Sometimes the last paragraph is the funniest

Such as in this New York Times article about the Democrats stumping in Iowa:

In the end, all the candidates, with their splashy placards and T-shirts and candy-tossing along the parade route, were fighting another finding of the recent CBS poll — that 65 percent of registered voters cannot name one Democratic candidate.

And here's some more detail from that poll:

Half of those surveyed in the CBS News poll also said they wanted more choices than the current nine-candidate field was offering, and two-thirds could not name one of the Democratic presidential candidates unprompted.

Sen. Joe Lieberman of Connecticut leads the poll with 14 percent, followed by Rep. Richard A. Gephardt of Missouri with 11 percent and former Vermont Gov. Howard Dean with 10 percent. Sen. John Kerry of Massachusetts dropped significantly in this poll, in which he was tied with Al Sharpton at 5 percent. Sen. Bob Graham of Florida scored 4 percent.

Senator Splunge - now running neck-in-neck with Sharpton! Oh, the humanity!

More: The Boston Herald reports on Kerry's campaign kickoff today and pinpoints Senator Splunge's problem:

The lack of a clear, compelling message has hampered the Bay State senator's efforts to broaden his national appeal, according to analysts.

``I'm not sure Kerry is really comfortable in his own skin yet,'' said John Weaver, an architect of Sen. John McCain's (R- Ariz.) dramatic 2000 primary surge. ``I often wonder myself, just what his message is.''

Exactly.