Romenesko

Nieman Watchdog
Barry Sussman's problem with the Des Moines Register's poll, published on Monday: "[It] focused only on the horse race and on vague bumper-sticker voter motivations, like desire for change or unity ... [while] the number-one issue for many Democrats, Iraq, was never mentioned. Not once." Sussman notes: "This seems standard procedure for the Register; earlier on its editor banned discussion of Iraq in televised Democratic and Republican candidate debates she moderated."