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NewYorkerfromMass Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Dec-02-03 11:21 AM
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Kerry support in Iowa continues to grow at the top
"The Kerry Campaign announced today that twenty-three of Iowa’s state legislators have pledged their support for John Kerry...

...The total number of sitting legislators publicly supporting John Kerry continues to be more than that of Dick Gephardt and Howard Dean combined, and double that of any other candidate..."

http://www.johnkerry.com/pressroom/releases/pr_2003_1201f.html

I find this kind of support very impressive.
Kerry may not be "popular" as far as the polls go but he is certainly persuading a formidable array of elected officials- both current and former, that he is the man for the job. Perhaps others will find this persuasive as well.
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GalleryGod Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Dec-02-03 11:26 AM
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1. GOTV Muscle will decide this Race.
Alas, we can't cyber vote,yet ...you still have to go out of the house, talk to the old geezer at the polling place,stand in line, and actually VOTE!

:pals:
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Hawkeye-X Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Dec-02-03 11:27 AM
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2. *snore*
Polls are still showing Dean with a 10% lead over Gephardt and John Kerry is tied with Gephardt. True, Gephardt is losing support, but John Kerry is an Senator through and through and is no Presidential material. I still continue to puzzle as to why you would vote for a whiner, a S&B member, richest Senator, and a total jerk who votes his way, not the constitutents way?

Hawkeye-X
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onehandle Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Dec-02-03 11:52 AM
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10. No Presidential Material? Compared to who? Bush?
Whiner? You mean like people who whine whenever Kerry is even mentioned at DU?

S&B? Talk about "snore". This so called "secret society" isn't giving power to the Bush family...the media, the weak Dems, and the uneducated voter is.

Richest Senator? So the fuck what?

Votes his way, not the constitutents way? Do you think the people always know what's best? How about the 50 million who voted for Bush?

We've heard you say these things Over, and Over, and Over.

Got anything new?
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paulk Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Dec-02-03 11:32 AM
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3. There were some articles on NPR a couple of weeks ago
where they were interviewing potential voters for the NH primary, ( and maybe Iowa also, I can't remember) and one of the predominant sentiments was that people were looking for the candidate they thought could beat Bush.

It seems that Kerry's doing well in that regard when it comes to elected officials. I think he will surprize a lot of people, when it comes time to actually cast a vote. These early primaries are always fluid - who know's what could happen.
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sangh0 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Dec-02-03 11:32 AM
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4. Kerry is building a strong campaign
not one that flares and fizzles.
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NewYorkerfromMass Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Dec-02-03 11:35 AM
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6. He's built quite a record and career as well
and it should be rewarded.
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rucky Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Dec-02-03 11:35 AM
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5. A double-edged sword?
I'm sorry, but my first reaction to this was, oh great, so Kerry's popular with the elite.

Of course, this really is quite good news for Kerry, but if us voters weren't so cynical & mistrusting of "insider" politicians, then he should rightfully be the top dog - with all of his endorsements.

Earl Blumenaur (Oregon) - who I respect very much - also endorsed Kerry, btw. Maybe it will start to sink in.

I'm still undecided.
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NewYorkerfromMass Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Dec-02-03 11:38 AM
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7. Earl Blumenauer (the Congressman on the bicycle)
they"ve got a press release for that too!
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blm Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Dec-02-03 11:43 AM
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8. That's the rub, rucky. Kerry has always been an outsider.
He was the guy stuck investigating BCCI and IranContra mostly on his own because many Democratic officials didn't want that boat rocked. Kerry pushed it through and when it came time for hearings based on Kerry's work they kept Kerry OUT of the picture because they said he was "too hot".

Even though he belonged to the DLC, Kerry maintained a voting record closest to Wellstone, even while the centrists in the party (like Dean and Lieberman) were pulling the party and the DLC further right. He has always been someone who didn't fit in, and that is why so many establishment Dems have grudges against him.
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NewYorkerfromMass Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Dec-02-03 11:47 AM
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9. also, since when are state representatives and senators "elite"?
I mean, talk about regular Janes and Joes. :shrug:
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CTLawGuy Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Dec-02-03 11:54 AM
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11. state legislators or not...
they sill only get one vote each. Sorry!
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NewYorkerfromMass Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Dec-02-03 02:09 PM
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17. but they can influence their constituents
Just to note, Iowa has 100 representatives and 50 senators.
So Kerry has earned the backing of 16% of the reps and 14% of the senators.
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JNelson6563 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Dec-02-03 11:56 AM
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12. Wholesale/retail
This will be an interesting study in both methods. Dean seems to be doing the retail and Kerry the wholesale.

Pay close attention to how it plays out. I plan to watch and learn.

Julie
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displacedtexan Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Dec-02-03 12:15 PM
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13. You are really smart!
National political campaigns ( the daily machinations) bear absolutely no similarity to the media reports about them.
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virtualobserver Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Dec-02-03 12:24 PM
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14. New slogan for the Kerry campaign........... Politicians love him!
Just kidding. I am certainly happy whenever a "politician" endorses Dean.
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unfrigginreal Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Dec-02-03 12:37 PM
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15. Yeah, top down, that's the ticket Kerry.
Much smarter to attract supporters by embracing politicians than to attract politicians by embracing supporters.
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NewYorkerfromMass Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Dec-02-03 01:01 PM
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16. He's doing both
Politicians are supporters too. They're people as well.
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blm Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Dec-02-03 10:30 PM
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18. Just think
Edited on Tue Dec-02-03 11:04 PM by blm
No, don't...don't change a thing.
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Eloriel Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Dec-02-03 10:50 PM
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19. Did you run out of good things to say about kerry on this kerry
thread?

Fascinating.

Eloriel
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blm Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Dec-02-03 10:51 PM
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20. My answer was appropriate to unfrigginreal's post.
Fascinating?
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NewYorkerfromMass Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Dec-03-03 02:31 PM
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21. Here's a response:
Embrace your embracers as they would embrace you.... (whatever). :crazy:
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