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The release of Elizabeth Edwards’ memoir next month has begun another round of “what ifs” from former advisors to Hillary Clinton’s presidential campaign.

The long and difficult process of amending Iowa’s constitution coupled with changing attitudes over time makes it unlikely that Friday morning’s state Supreme Court decision will be overturned.

Barack Obama has a huge national lead among young voters, says a a University of Iowa Hawkeye Poll released today, but the matter of whether they will show up on Election Day is still up in the air.

“If they show up in record numbers, they will decidedly tip the scale toward an Obama victory,” said David Redlawsk, the University of Iowa political scientist who directed the poll. “But if they fail to turn out, the final result is likely to be very close.”

Despite all of the media attention surrounding Democratic presidential nominee Sen. Barack Obama’s Christian faith, including his connection to the controversial former Pastor Emeritus Jeremiah Wright of the Trinity United Church of Christ, nearly 42 percent of registered voters nationwide still cannot identify Obama’s religion, a University of Iowa Hawkeye Poll shows.

David Redlawsk, University of Iowa political science professor and John Edwards national delegate, joined today’s stampede and has switched his support to Barack Obama, whom the Associated Press is now calling the presumptive Democratic nominee.