When will Dean drop out?

[Feanorcurufinwe]

[MurikanDemocrat]

1. Is this really necessary?

I don't think you need to rub Dean supporters noses in it.

[JohnKleeb]

I'll second that

I know I didnt like it, when people told Kerry and DK to drop out.

[dsc]

4. Clearly it must be

or it wouldn't have been posted. Yet people will be shocked, shocked when Dean supporters tell these people to drop dead when we are asked to help their candidate.

Editted to comply with rules.

[POed_Ex_Repub]

2. Come on, be nice

Put an "other" or "He won't drop out option" for those who are hopeful.

[stromboli]

7. no need to drop out

Even if he doesn't perform as well in the upcoming weeks, he has no need to drop out. Even if he runs low on funds, people know who he is now. His supporters can vote for him even if he doesn't blow loads of campaign money in every state. He could stay in the race til the end at very little cost if necessary.

[mrdmk]

3. Dean is in second place

Why should he even consider dropping out?

[not systems]

5. Rude.

What about when will Kerry make a fatal blunder?

1) before the end of the primary
2) before the convention
3) after the convention

I could put 4) never but why bother.

[oxymoron]

6. Another productive thread.

What is the point of this?

[megaplayboy]

8. If he hasn't won by March 17th(Florida) he should drop out....

...or whenever someone else clinches. He did okay this weekend, though(17, 26 and 31 percent, better than his 2/3 showings). If he can hit at least 35% in Wisconsin, I think that's good enough to stay in. Sooner or later, the hit pieces on Kerry will hit print and tv, and "buyers remorse" will give him a shot, however brief, of upsetting the apple cart. Dean has a pretty good war chest in development, following the previous fiscal train wreck, and Kerry's probably pretty tapped after mini-Tuesday. I doubt he has significantly more money than Dean at this point.

[Beaker]

16. "If he can hit at least 35% in Wisconsin, I think that's good enough..."

"...to stay in"

Ummmmmm, not unless that 35% wins the state.

he said "Wisconsin or Bust"

he put his credibility on the line.

he loses- he goes home.

he made the bet, he set the terms.

them's the breaks.

[Hoppin_Mad]

9. A new low from Feanorcurufinwe -nt-

[DannyRed]

10. When will

the actions of certain posters who support Mr. Kerry result in the complete alienation of even MORE supporters of all the other candidates?

When will (by extension) the fact that Kerry is surrounded by arrogant, unprincipled, rude and dishonest boosters influece (eve more) the atomization (even further) of the Demcocratic Party?

[eileen_d]

11. My fellow Montanan... this is impolite, IMO

It is just going to provoke more animosity.

[Wonk]

12. When will Feanorcurufinwe have accumulated 5 formal mod warnings and

lose the ability to post inflamatory threads like this in GD 2004?

a) tonight
b) tomorrow
c) later this week
d) next week

Just asking... O8)

[MurikanDemocrat]

13. As a Kerry supporter, I think this is VERY RUDE

This only provokes hostility. Dean is down and it's a poor sport who kicks someone when they are down.

[eyeswideopened]

14. Do you work for CNN, FOX, ABC or some other Media Affiliate ?

This sounds like a media type question.

[bobbyboucher]

15. Another good one.

You should run for president of DU. You've got the backing, I'm sure of it.

Nice job.

[ronzo]

17. Locking.

He's still in the race.

Thanks
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