Reply #14: Two important states????????? [View All]

[eileen from OH]

#1 Iowa was NOT primary but a combo church social/political swap meet.

#2 New Hampshire is hardly an "important" state and it sure-as-shit ain't representative of the country as a whole, whether it's the "first" one or not.

Why in the world should any Dem be asked to put forth the winner of these two contests as the nominee? Right now Kerry is running on the momentum of those two wins. Period. It ain't like the people who had him in single digits in the polls BEFORE all of a sudden discovered his admirable qualities. They're jumping on a bandwagon. I don't blame them, Dean hoped to be driving that very same bandwagon.

But, I'm scared as shit that we'll wind up with a nominee who rose to the top, not because he's the best, but because he caught the crest of "momentum" at just the right time. No one knows better than Dean supporters how fleeting and unsubstantial "momentum" can be.

Hopefully, whoever our candidate is will have a helluva lot more than that going for him.

eileen from OH