The other will caucus for Obama. But even a commitment to caucus for a particular candidate is all very fluid.The night of the caucuses, people may start out supporting one candidate but be persuaded as the night goes on to switch to another camp.

The candidates are back at it today. Noone is appearing in Cedar Rapids today, though Bill Clinton in stumping for Hillary is Solon (15 miles south of town).

P.S. Rehka Basu makes a good case for supporting Obama in Iowa in a Des Moines Register opinion piece titled "Obama can heal divisions, win hearts and minds."