97% in and Edwards has closed to 700 votes of Clark!

[sleipnir]

This one is going down to the wire. The tension is pretty real. I think I might wake up tomorrow to see a different 3rd place finisher from when I go to bed. Wow, who knows what's going to happen there!

CNN

97%
Clark- 26,554

Edwards- 25,849

[mmonk]

1. Yes it's going to be close

strike another victory for the establishment if Edwards passes Clark. I'm hoping Clark will hold on so we can stay steady.

[BayCityProgressive]

3. That's Stupid

Why would a 4 yr senator be more establishment than a NATO General? I think this term is being way overused.

[Skwmom]

12. I agree. Our country is in a mess both abroad and

at home. Edwards is a trial lawyer that has spent his life selling talking to juries and four years in the senate. Have these people lost their minds?

[spooky3]

14. Edwards has spent his life fighting for people who have been

harmed by incompetent or unethical physicians, hospitals, pharmaceutical companies, etc. This is his 6th year in the Senate.

It makes absolutely no sense to me to hear people who support Clark or Dean criticize Edwards' experience as irrelevant, when exactly the same charge can be leveled at Clark, who has NO experience as an elected official at any level, as well as no experience campaigning (and thus may have much more difficulty in a GE against the Rove machine). Experience as a general who commands is not the same as experience in government, which requires negotiation and compromise. In the case of Dean, he does have leadership of a state, but no experience in Washington. I do not believe any of our candidates should be disqualified on the basis of his experience, because all bring important experience to the table.

Bush has more relevant experience than ANY of our candidates--3 years as pResident. Does this make him more qualified?

As for the "establishment" charge, I really don't get this one either. I don't think voters care much about this.

[KaraokeKarlton]

2. They both win by default because it's so close

They will both benefit from their showings.

[DjTj]

4. It will be reported as a tie.

...They will both have 12% so people will look at it as a tie.

[NIGHT TRIPPER]

5. not a tie if one wins

sounds like they don't want to get Clark's name out-
They know a 4 star General can SMOKE Bush any day!!
Hands down no question, end of story --

This is NOT in the coropate media's interest and I am really dissapointed if they don't give a wnner "his"name as THIRD place winner!!

Watch out folks--
Kerry vs Bush is good for the corporations
Clark vs Bush is terrifying for the corporations!!

realizing that tv/radio/media is BIGGG corporate money--BIG BIG BIG
They are in it for themselves.

[MidwestTransplant]

7. Yeah, no kidding

Didn't shrub and Gore really tie in FL? Now look what we have!!

[elsiesummers]

6. I think it is a tie

But on Hardball (still live now!) they are reporting Edwards as in 4th.

They are basically saying that since neither one got 15% they are both losers but alive.

I find this dissappointing since Edwards is my favorite and Clark my second choice.

[buckeye1]

8. Neither will get delegates.

There are of course 22 up for grabs. Big deal. There was a time when NH mattered because there was a long stretch before the next primaries. Next week will be much more important. And much more delegates at stake.
60 decided between Keary and Dean? I am not impressed. Show me some more.
Still undecided. Thats why we have a race.

[Myra]

9. According to CNN they get delegates. Not that they're infallible.

Candidate Vote % NH Del Total Delegates
Kerry 39% 13 94
Dean 26% 9 113
Clark 12% 0 30
Edwards 12% 0 36
Lieberman 9% 0 25
Kucinich 2% 0 2
Sharpton 0% 0 4

[elsiesummers]

10. The second column

Kerry 13, Dean 9,

That's the NH delegate count, I think.

The other delegate counts must relate either to Iowa or to Super delegates that have promised themselves (but just guessing and don't have the details). www.thegreenpapers.com
seems to have more details on how the delegate counts work.

[overground1]

13. Edwards and Clark both have 0 for NH - the last number is total, including

pledged "super delegates". Clark's 30 comes from those. There are 802 total. These are party insiders and elected officials who can vote for anyone they want at the convention.

[AP]

11. I think someone here said that the delegates elected in the primary

can vote for different candidates at the county level. So Lieberman and Kucinich's delegates can vote for Clark or Edwards and put them over the 15% threshold, but I'm not sure if that's even true.

[Columbia]

15. Crossing my fingers for Edwards

[Kahuna]

16. I predicted a Clark/Edwards tie on the prediction..

thread last week. But, I am happy that Clark did actually beat Edwards, if only by a small margin.