Fox News Poll: Race a statistical 5 way tie.

10/14-15 9/23-24 9/9-10

Wesley Clark 13% 20 % n/a%
Howard Dean 12 13 14
Joe Lieberman 11 9 16
John Kerry 10 10 17
Dick Gephardt 9 9 6
John Edwards 3 5 4
Moseley Braun 3 2 3
Al Sharpton 2 2 2
Dennis Kucinich 2 1 2

Not sure 35 21 26



This looks to be anyone's race. Clark's resume and fundraising power vs. Dean's money, with the other three guys all right there. Clark has taken a small fall in the past three weeks, but none of the other candidates has done anything. In another breakdown of the data, Clark did best against Bush, at 22% would vote for; the runner-up was Lieberman at 16%, and then Dean at 14%.

With those numbers, I really think it's time for some of the candidates to drop out. We're a month or so into primary season, and 35% of people can't make up their minds. We need some people out to allow the spotlight to shine brighter on the ones who have a real shot at the election.

http://www.pollingreport.com/wh04dem.htm

That's for sure, but that's OK. In our party the nomination is earned, not handed to some golden boy in a coronation.