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Screaming Lord Byron Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jan-28-04 02:57 PM
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OK, here's how I see the primaries going. Kerry vs the anti-Kerry
It's going to go down to Kerry vs the anti-Kerry. If Clark can get some mo going on Tuesday and Edwards doesn't win South Carolina (the way it looks today, SC could go Kerry), bingo, Wes is the anti-Kerry. If Edwards takes South Carolina, and Clark doesn't get a good enough head of steam, then Edwards is the anti-Kerry.
The wildcard scenario, is Clark and Edwards doing quite well, but not enough, in which case, we may well see a revitalized Howard Dean with momentum. Dean needs momentum, and if he can recover it, which I think is more possible than it seems in the light of recent events, then Dean is reborn as the anti-establishment insurgent in a head-to-head with JK.
What do you guys think?
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stepnw1f Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jan-28-04 02:58 PM
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1. Exactly what....
George Bush and his supporters are hoping for. Dems....get your shit together and grow up! Let's get Bush out first.
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genius Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jan-28-04 02:59 PM
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2. Dean is the establishment candidate. Ask Bush's backers why
they are contributing to Dean's campaign.
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Birthmark Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jan-28-04 03:05 PM
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3. I think the nomination won't be decided until the convention
I think that Clark eventually will be selected.
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PROGRESSIVE1 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jan-28-04 03:06 PM
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4. If Clark can eke out a win in the south and the middle states....
such as OK and Kansas then he will be on his way to Boston.
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bryant69 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jan-28-04 03:09 PM
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5. Yeah but
I see it more as Clark, Edwards, and Kerry vs. Dean (and Kucinich, although he's not so much on the radar). All three are stronger on defense and security than Dean, but none of the three will invigorate the base to the extent that Dean could. Kerry right now looks like a winner. I personally like Edwards a bit more (although I like all of our candidates pretty well) but looking like a winner doesn't hurt Kerry any.

Bryant
Check it out --> http://politicalcomment.blogspot.com
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Tierra_y_Libertad Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jan-28-04 03:16 PM
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6. I could vote for Clark. Not Edwards.
But, I think that Dean has the only chance against the pro-war senator.
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AP Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jan-28-04 03:27 PM
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7. It doesn't look there are enough anti-war voters for Dean
especially considering that voters care about national security too (but not that much, relatively speaking) and Dean has articulated an argument about war that makes people wary of him with regard to security, and they see him as inexperienced.

The anti-Kerry will need to be someone who is either anti-war and looks really good on national security, or it will have to be someone who highights issues and characteristics Kerry is perceived as weaker on, like, ability to change things in DC, conviction, whether he's postitive enough.

The former describes Clark, but he has accumulating problems relating to his ability to campaign effectively. He took a big slide last week. The latter describes Dean, but he's also taking a slide.

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