Reply #29: It ain't over 'til it's over. Don't forget: only a small percentage of [View All]

[Kat45]

the electorate have had the opportunity to cast ballots yet. Yes, Kerry has received a lot of votes, but I would think the rest of the people in the country would appreciate having the opportunity to weigh in with their votes, and make them count. Why should the votes of the first 10% or so of people, who have the good fortune to live in the states with the earilies primaries, be pretty much the only votes that determine who the nominee will be? (And NH and Iowa are certainly not representative of the country as a whole.) That is ridiculous. I will be extremely pissed off if my vote on Super Tuesday is meaningless, although it may be virtually meaningless anyway because I live in Kerry's home state.

And please do not underestimate this factor affecting Kerry's vote total: Ted Kennedy. As soon as I saw him campaigning with Kerry in Iowa, I knew that would turn things around for him. Particularly with Iowa being a caucus state, the grand poobah of the Democratic Party would have an enormous influence on the votes. Kennedy helped in NH as well. He won't be such a factor in many of the future primaries, particularly in the south where he is much-hated, but I believe that Kennedy's campaigning with Kerry was a major factor in giving him the huge jump-start that started this bandwagon rolling.

I also believe Clark is the best man for the job, and I will continue to support him--and campaign for him in Kerry's home state--to the end.