Reply #1: Actual National standings....... [View All]

http://www.gallup.com/poll/releases/pr031114.asp
2. Is there a clear front-runner for the Democratic nomination nationally? =
No. Five Democratic candidates are now within seven points of one
another when Democrats who are registered to vote are asked whom they want to be their party's nominee next year:

Candidate Support for Democratic Party Nomination
Dean is technically the front-runner, with 17% of the vote of registered Democrats nationally, but he is followed very closely by Lieberman at 15%, Clark at 14%, Gephardt at 12%, and Kerry at 10%. Although the relative position of these candidates has tended to shift slightly from poll to poll, the overall picture now is no clearer than it was months ago. No one candidate has broken out from the pack as the clear choice of Democrats nationally.

The relative strength of the candidates is even clearer when we take into consideration whom Democrats name as their top two choices.
Lieberman, Clark, Dean, Gephardt, and Kerry all receive support from at least 20% of registered Democrats.